Literature Update

[Rodger Kram]

This week's brief lisiting of scientific literature identified by
search keywords BIOMECH* or LOCOMOT*.
Rodger Kram
Univ. of Colorado
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ORTHOPEDICS
Leung, K. S.; Siu, W. S.; Cheung, N. M.; Lui, P. Y.; Chow, D. H. K.; James,
A.; Qin, L.
Goats as an osteopenic animal model.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. December, 2001. 16(12):2348-2355.

Specker, Bonny L.; Johannsen, Neil; Binkley, Teresa; Finn, Kevin.
Total body bone mineral content and tibial cortical bone measures in
preschool children.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. December, 2001. 16(12):2298-2305.

Hsieh, Yeou-Fang; Robling, Alexander G.; Ambrosius, Walter T.; Burr, David
B.; Turner, Charles H.
Mechanical loading of diaphyseal bone in vivo: The strain threshold for an
osteogenic response varies with location.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. December, 2001. 16(12):2291-2297.

Duan, Yunbo; Seeman, Ego; Turner, Charles H.
The biomechanical basis of vertebral body fragility in men and women.
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. December, 2001. 16(12):2276-2283.

PATENTS
(note, I think the dates below must indicate patent filing, but I
assume they were just recently granted, and thus appear in the
database I use for this search)

Nashner, L. M.
Method for characterizing gait.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patents. April 29, 1997. 1197(5):2959. US 5623944; April 29, 1997, 128-779,
USA NEUROCOM INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Ballantyne, J.
Dynamic postural stability splint.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Patents. Dec. 10, 1996. 1193(2):1112-1113. US 5582583; Dec. 10, 1996,
602-5, USA SECOND SKIN PTY LTD.

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