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LITERATURE UPDATE
September 05, 2008 – September 11, 2008
Literature search for biomech* or locomot*
Keith E. Gordon, PhD
Sensory Motor Performance Program
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
***NOTE*** Articles with no volume, issue or page numbers indicate that the
article has not been published in paper form yet, but may be available in
electronic form through the publisher.
BONE
Sanz-Herrera JA, Garcia-Aznar JM, Doblare M. A mathematical model for bone
tissue regeneration inside a specific type of scaffold. Biomechanics and
Modeling in Mechanobiology 2008;7(5):355-66.
Voide R, van Lenthe GH, Muller R. Differential effects of bone structural
and material properties on bone competence in C57BL/6 and C3H/He inbred
strains of mice. Calcified Tissue International 2008;83(1):61-9.
Voide R, van Lenthe GH, Muller R. Femoral stiffness and strength critically
depend on loading angle: a parametric study in a mouse-inbred strain.
Biomedizinische Technik 2008;53(3):122-9.
CARDIOVASCULAR/CARDIOPULMONARY
Coimbra R, Sanchez LS, Potenza JM, Rossoni LV, Amaral SL, Michelini LC. Is
gender crucial for cardiovascular adjustments induced by exercise training
in female spontaneously hypertensive rats? Hypertension 2008;52(3):514-21.
Giannoglou G, Giannakoulas G, Hatzitolios AI, Rudolf J. Rupture risk of
abdominal aortic aneurysms. The role of computational mechanics. Herz
2008;33(5):354-61.
COMPARATIVE
Davis JR, DeNardo DF. Water storage compromises walking endurance in an
active forager: evidence of a trade-off between osmoregulation and locomotor
performance. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory
Neural and Behavioral Physiology 2008;194(8):713-8.
Haas CA, Cartar RV. Robust flight performance of bumble bees with
artificially induced wing wear. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne
De Zoologie 2008;86(7):668-75.
Levy J, Cruse H. Controlling a system with redundant degrees of freedom. I.
Torque distribution in still standing stick insects. Journal of Comparative
Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
2008;194(8):719-33.
Ren L, Butler M, Miller C, Paxton H, Schwerda D, Fischer MS et al. The
movements of limb segments and joints during locomotion in African and Asian
elephants. Journal of Experimental Biology 2008;211(17):2735-51.
Singh K, Pedley TJ. The hydrodynamics of flexible-body manoeuvres in
swimming fish. Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena 2008;237(14-17):2234-9.
Trouilloud R, Yu TS, Hosoi AE, Lauga E. Soft swimming: Exploiting deformable
interfaces for low Reynolds number locomotion. Physical Review Letters
2008;101(4).
DENTAL/ORAL/FACIAL
Stamenkovic D. The biomechanics of dental implants and dentures. Srpski
Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo 2008;136:73-83.
DIGESTIVE
Frokjaer JB, Ejskjaer N, Rask P, Andersen SD, Gregersen H, Drewes AM et al.
Central neuronal mechanisms of gastric electrical stimulation in diabetic
gastroparesis. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2008;43(9):1066-75.
Kim YS, McCullough GH. Maximum hyoid displacement in normal swallowing.
Dysphagia 2008;23(3):274-9.
Li WG, Luo XY, Hill NA, Smythe A, Chin SB, Johnson AG et al. Correlation of
mechanical factors and gallbladder pain. Computational and Mathematical
Methods in Medicine 2008;9(1):27-45.
ERGONOMICS/REHABILITATION
Marcuzzo S, Dutra MF, Stigger F, do Nascimento PS, Ilha J, Kalil-Gaspar PI
et al. Beneficial effects of treadmill training in a cerebral palsy-like
rodent model: Walking pattern and soleus quantitative histology. Brain
Research 2008;1222:129-40.
Minhage M, Larsson BW, Gustafsson G, Hamrin E. The Swedish version of the
Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Instrument, by age and
gender in an old-age Swedish population, especially related to locomotor
disability. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2008;22(3):478-84.
GAIT/LOCOMOTION
Clearfield MW, Osborne CN, Mullen M. Learning by looking: Infants' social
looking behavior across the transition from crawling to walking. Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology 2008;100(4):297-307.
Harischandra N, Ekeberg O. System identification of muscle-joint
interactions of the cat hind limb during locomotion. Biological Cybernetics
2008;99(2):125-38.
Khandoker AH, Taylor SB, Karmakar CK, Begg RK, Palaniswami M. Investigating
scale invariant dynamics in minimum toe clearance variability of the young
and elderly during treadmill walking. Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems
and Rehabilitation Engineering 2008;16(4):380-9.
Lucareli PRG, Greve JMD. Knee joint dysfunctions that influence gait in
cerebrovascular injury. Clinics 2008;63(4):443-50.
Meegan D, Desroches P. Perceptual-motor dissociation in the auditory domain:
Tempo perception versus locomotor synchronization. Canadian Journal of
Experimental Psychology-Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale
2007;61(4):355-.
Noel M, Cantin B, Lambert S, Gosselin CM, Bouyer LJ. An electrohydraulic
actuated ankle foot orthosis to generate force fields and to test
proprioceptive reflexes during human walking. Ieee Transactions on Neural
Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2008;16(4):390-9.
Raichlen DA. The effects of gravity on human walking: a new test of the
dynamic similarity hypothesis using a predictive model. Journal of
Experimental Biology 2008;211(17):2767-72.
Wang CH, Wai YY, Kuo BC, Yeh YY, Wang JJ. Cortical control of gait in
healthy humans: an fMRI study. Journal of Neural Transmission
2008;115(8):1149-58.
HAND/FINGER/FOOT/TOE
Bandholm T, Boysen L, Haugaard S, Zebis MK, Bencke J. Foot medial
longitudinal-arch deformation during quiet standing and gait in subjects
with medial tibial stress syndrome. Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery
2008;47(2):89-95.
Sun PC, Wei HW, Chen CH, Wu CH, Kao HC, Cheng CK. Effects of varying
material properties on the load deformation characteristics of heel
cushions. Medical Engineering & Physics 2008;30(6):687-92.
JOINT/CARTILAGE
Johns DE, Athanasiou KA. Growth factor effects on costal chondrocytes for
tissue engineering fibrocartilage. Cell and Tissue Research
2008;333(3):439-47.
METHODS
Fleischer C, Hommel G. A human-exoskeleton interface utilizing
electromyography. Ieee Transactions on Robotics 2008;24(4):872-82.
MODELING
Terrier A, Vogel A, Capezzali M, Farron A. An algorithm to allow humerus
translation in the indeterminate problem of shoulder abduction. Medical
Engineering & Physics 2008;30(6):710-6.
Zviniemann K, Zeidis I. Worm-like locomotion as a problem of nonlinear
dynamics. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2007;45(1):179-87.
NEURAL
Hofstoetter US, Minassian K, Hofer C, Mayr W, Rattay F, Dimitrijevic MR.
Modification of reflex responses to lumbar posterior root stimulation by
motor tasks in healthy subjects. Artificial Organs 2008;32(8):644-8.
McHenry MJ, Strother JA, van Netten SM. Mechanical filtering by the boundary
layer and fluid-structure interaction in the superficial neuromast of the
fish lateral line system. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology
Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 2008;194(9):795-810.
Obrist D, Hegemann S. Fluid-particle dynamics in canalithiasis. Journal of
the Royal Society Interface 2008;5(27):1215-29.
Tazerart S, Vinay L, Brocard F. The persistent sodium current generates
pacemaker activities in the central pattern generator for locomotion and
regulates the locomotor rhythm. Journal of Neuroscience 2008;28(34):8577-89
ORTHOPAEDICS/SPINE
Franklin TC, Granata KP, Madigan ML, Hendricks SL. Linear time delay methods
and stability analyses of the human spine. Effects of neuromuscular reflex
response. Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
2008;16(4):353-9.
Natarajan RN, Lavender SA, An HA, Andersson GBJ. Biomechanical response of a
lumbar intervertebral disc to manual lifting activities - A poroelastic
finite element model study. Spine 2008;33(18):1958-65.
Parent S, Odell T, Oka R, Mahar A, Newton P. Does the direction of pedicle
screw rotation affect the biomechanics of direct transverse plane vertebral
derotation? Spine 2008;33(18):1966-9.
Yao GF, Qian Y, Chen JM, Fan Y, Stoffel K, Yao F et al. Evaluation of
insoluble bone gelatin as a carrier for enhancement of osteogenic
protein-1-induced intertransverse process lumbar fusion in a rabbit model.
Spine 2008;33(18):1935-42.
Zhang YJ, Cheng BC, Oh CH, Spehar JL, Burgess J. Kinematic analysis of
lumbar spine undergoing extension and dynamic neural foramina cross section
measurement. Cmes-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences
2008;29(2):55-62.
ORTHOPAEDICS/SURGERY
Besch L, Radke B, Mueller M, Daniels-Wredenhagen M, Varoga D, Hilgert RE et
al. Dynamic and functional gait analysis of severely displaced
intra-articular calcaneus fractures treated with a hinged external fixator
or internal stabilization. Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery 2008;47(1):19-25
Besch L, Schmidt I, Mueller M, Daniels-Wredenhagen M, Hilgert RE, Varoga D
et al. A biomechanical evaluation to optimize the configuration of a hinged
external fixator for the primary treatment of severely displaced
intraarticular calcaneus fractures with soft tissue damage. Journal of Foot
& Ankle Surgery 2008;47(1):26-33.
Grindstaff TL, Jackson KR, Garrison JC, Diduch DR, Ingersoll CD. Decreased
quadriceps activation measured hours prior to a noncontact anterior cruciate
ligament tear. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
2008;38(8):502-7.
Hessmann MH, Korner J, Hofmann A, Sternstein W, Rommens PM. Angle-fixed
plate fixation or double-plate osteosynthesis in fractures of the proximal
humerus: a biomechanical study. Biomedizinische Technik 2008;53(3):130-7.
Perez A, Mahar A, Negus C, Newton P, Impelluso T. A computational evaluation
of the effect of intramedullary nail material properties on the
stabilization of simulated femoral shaft fractures. Medical Engineering &
Physics 2008;30(6):755-60.
Zuurmond RG, Pilot P, Verburg AD, van Os JJ, Verdonscht N. Retrograde
bridging nail in periprosthetic femoral fracture treatment which allows
direct weight bearing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008;222(H5):629-35.
ROBOTICS
Bretl T, Lall S. Testing static equilibrium for legged robots. Ieee
Transactions on Robotics 2008;24(4):794-807.
Bruhn FC, Kratz H, Warell J, Lagerkvist CI, Kaznov V, Jones JA et al. A
preliminary design for a spherical inflatable microrover for planetary
exploration. Acta Astronautica 2008;63(5-6):618-31.
Donald BR, Levey CG, Paprotny I. Planar microassembly by parallel actuation
of MEMS microrobots. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
2008;17(4):789-808.
Rummel J, Seyfarth A. Stable running with segmented legs. International
Journal of Robotics Research 2008;27(8):919-34.
Yu JZ, Liu LH, Tan M. Three-dimensional dynamic modelling of robotic fish:
simulations and experiments. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement
and Control 2008;30(3-4):239-58.
SPORT/EXERCISE
Davis GM, Hamzaid NA, Fornusek C. Cardiorespiratory, metabolic, and
biomechanical responses during functional electrical stimulation leg
exercise: Health and fitness benefits. Artificial Organs 2008;32(8):625-9.
Korff T, Jensen JL. Effect of relative changes in anthropometry during
childhood on muscular power production in pedaling: A biomechanical
simulation. Pediatric Exercise Science 2008;20(3):292-304.
TENDON/LIGAMENT
Cheng T, Gan RZ. Mechanical properties of anterior malleolar ligament from
experimental measurement and material modeling analysis. Biomechanics and
Modeling in Mechanobiology 2008;7(5):387-94.
Orishimo KF, Burstein G, Mullaney MJ, Kremenic IJ, Nesse M, McHugh MP et alEffect of knee flexion angle on Achilles tendon force and ankle joint
plantarflexion moment during passive dorsiflexion. Journal of Foot & Ankle
Surgery 2008;47(1):34-9.
TISSUE/BIOMATERIAL
Falcao SC, Coelho ARD, Neto JE. Biomechanical evaluation of microbial
cellulose (Zoogloea sp.) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membranes as
implants in repair of produced abdominal wall defects in rats. Acta
Cirurgica Brasileira 2008;23(2):184-91.
TRAUMA/IMPACT TESTING
Bigler ED. Neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience of persistent
post-concussive syndrome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological
Society 2008;14(1):1-22.
VETERINARY/AGRICULTURAL
Flor E, Tadich N. Lameness in cows from large and small dairy herds in
southern Chile. Archivos De Medicina Veterinaria 2008;40(2):125-34.
UNIQUE TOPIC
Clements IP, Moriaty N, Chesser TJS, Ward AJ, Cunningham JL. Determination
of pelvic ring stability: a new technique using a composite hemi-pelvis.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of
Engineering in Medicine 2008;222(H5):611-6.
Cullen JC, Silverstein BA, Foley MP. Linking biomechanical workload and
organizational practices to burnout and satisfaction. Journal of Business
and Psychology 2008;23(1-2):63-71.
Easterling C. Does an exercise aimed at improving swallow function have an
effect on vocal function in the healthy elderly? Dysphagia
2008;23(3):317-26.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Soto NA, Johnson MP, Madsen PT, Diaz F, Dominguez I, Brito A et al. Cheetahs
of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off
Tenerife (Canary Islands). Journal of Animal Ecology 2008;77(5):936-47.
***Hurray, that's the update, hurray***
September 05, 2008 – September 11, 2008
Literature search for biomech* or locomot*
Keith E. Gordon, PhD
Sensory Motor Performance Program
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
***NOTE*** Articles with no volume, issue or page numbers indicate that the
article has not been published in paper form yet, but may be available in
electronic form through the publisher.
BONE
Sanz-Herrera JA, Garcia-Aznar JM, Doblare M. A mathematical model for bone
tissue regeneration inside a specific type of scaffold. Biomechanics and
Modeling in Mechanobiology 2008;7(5):355-66.
Voide R, van Lenthe GH, Muller R. Differential effects of bone structural
and material properties on bone competence in C57BL/6 and C3H/He inbred
strains of mice. Calcified Tissue International 2008;83(1):61-9.
Voide R, van Lenthe GH, Muller R. Femoral stiffness and strength critically
depend on loading angle: a parametric study in a mouse-inbred strain.
Biomedizinische Technik 2008;53(3):122-9.
CARDIOVASCULAR/CARDIOPULMONARY
Coimbra R, Sanchez LS, Potenza JM, Rossoni LV, Amaral SL, Michelini LC. Is
gender crucial for cardiovascular adjustments induced by exercise training
in female spontaneously hypertensive rats? Hypertension 2008;52(3):514-21.
Giannoglou G, Giannakoulas G, Hatzitolios AI, Rudolf J. Rupture risk of
abdominal aortic aneurysms. The role of computational mechanics. Herz
2008;33(5):354-61.
COMPARATIVE
Davis JR, DeNardo DF. Water storage compromises walking endurance in an
active forager: evidence of a trade-off between osmoregulation and locomotor
performance. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory
Neural and Behavioral Physiology 2008;194(8):713-8.
Haas CA, Cartar RV. Robust flight performance of bumble bees with
artificially induced wing wear. Canadian Journal of Zoology-Revue Canadienne
De Zoologie 2008;86(7):668-75.
Levy J, Cruse H. Controlling a system with redundant degrees of freedom. I.
Torque distribution in still standing stick insects. Journal of Comparative
Physiology a-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology
2008;194(8):719-33.
Ren L, Butler M, Miller C, Paxton H, Schwerda D, Fischer MS et al. The
movements of limb segments and joints during locomotion in African and Asian
elephants. Journal of Experimental Biology 2008;211(17):2735-51.
Singh K, Pedley TJ. The hydrodynamics of flexible-body manoeuvres in
swimming fish. Physica D-Nonlinear Phenomena 2008;237(14-17):2234-9.
Trouilloud R, Yu TS, Hosoi AE, Lauga E. Soft swimming: Exploiting deformable
interfaces for low Reynolds number locomotion. Physical Review Letters
2008;101(4).
DENTAL/ORAL/FACIAL
Stamenkovic D. The biomechanics of dental implants and dentures. Srpski
Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo 2008;136:73-83.
DIGESTIVE
Frokjaer JB, Ejskjaer N, Rask P, Andersen SD, Gregersen H, Drewes AM et al.
Central neuronal mechanisms of gastric electrical stimulation in diabetic
gastroparesis. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2008;43(9):1066-75.
Kim YS, McCullough GH. Maximum hyoid displacement in normal swallowing.
Dysphagia 2008;23(3):274-9.
Li WG, Luo XY, Hill NA, Smythe A, Chin SB, Johnson AG et al. Correlation of
mechanical factors and gallbladder pain. Computational and Mathematical
Methods in Medicine 2008;9(1):27-45.
ERGONOMICS/REHABILITATION
Marcuzzo S, Dutra MF, Stigger F, do Nascimento PS, Ilha J, Kalil-Gaspar PI
et al. Beneficial effects of treadmill training in a cerebral palsy-like
rodent model: Walking pattern and soleus quantitative histology. Brain
Research 2008;1222:129-40.
Minhage M, Larsson BW, Gustafsson G, Hamrin E. The Swedish version of the
Philadelphia Geriatric Center Multilevel Assessment Instrument, by age and
gender in an old-age Swedish population, especially related to locomotor
disability. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 2008;22(3):478-84.
GAIT/LOCOMOTION
Clearfield MW, Osborne CN, Mullen M. Learning by looking: Infants' social
looking behavior across the transition from crawling to walking. Journal of
Experimental Child Psychology 2008;100(4):297-307.
Harischandra N, Ekeberg O. System identification of muscle-joint
interactions of the cat hind limb during locomotion. Biological Cybernetics
2008;99(2):125-38.
Khandoker AH, Taylor SB, Karmakar CK, Begg RK, Palaniswami M. Investigating
scale invariant dynamics in minimum toe clearance variability of the young
and elderly during treadmill walking. Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems
and Rehabilitation Engineering 2008;16(4):380-9.
Lucareli PRG, Greve JMD. Knee joint dysfunctions that influence gait in
cerebrovascular injury. Clinics 2008;63(4):443-50.
Meegan D, Desroches P. Perceptual-motor dissociation in the auditory domain:
Tempo perception versus locomotor synchronization. Canadian Journal of
Experimental Psychology-Revue Canadienne De Psychologie Experimentale
2007;61(4):355-.
Noel M, Cantin B, Lambert S, Gosselin CM, Bouyer LJ. An electrohydraulic
actuated ankle foot orthosis to generate force fields and to test
proprioceptive reflexes during human walking. Ieee Transactions on Neural
Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 2008;16(4):390-9.
Raichlen DA. The effects of gravity on human walking: a new test of the
dynamic similarity hypothesis using a predictive model. Journal of
Experimental Biology 2008;211(17):2767-72.
Wang CH, Wai YY, Kuo BC, Yeh YY, Wang JJ. Cortical control of gait in
healthy humans: an fMRI study. Journal of Neural Transmission
2008;115(8):1149-58.
HAND/FINGER/FOOT/TOE
Bandholm T, Boysen L, Haugaard S, Zebis MK, Bencke J. Foot medial
longitudinal-arch deformation during quiet standing and gait in subjects
with medial tibial stress syndrome. Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery
2008;47(2):89-95.
Sun PC, Wei HW, Chen CH, Wu CH, Kao HC, Cheng CK. Effects of varying
material properties on the load deformation characteristics of heel
cushions. Medical Engineering & Physics 2008;30(6):687-92.
JOINT/CARTILAGE
Johns DE, Athanasiou KA. Growth factor effects on costal chondrocytes for
tissue engineering fibrocartilage. Cell and Tissue Research
2008;333(3):439-47.
METHODS
Fleischer C, Hommel G. A human-exoskeleton interface utilizing
electromyography. Ieee Transactions on Robotics 2008;24(4):872-82.
MODELING
Terrier A, Vogel A, Capezzali M, Farron A. An algorithm to allow humerus
translation in the indeterminate problem of shoulder abduction. Medical
Engineering & Physics 2008;30(6):710-6.
Zviniemann K, Zeidis I. Worm-like locomotion as a problem of nonlinear
dynamics. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2007;45(1):179-87.
NEURAL
Hofstoetter US, Minassian K, Hofer C, Mayr W, Rattay F, Dimitrijevic MR.
Modification of reflex responses to lumbar posterior root stimulation by
motor tasks in healthy subjects. Artificial Organs 2008;32(8):644-8.
McHenry MJ, Strother JA, van Netten SM. Mechanical filtering by the boundary
layer and fluid-structure interaction in the superficial neuromast of the
fish lateral line system. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Neuroethology
Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 2008;194(9):795-810.
Obrist D, Hegemann S. Fluid-particle dynamics in canalithiasis. Journal of
the Royal Society Interface 2008;5(27):1215-29.
Tazerart S, Vinay L, Brocard F. The persistent sodium current generates
pacemaker activities in the central pattern generator for locomotion and
regulates the locomotor rhythm. Journal of Neuroscience 2008;28(34):8577-89
ORTHOPAEDICS/SPINE
Franklin TC, Granata KP, Madigan ML, Hendricks SL. Linear time delay methods
and stability analyses of the human spine. Effects of neuromuscular reflex
response. Ieee Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
2008;16(4):353-9.
Natarajan RN, Lavender SA, An HA, Andersson GBJ. Biomechanical response of a
lumbar intervertebral disc to manual lifting activities - A poroelastic
finite element model study. Spine 2008;33(18):1958-65.
Parent S, Odell T, Oka R, Mahar A, Newton P. Does the direction of pedicle
screw rotation affect the biomechanics of direct transverse plane vertebral
derotation? Spine 2008;33(18):1966-9.
Yao GF, Qian Y, Chen JM, Fan Y, Stoffel K, Yao F et al. Evaluation of
insoluble bone gelatin as a carrier for enhancement of osteogenic
protein-1-induced intertransverse process lumbar fusion in a rabbit model.
Spine 2008;33(18):1935-42.
Zhang YJ, Cheng BC, Oh CH, Spehar JL, Burgess J. Kinematic analysis of
lumbar spine undergoing extension and dynamic neural foramina cross section
measurement. Cmes-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences
2008;29(2):55-62.
ORTHOPAEDICS/SURGERY
Besch L, Radke B, Mueller M, Daniels-Wredenhagen M, Varoga D, Hilgert RE et
al. Dynamic and functional gait analysis of severely displaced
intra-articular calcaneus fractures treated with a hinged external fixator
or internal stabilization. Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery 2008;47(1):19-25
Besch L, Schmidt I, Mueller M, Daniels-Wredenhagen M, Hilgert RE, Varoga D
et al. A biomechanical evaluation to optimize the configuration of a hinged
external fixator for the primary treatment of severely displaced
intraarticular calcaneus fractures with soft tissue damage. Journal of Foot
& Ankle Surgery 2008;47(1):26-33.
Grindstaff TL, Jackson KR, Garrison JC, Diduch DR, Ingersoll CD. Decreased
quadriceps activation measured hours prior to a noncontact anterior cruciate
ligament tear. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
2008;38(8):502-7.
Hessmann MH, Korner J, Hofmann A, Sternstein W, Rommens PM. Angle-fixed
plate fixation or double-plate osteosynthesis in fractures of the proximal
humerus: a biomechanical study. Biomedizinische Technik 2008;53(3):130-7.
Perez A, Mahar A, Negus C, Newton P, Impelluso T. A computational evaluation
of the effect of intramedullary nail material properties on the
stabilization of simulated femoral shaft fractures. Medical Engineering &
Physics 2008;30(6):755-60.
Zuurmond RG, Pilot P, Verburg AD, van Os JJ, Verdonscht N. Retrograde
bridging nail in periprosthetic femoral fracture treatment which allows
direct weight bearing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers Part H-Journal of Engineering in Medicine 2008;222(H5):629-35.
ROBOTICS
Bretl T, Lall S. Testing static equilibrium for legged robots. Ieee
Transactions on Robotics 2008;24(4):794-807.
Bruhn FC, Kratz H, Warell J, Lagerkvist CI, Kaznov V, Jones JA et al. A
preliminary design for a spherical inflatable microrover for planetary
exploration. Acta Astronautica 2008;63(5-6):618-31.
Donald BR, Levey CG, Paprotny I. Planar microassembly by parallel actuation
of MEMS microrobots. Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
2008;17(4):789-808.
Rummel J, Seyfarth A. Stable running with segmented legs. International
Journal of Robotics Research 2008;27(8):919-34.
Yu JZ, Liu LH, Tan M. Three-dimensional dynamic modelling of robotic fish:
simulations and experiments. Transactions of the Institute of Measurement
and Control 2008;30(3-4):239-58.
SPORT/EXERCISE
Davis GM, Hamzaid NA, Fornusek C. Cardiorespiratory, metabolic, and
biomechanical responses during functional electrical stimulation leg
exercise: Health and fitness benefits. Artificial Organs 2008;32(8):625-9.
Korff T, Jensen JL. Effect of relative changes in anthropometry during
childhood on muscular power production in pedaling: A biomechanical
simulation. Pediatric Exercise Science 2008;20(3):292-304.
TENDON/LIGAMENT
Cheng T, Gan RZ. Mechanical properties of anterior malleolar ligament from
experimental measurement and material modeling analysis. Biomechanics and
Modeling in Mechanobiology 2008;7(5):387-94.
Orishimo KF, Burstein G, Mullaney MJ, Kremenic IJ, Nesse M, McHugh MP et alEffect of knee flexion angle on Achilles tendon force and ankle joint
plantarflexion moment during passive dorsiflexion. Journal of Foot & Ankle
Surgery 2008;47(1):34-9.
TISSUE/BIOMATERIAL
Falcao SC, Coelho ARD, Neto JE. Biomechanical evaluation of microbial
cellulose (Zoogloea sp.) and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membranes as
implants in repair of produced abdominal wall defects in rats. Acta
Cirurgica Brasileira 2008;23(2):184-91.
TRAUMA/IMPACT TESTING
Bigler ED. Neuropsychology and clinical neuroscience of persistent
post-concussive syndrome. Journal of the International Neuropsychological
Society 2008;14(1):1-22.
VETERINARY/AGRICULTURAL
Flor E, Tadich N. Lameness in cows from large and small dairy herds in
southern Chile. Archivos De Medicina Veterinaria 2008;40(2):125-34.
UNIQUE TOPIC
Clements IP, Moriaty N, Chesser TJS, Ward AJ, Cunningham JL. Determination
of pelvic ring stability: a new technique using a composite hemi-pelvis.
Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part H-Journal of
Engineering in Medicine 2008;222(H5):611-6.
Cullen JC, Silverstein BA, Foley MP. Linking biomechanical workload and
organizational practices to burnout and satisfaction. Journal of Business
and Psychology 2008;23(1-2):63-71.
Easterling C. Does an exercise aimed at improving swallow function have an
effect on vocal function in the healthy elderly? Dysphagia
2008;23(3):317-26.
PICK OF THE WEEK
Soto NA, Johnson MP, Madsen PT, Diaz F, Dominguez I, Brito A et al. Cheetahs
of the deep sea: deep foraging sprints in short-finned pilot whales off
Tenerife (Canary Islands). Journal of Animal Ecology 2008;77(5):936-47.
***Hurray, that's the update, hurray***