Project Titles - 2006

By Principal Investigator

Thomas P. Andriacchi, PhD

• Functional Hip Joint Center Determination in Obese Subjects
• Kinematic Models of Normal and Painful Osteoarthritic Feet
• New Technology for the Capture, Visualization, and Analysis of Human Motion
• Anterior Cruciate Ligament - Functional Biomechanics
• Cartilage Morphology Relative to In Vivo Knee Function
• Interaction of Mechanical and Biological Factors in Knee Osteoarthritis

Gary S. Beaupré, PhD

• Walking Biomechanics and Bone Density in Healthy, Elderly Adults
• Real-Time MRI and 3D Modeling: Development and Application to Patellofemoral Pain
• Patellofemoral Joint Biomechanics Patellofemoral Pain and Rehabilitation
• Influence of Post-Stroke Gait on Bone Density

Dennis R. Carter, PhD

• Bone Strength Prediction with Spinal Cord Injury

Nicholas J. Giori, MD, PhD

• MR Imaging of Cyclically Loaded Articular Cartilage
• Evaluation of Medial Compartment Knee OA

Christopher R. Jacobs, PhD

• Mechanotransduction in Bone via Oscillating Fluid Flow

Wade S. Kingery, MD

• Injury Induced Facilitated Neurogenic Inflammation
• Neural Regulation of Bone Remodeling
• Neuropeptide Signaling in Osteoporosis
• Chronic Inflammatory Pain after Trauma

Wendy M. Murray, PhD

• Functional Restoration of Grasp in Quadriplegia
• Muscle-Tendon Adaptation following Tendon Transfer
• Biomechanical Modeling of Tendon Transfer in Tetraplegia
• Multi-Center Trial to Improve Grasp in Tetraplegia
• A Model-based Approach to Multifunction Artificial Hand Control

R. Lane Smith, PhD

• Mechanical Loading Effects on Human Osteoarthritic Cartilage

Center Pilot Projects

• Cementing of Suture Anchors
• KneeNav: Computer Assisted Measurements during Total Knee Arthroplasty
• Biomarker Targets of Altered Osteoclast Activity following Rehabilitation Interventions for Post-Stroke Hemiplegia

Prior Year Projects

• Arthritis Projects
• Bone & Joint Projects
• Osteoporosis Projects
• Spinal Cord Injury Projects
• Stroke Projects
• Other Projects
• Clinical Interface