Injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most devastating and frequent
injuries of the knee. Surgical reconstruction is the current standard of care for treatment of ACL …

Background: The sacroiliac joints (SIJs), the largest axial joints in the body, sit in between
the sacrum and pelvic bones on either side. They connect the spine to the pelvis and thus …

Supervised learning is the most common form of machine learning utilized in medical research.
It is used to predict outcomes of interest or classify positive and/or negative cases with a …

Finite element (FE) model studies have made important contributions to our understanding of
functional biomechanics of the lumbar spine. However, if a model is used to answer clinical …

Background: The functional disability and high costs of treating anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)
injuries have generated a great deal of interest in understanding the mechanism of …

Multiple computational models have been developed to study knee biomechanics. However,
the majority of these models are mainly validated against a limited range of loading …

Background: Despite basic characterization of the loading factors that strain the anterior
cruciate ligament (ACL), the interrelationship(s) and additive nature of these loads that occur …

Study Design. Finite element (FE) method was used to compare the biomechanics of L3–S1
lumbar spine with graded facetectomy before and after placement of Dynesys. Objective. To …

During human evolution, the knee adapted to the biomechanical demands of bipedalism by
altering chondrocyte developmental programs. This adaptive process was likely not without …

Background: Preclinical studies suggest that for complete midsubstance anterior cruciate
ligament (ACL) injuries, a suture repair of the ACL augmented with a protein implant placed in …