Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
Mar 30, 2025
BACKGROUND: Anterior lumbar interbody fusion is performed to fuse pathological spinal segments, generally, with a monobloc cage inserted by impact forces. Recently developed three-part modular cages attempt to reduce the impact forces, minimize the d...
BACKGROUND: Diffusion distance and diffusivity are known to affect nutrient transport rates, but the probabilistic analysis of these two factors remains vacant. There is a lack of effective tools to evaluate disc nutrient levels.
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
May 16, 2024
BACKGROUND: Metastatic femoral tumors may lead to pathological fractures during daily activities. A CT-based finite element analysis of a patient's femurs was shown to assist orthopedic surgeons in making informed decisions about the risk of fracture...
BACKGROUND: Falls among the elderly are a major societal problem. While observations of medium-distance walking using inertial sensors identified potential fall predictors, classifying individuals at risk based on single gait cycles remains elusive. ...
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
Jan 24, 2024
BACKGROUND: Despite the existence of evidence-based rehabilitation strategies that address biomechanical deficits, the persistence of recurrent ankle problems in 70% of patients with acute ankle sprains highlights the unresolved nature of this issue....
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
May 13, 2023
BACKGROUND: Difficulty with imitative gesturing is frequently observed as a clinical feature of autism. Current practices for assessment of imitative gesturing ability-behavioral observation and parent report-do not allow precise measurement of speci...
BACKGROUND: A potential alternative treatment to surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome is to inject enzymes into the transverse carpal ligament to decrease its stiffness and alleviate pressure off the median nerve. An accurate injection is needed for de...
BACKGROUND: Patients suffering from lower limb dyskinesia, especially in early stages of rehabilitation, have weak residual muscle strength in affected limb and require passive training by the lower limb rehabilitation robot. Anatomy indicates that t...
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
Aug 17, 2021
BACKGROUND: Machine learning approaches for the classification of pathological gait based on kinematic data, e.g. derived from inertial sensors, are commonly used in terms of a multi-class classification problem. However, there is a lack of research ...
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon)
Jun 11, 2021
BACKGROUND: Muscle co-contraction during the execution of motor tasks or training is common in poststroke subjects. EMG-derived muscular activation indexes have been used to evaluate muscle co-contractions during movements. In addition, robot-assiste...