Relating Patient Outcomes to Hip Contact Mechanics
This work focuses on identifying contact stress patterns that are associated with poor patient outcomes or early total hip arthroplasty.
Biomechanics of Hip Dysplasia Treatment
This project focuses on developing computational modeling-based methods to support surgeons treating hip dysplasia in young adult patients.
Visualizing Correction in Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO)
The goal of this project is to assist surgeons in visualizing and understanding how a surgery involving 3D reorientation of the acetabulum appears in 2D intra-operative imaging.
Biomechanics of Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis (PTOA)
This project focuses on the changes in bone and cartilage mechanics during and after intra-articular fractures and the interaction of mechanics with cartilage degeneration.
Mechanical Loading of Osteochondral Explants
This project involves developing custom loading devices that operate inside a cell culture incubator to allow for normal and injurious loading of cartilage to enable study of chondrocyte response to various mechanical loads.
Quantitative Histological Analysis of Cartilage
This work utilizes image analysis techniques to quantify cell and tissue appearance in histological images to relate to mechanical data.
Mechanical Strength of Irradiated Sarcomas in Dogs
This multicenter project is focused on establishing the distance mechanical changes in irradiated bone extend past the zone of irradiation and put the bone at risk for pathological fracture.
Mechanics of Syndesmosis Injury & Repair
These projects are focused on identifying the mechanical behavior of the syndesmotic tissues and the surgical hardware used for treatment of injuries to the ankle syndesmosis.
Accessibility & Feasibility of OpenCap Technology in Orthopedic Patients
This pilot project through the UI ICTS is focused on establishing patient access to the technological resources needed to perform OpenCap data captures from home and the accuracy of data collected by this system.