Effect of external mechanical stimuli on human bone: a narrative review

ME Mancuso, AR Wilzman, KE Murdock… - Progress in …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Bone is a living composite material that has the capacity to adapt and respond to both
internal and external stimuli. This capacity allows bone to adapt its structure to habitual …

Computer vision techniques for growth prediction: A prisma-based systematic literature review

Y Harie, BP Gautam, K Wasaki - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Growth prediction technology is not only a practical application but also a crucial approach
that strengthens the safety of image processing techniques. By supplementing the growth …

A framework based on subject-specific musculoskeletal models and Monte Carlo simulations to personalize muscle coordination retraining

H Kainz, W Koller, E Wallnöfer, TR Bader… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Excessive loads at lower limb joints can lead to pain and degenerative diseases. Altering
joint loads with muscle coordination retraining might help to treat or prevent clinical …

The gait pattern and not the femoral morphology is the main contributor to asymmetric hip joint loading

W Koller, A Baca, H Kainz - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Gait asymmetry and skeletal deformities are common in many children with cerebral palsy
(CP). Changes of the hip joint loading, ie hip joint contact force (HJCF), can lead to …

Intra-and inter-subject variability of femoral growth plate stresses in typically develo** children and children with cerebral palsy

W Koller, B Gonçalves, A Baca, H Kainz - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Little is known about the influence of mechanical loading on growth plate stresses and
femoral growth. A multi-scale workflow based on musculoskeletal simulations and …

Muscle synergy-informed neuromusculoskeletal modelling to estimate knee contact forces in children with cerebral palsy

MF Rabbi, G Davico, DG Lloyd, CP Carty… - … and Modeling in …, 2024 - Springer
Cerebral palsy (CP) includes a group of neurological conditions caused by damage to the
develo** brain, resulting in maladaptive alterations of muscle coordination and …

Association between foot posture and tibiofemoral contact forces during barefoot walking in patients with knee osteoarthritis

T Kubo, D Uritani, S Ogaya, S Kita, T Fukumoto… - BMC Musculoskeletal …, 2022 - Springer
Background Accumulating evidence indicates that abnormal foot posture are risk factors for
knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, the relationship between foot posture and tibiofemoral …

Imaging-based musculoskeletal models alter muscle and joint contact forces but do not improve the agreement with experimentally measured electromyography …

H Kainz, I Jonkers - Gait & Posture, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Musculoskeletal simulations are used to estimate muscle-tendon and joint
contact forces (JCF). Personalizing the model's femoral geometry has been shown to …

The role of computational models in mechanobiology of growing bone

E Comellas, SJ Shefelbine - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Endochondral ossification, the process by which long bones grow in length, is regulated by
mechanical forces. Computational models, specifically finite element models, have been …

[PDF][PDF] ESMAC Best Paper Award 2023: Increased knee flexion in participants with cerebral palsy results in altered stresses at the distal femoral growth plate …

W Koller, E Wallnöfer, J Holder, A Kranzl, G Mindler… - Gait & Posture, 2024 - cp-center.ir
Introduction: Femoral deformities are highly prevalent in children with cerebral palsy (CP)
and can have a severe impact on patients' gait abilities. While the mechanical stress regime …