Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Kinematic Investigation of Healthy, Arthritic, and Postsurgery Thumbs: Is the Metacarpophalangeal Joint the Gateway to Carpometacarpal Arthritis?
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) joint is one of the most likely joints to develop osteoarthritis (OA). If conservative treatments fail to alleviate symptoms, surgery may be pursued. Kinematic outcomes of CMC surgery ... -
Vascular Remodeling During Late-Gestation Pregnancy: An In-Vitro Assessment of the Murine Ascending Thoracic Aorta
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Maternal mortality due to cardiovascular disease is a rising concern in the U.S. Pregnancy triggers changes in the circulatory system, potentially influencing the structure of the central vasculature. Evidence suggests a ... -
Role of Microtubule Network in the Passive Anisotropic Viscoelasticity of Healthy Right Ventricle
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Cardiomyocytes are viscoelastic and key determinants of right ventricle (RV) mechanics. Intracellularly, microtubules are found to impact the viscoelasticity of isolated cardiomyocytes or trabeculae; whether they contribute ... -
Mechanical Models of Collagen Networks for Understanding Changes in the Failure Properties of Aging Skin
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Skin undergoes mechanical alterations due to changes in the composition and structure of the collagenous dermis with aging. Previous studies have conflicting findings, with both increased and decreased stiffness reported ... -
2023 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference Student Paper Competition
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The Student Paper Competition (SPC) was held at the 2023 Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Conference (SB3C). As in past years, there are three competition levels: Ph.D., M.S., and B.S. levels, with ... -
Annual Special Issue: 2023 in Review and the 2024 Richard Skalak Award and the Editors' Choice Papers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering had an exceptional year. The journal received 412 paper submissions in 2023, which was a significant increase from 2022. The average time a paper spends in review remains just ... -
Primary Mouse Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Exhibit Region- and Sex-Dependent Biological Responses In Vitro
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Despite advancements in elucidating biological mechanisms of cardiovascular remodeling, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death worldwide. When stratified by sex, clear differences in CVD prevalence ... -
The BIORES-21 Survey: Insights Into Remote and Online Education in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated mainstream adoption of online and remote learning approaches, which were highly advantageous yet challenging in many ways. The online modality, while teaching biomedical engineering-related ... -
Integrating Cardiovascular Engineering and Biofluid Mechanics in High School Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: An Experiential Approach
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education workshops and programs play a key role in promoting early exposure to scientific applications and questions. Such early engagement leads to growing not ... -
Integration of Febio as an Instructional Tool in the Undergraduate Biomechanics Curriculum
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Computer simulations play an important role in a range of biomedical engineering applications. Thus, it is important that biomedical engineering students engage with modeling in their undergraduate education and establish ... -
simMACT, a Software Demonstrator to Improve Maximum Actuation Joint Torques Simulation for Ergonomics Assessment
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The maximum actuation joint torques that operators can perform at the workplace are essential parameters for biomechanical risk assessment. However, workstation designers generally only have at their disposal the imprecise ... -
Quantifying the Influence of X-Ray Irradiation on Cell-Size-Scale Viscoelasticity of Collagen Type 1
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)X-rays are widely used in mammography and radiotherapy of breast cancer. The research has focused on the effects of X-rays on cells in breast tissues, instead of the tissues' nonliving material, extracellular matrix. It ... -
Modeling Running via Optimal Control for Shoe Design
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Shoe manufacturing technology is advancing faster than new shoe designs can viably be evaluated in human subject trials. To aid in the design process, this paper presents a model for estimating how new shoe properties will ... -
Variable Pivot Gait Based a Novel Dynamics Correction Method for Human Lower Limbs Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The rationality of gait analysis directly affects the dynamics of human lower limbs in the sagittal plane, and recent studies on gait stage redivision lack the stage when both feet are not in complete contact with the ... -
Development of Biomechanical Response Curves for the Calibration of Biofidelic Measuring Devices Used in Robot Collision Testing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Collaborative robots (cobots) can be employed in close proximity to human workers without safety fences. The operation mode Power and Force Limiting requires that cobots not exceed the biomechanical limits of ISO/TS 15066 ... -
A First Step Toward a Family of Morphed Human Body Models Enabling Prediction of Population Injury Outcomes
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The injury risk in a vehicle crash can depend on occupant specific factors. Virtual crash testing using finite element human body models (HBMs) to represent occupant variability can enable the development of vehicles with ... -
Variability in Body Shape, Superficial Soft Tissue Geometry, and Seatbelt Fit Relative to the Pelvis in Automotive Postures—Methods for Volunteer Data Collection With Open Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Variability in body shape and soft tissue geometry have the potential to affect the body's interaction with automotive safety systems. In this study, we developed a methodology to capture information on body shape, superficial ... -
A Lightweight Pre-Crash Occupant Injury Prediction Model Distills Knowledge From Its Post-Crash Counterpart
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Accurate occupant injury prediction in near-collision scenarios is vital in guiding intelligent vehicles to find the optimal collision condition with minimal injury risks. Existing studies focused on boosting prediction ... -
Biomechanical Response of Head Surrogate With and Without the Helmet
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Measurements of brain deformations under injurious loading scenarios are actively sought. In this work, we report experimentally measured head kinematics and corresponding dynamic, two-dimensional brain simulant deformations ... -
Studying the Effects of Shoulder Dystocia and Neonate-Focused Delivery Maneuvers on Brachial Plexus Strain: A Computational Study
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The purpose of this computational study was to investigate the effects of neonate-focused clinical delivery maneuvers on brachial plexus (BP) during shoulder dystocia. During shoulder dystocia, the anterior shoulder of the ...