Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
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Comparison of the Kinematics and Laxity of Total Knee Arthroplasty Bearing Designs Stabilized With Specimen-Specific Virtual Ligaments on a Joint Motion Simulator
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A variety of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) designs offer increased congruency bearing options, primarily to compensate for a loss of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) function. However, their efficacy in providing sufficient ... -
Predicting Knee Joint Contact Forces During Normal Walking Using Kinematic Inputs With a Long-Short Term Neural Network
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Knee joint contact forces are commonly estimated via surrogate measures (i.e., external knee adduction moments or musculoskeletal modeling). Despite its capabilities, modeling is not optimal for clinicians or persons with ... -
Sensitivity of Phonation Onset Pressure to Vocal Fold Stiffness Distribution
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Phonation onset is characterized by the unstable growth of vocal fold (VF) vibrations that ultimately results in self-sustained oscillation and the production of modal voice. Motivated by histological studies, much research ... -
Computational Pulsatile Flow and Efficiency Analysis of Biocompatible Microfluidic Artificial Lungs for Different Fiber Configurations
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Average-sized microfluidic artificial lungs consisting of rows and columns of fiber bundles with different column to row aspect ratios (AR) are numerically analyzed for flow characteristics, maximum gas transfer performance, ... -
Equilibrium Mechanical Properties of the Nonhuman Primate Cervix
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Cervical remodeling is critical for a healthy pregnancy. Premature tissue changes can lead to preterm birth (PTB), and the absence of remodeling can lead to post-term birth, causing significant morbidity. Comprehensive ... -
An Apparatus for Measuring Combined Shear-Tensile Loading in Fibrous Tissues Ex Vivo
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Soft tissues such as tendon and ligament undergo a combination of shear and tensile loading in vivo due to their boundary conditions at muscle and/or bone. Current experimental protocols are limited to pure tensile loading, ... -
LinFlo-Net: A Two-Stage Deep Learning Method to Generate Simulation Ready Meshes of the Heart
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)We present a deep learning model to automatically generate computer models of the human heart from patient imaging data with an emphasis on its capability to generate thin-walled cardiac structures. Our method works by ... -
Exogenous Collagen Crosslinking is Highly Detrimental to Articular Cartilage Lubrication
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Healthy articular cartilage is a remarkable bearing material optimized for near-frictionless joint articulation. Because its limited self-repair capacity renders it susceptible to osteoarthritis (OA), approaches to reinforce ... -
Numerical and Analytical Simulation of the Growth of Amyloid-β Plaques
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Numerical and analytical solutions were employed to calculate the radius of an amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque over time. To the author's knowledge, this study presents the first model simulating the growth of Aβ plaques. Findings ... -
Atherosclerotic Calcifications Have a Local Effect on the Peel Behavior of Human Aortic Media
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Aortic dissections, characterized by the propagation of a tear through the layers of the vessel wall, are critical, life-threatening events. Aortic calcifications are a common comorbidity in both acute and chronic dissections, ... -
Simulation of the Childbirth Process in LS-DYNA
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Childbirth or labor, as the final phase of a pregnancy, is a biomechanical process that delivers the fetus from the uterus. It mainly involves two important biological structures in the mother, the uterus—generating the ... -
The Impact of the Fluid–Solid Coupling Behavior of Macro and Microstructures in the Spiral Cochlea on Hearing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The cilia of the outer hair cells (OHCs) are the key microstructures involved in cochlear acoustic function, and their interactions with lymph in the cochlea involve complex, highly nonlinear, coupled motion and energy ... -
Biomechanical Considerations of Refreshable Braille and Tactile Graphics Toward Equitable Access: A Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)This review highlights the biomechanical foundations of braille and tactile graphic discrimination within the context of design innovations in information access for the blind and low-vision community. Braille discrimination ... -
Meta Data Analysis of Sex Distribution of Study Samples Reported in Summer Biomechanics, Bioengineering, and Biotransport Annual Conference Abstracts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The biased use of male subjects in biomedical research has created limitations, underscoring the importance of including women to enhance the outcomes of evidence-based medicine and to promote human health. While federal ... -
Long-Term Effects of Reproduction and Lactation on the Rat Supraspinatus Tendon and Proximal Humerus
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)During pregnancy and breastfeeding, women undergo hormonal fluctuations required for fetal development, parturition, and infant growth. These changes have secondary consequences on the maternal musculoskeletal system, ... -
The Effect of Menopause on Vaginal Tissue Mechanics: A Brief Review
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Often called “the change of life,” menopause affects every part of a woman's body. As the sex hormones decrease, the reproductive organs experience the most remarkable changes, with the vagina becoming thinner, drier, and ... -
The Female Thumb Carpometacarpal Joint: Motion and Force Changes Due to Arthritis and Surgical Intervention
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Thumb carpometacarpal (CMC) osteoarthritis (OA) has been one of the most common locations of hand OA. CMC OA disproportionately occurs in females over males. In severe cases, surgical intervention may be needed. However, ... -
Constitutive Modeling of Mouse Arteries Suggests Changes in Directional Coupling and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling That Depend on Artery Type, Age, Sex, and Elastin Amounts
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Arterial stiffening occurs during natural aging, is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular events, and can follow different timelines in males and females. One mechanism of arterial stiffening includes ... -
Catalyzing Clinically Driven Undergraduate Design Projects at the Nexus of Engineering, Medicine, and Business
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Design projects, particularly those related to assistive technology, offer unparalleled educational opportunities for undergraduate students to synthesize engineering knowledge with a clinically driven need to produce a ... -
A Graphical Approach to Visualize and Interpret Biochemically Coupled Biomechanical Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The last decade has seen the emergence of progressively more complex mechanobiological models, often coupling biochemical and biomechanical components. The complexity of these models makes interpretation difficult, and ...