Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: Recent submissions
Now showing items 81-100 of 5207
-
Comparing Patellofemoral Kinematics Assessed With a Novel Muscle Actuator System and an Oxford Rig Using Noncadaveric Knees
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Total knee replacement (TKR) failure, low patient satisfaction and high revision surgery rates may stem from insufficient preclinical testing. Conventional joint motion simulators for preclinical testing of TKR implants ... -
Evaluating the Influence of Morphological Features on the Vulnerability of Lipid-Rich Plaques During Stenting
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2025)Lipid-rich atheromas are linked to plaque rupture in stented atherosclerotic arteries. While fibrous cap thickness is acknowledged as a critical indicator of vulnerability, it is likely that other morphological features ... -
Design, Evaluation, and Implementation of a Novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Compatible Physiologic Loading Simulator for Ex-Vivo Joints
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (qMRI), in combination with mechanical testing, offers potential to investigate how loading (e.g., from daily physical exercise) is related to joint and tissue function. However, ... -
Erratum: “A Numerical Scheme for Anisotropic Reactive Nonlinear Viscoelasticity” [ASME J. Biomech Eng., 2023, 145(1), p. 011004; DOI: 10.1115/1.4054983]
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)In this erratum, we correct a mistake in a subcomponent of the numerical algorithm proposed in our recent study for modeling anisotropic reactive nonlinear viscoelasticity (doi:10.1115/1.4054983), for the special case where ... -
Effect of the Material Properties and Knee Position to the Bone Bruise Pattern in Skeletally Mature and Immature Subjects
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)A bone bruise is generated by a bony collision that could occur when the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is injured, and its pattern reflects the injury mechanism and skeletal maturity. Thus, the bone bruise pattern is ... -
Sexual Dimorphism in the Architectural Design of Rat and Human Pelvic Floor Muscles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Skeletal muscle architecture is a strong predictor of in vivo functional capacity and is evaluated in fixed tissues, accommodating the study of human muscles from cadaveric donors. Previous studies evaluating the pelvic ... -
Exploring the Influence of Facet Orientation and Tropism on Neutral Zone Properties
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Lumbar spine pathologies have been linked independently to both neutral zone (NZ) properties and facet joint anatomical characteristics; however, the effect of facet joint orientation (FO) and tropism (FT) on NZ properties ... -
Simulated Effects of Acute Left Ventricular Myocardial Infarction on Mitral Regurgitation in an Ovine Model
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) occurs from incomplete coaptation of the mitral valve (MV) after myocardial infarction (MI), typically worsened by continued remodeling of the left ventricular (LV). The importance of ... -
Transient Performance Analysis of Centrifugal Left Ventricular Assist Devices Coupled With Windkessel Model: Large Eddy Simulations Study on Continuous and Pulsatile Flow Operation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations are widely used to develop and analyze blood-contacting medical devices such as left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). This work presents an analysis of the transient behavior ... -
Fluid Dynamic Study of the Penn State Pediatric Total Artificial Heart
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Penn State University is developing a pediatric total artificial heart (TAH) as a bridge-to-transplant device that supports infants and small children with single ventricle anomalies or biventricular heart failure to address ... -
In Vitro Assessment of Knee Joint Biomechanics Using a Virtual Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Understanding the biomechanical impact of injuries and reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is vital for improving surgical treatments that restore normal knee function. The purpose of this study was to ... -
Implant Strength Contributes to the Osseointegration Strength of Porous Metallic Materials
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Creating the optimal environment for effective and long term osseointegration is a heavily researched and sought-after design criteria for orthopedic implants. A validated multimaterial finite element (FE) model was developed ... -
Injury Risk Functions for the Midsized Male Wrist and Elbow as a Result of Behind Shield Blunt Trauma
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Ballistic shields protect users from a variety of threats, including projectiles. Shield back-face deformation (BFD) is the result of the shield deflecting or absorbing a projectile and deforming toward the user. Back-face ... -
Continuum Growth Mechanics: Reconciling Two Common Frameworks
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The objective of this study was to investigate whether the two most common growth mechanics modeling frameworks, the constrained-mixture growth model and the kinematic growth model, could be reconciled mathematically. The ... -
Simulation of Uterus Active Contraction and Fetus Delivery in ls-dyna
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Vaginal childbirth is the final phase of pregnancy when one or more fetuses pass through the birth canal from the uterus, and it is a biomechanical process. The uterine active contraction, causing the pushing force on the ... -
A Spatial Interpolation Approach to Assign Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Derived Material Properties for Finite Element Models of Adeno-Associated Virus Infusion Into a Recurrent Brain Tumor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a clinically useful gene delivery vehicle for treating neurological diseases. To deliver AAV to focal targets, direct infusion into brain tissue by convection-enhanced delivery (CED) is often ... -
Changes in Dynamic Mean Ankle Moment Arm in Unimpaired Walking Across Speeds, Ramps, and Stairs
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Understanding the natural biomechanics of walking at different speeds and activities is crucial to develop effective assistive devices for persons with lower-limb impairments. While continuous measures such as joint angle ... -
Development and Preliminary Evaluation of a Bimodal Foot Prosthesis for Walking and Running
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)People often alternate between bouts of walking and running, for instance, when adults participate in recreational activities. Transitioning between activities can be challenging for prosthesis users because existing ... -
Continuous Softening as a State of Hyperelasticity: Examples of Application to the Softening Behavior of the Brain Tissue
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)The continuous softening behavior of the brain tissue, i.e., the softening in the primary loading path with an increase in deformation, is modeled in this work as a state of hyperelasticity up to the onset of failure. That ... -
Controlled Stiffness of Direct-Write, Near-Field Electrospun Gelatin Fibers Generates Differences in Tenocyte Morphology and Gene Expression
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2024)Tendinopathy is a leading cause of mobility issues. Currently, the cell–matrix interactions involved in the development of tendinopathy are not fully understood. In vitro tendon models provide a unique tool for addressing ...