Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Probing Flow-Induced Biomolecular Interactions With Micro-Extensional Rheology: Tau Protein Aggregation 

      Hosseini, H.; Rangchian, A.; Prins, M. L.; Giza, C. C.; Ruberti, J. W.; Kavehpour, H. P. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Biomolecules in solutions subjected to extensional strain can form aggregates, which may be important for our understanding of pathologies involving insoluble protein structures where mechanical forces are thought to be ...

    • Head Rotational Kinematics, Tissue Deformations, and Their Relationships to the Acute Traumatic Axonal Injury 

      Hajiaghamemar, Marzieh; Seidi, Morteza; Margulies, Susan S. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Head rotational kinematics and tissue deformation metrics obtained from finite element models (FEM) have the potential to be used as traumatic axonal injury (TAI) assessment criteria and headgear evaluation standards. These ...

    • Acoustic Cell Separation Based on Density and Mechanical Properties 

      Xie, Yuliang; Mao, Zhangming; Bachman, Hunter; Li, Peng; Zhang, Peiran; Ren, Liqiang; Wu, Mengxi; Huang, Tony Jun (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Density and mechanical properties (e.g., compressibility or bulk modulus) are important cellular biophysical markers. As such, developing a method to separate cells directly based on these properties can benefit various ...

    • A Century of Cartilage Tribology Research Is Informing Lubrication Therapies 

      Bonnevie, Edward D.; Bonassar, Lawrence J. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Articular cartilage is one of the most unique materials found in nature. This tissue's ability to provide low friction and low wear over decades of constant use is not surpassed, as of yet, by any synthetic materials. ...

    • Evaluation of Professional Ballet Dancers Body Posture During Barre Movements 

      Patterson, R. M.; Hershberger, N.; Balyakina, E.; Capell, W., III; Mirochnitchenko, A.; Surve, S. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Ballet dancers have finite careers due to the demands placed upon their bodies throughout years of training, study, and performance. The average age a dancer retires is 34 due to persistent stress on their joints and ...

    • Biaxial Stress Relaxation of Vaginal Tissue in Pubertal Gilts 

      Pack, Erica; Dubik, Justin; Snyder, William; Simon, Alexander; Clark, Sherrie; De Vita, Raffaella (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a condition characterized by displacement of the vagina from its normal anatomical position leading to symptoms such as incontinence, physical discomfort, and poor self-image. Conservative ...

    • Estimation of Anisotropic Material Properties of Soft Tissue by MRI of Ultrasound-Induced Shear Waves 

      Guertler, Charlotte A.; Okamoto, Ruth J.; Ireland, Jake A.; Pacia, Christopher P.; Garbow, Joel R.; Chen, Hong; Bayly, Philip V. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      This paper describes a new method for estimating anisotropic mechanical properties of fibrous soft tissue by imaging shear waves induced by focused ultrasound (FUS) and analyzing their direction-dependent speeds. Fibrous ...

    • Historical Review of Combined Experimental and Computational Approaches for Investigating Annulus Fibrosus Mechanics 

      Zhou, Minhao; Werbner, Benjamin; O'Connell, Grace (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Intervertebral disc research has sought to develop a deeper understanding of spine biomechanics, the complex relationship between disc health and back pain, and the mechanisms of spinal injury and repair. To do so, many ...

    • Herbert R. Lissner: The Father of Impact Biomechanics 

      King, Albert I.; Grimm, Michele J. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Professor Herbert R. Lissner was a pioneer in impact biomechanics, having initiated research on the injury mechanisms, mechanical response, and human tolerance of the human brain to blunt impact 80 years ago—in 1939. This ...

    • Capturing the 2019 H. R. Lissner Medal Presentation With Jennifer S. Wayne 

      Wayne, Jennifer S. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)

    • Journal of Biomechanical Engineering: Legacy Paper 2019 

      Erdemir, Ahmet (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      The Journal of Biomechanical Engineering has been published since 1977. To honor papers published at least 30 years that have had a long-lasting impact on the field, the editors now recognize “Legacy Papers.” The journal ...

    • Society Awards 2019 

      Unknown author (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)

    • Thank You to All 2019 JBME Reviewers! 

      Unknown author (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Adam AbrahamSteven D. AbramowitchClaire AcevedoDavid C. AcklandAakash AgarwalVered AharonsonGordon AlderinkRami M. A. Al-DiriniJabran Ali

    • 2019 Editors' Choice Papers 

      Unknown author (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      As part of the Annual Special Issue, the JBME Associate Editors selected the top papers published in the journal during 2019. Those Editors' Choice papers, listed below in chronological order, exemplified both the high ...

    • Magnetic Resonance Compatible Knee Extension Ergometer 

      Jaber, Youssef; Jimenez Francisco, Ericber; Bartlett, Miles F.; Fitzgerald, Liam F.; Kent, Jane A.; Sup, Frank C., IV (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      A magnetic resonance (MR) compatible ergometer has been developed to study contracting lower limb muscles during acquisition of MR spectroscopy data, a technique to noninvasively measure metabolic energy in muscle tissue. ...

    • Micromechanisms of Cortical Bone Failure Under Different Loading Conditions 

      Sharma, N. K.; Sharma, Swati; Rathi, Apoorv; Kumar, Abhinav; Saini, Karan Vir; Sarker, M. D.; Naghieh, Saman; Ning, Liqun; Chen, Xiongbiao (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Bone being a hierarchical composite material has a structure varying from macro- to nanoscale. The arrangement of the components of bone material and the bonding between fibers and matrix gives rise to its unique material ...

    • A Multibody Model for Predicting Spatial Distribution of Human Brain Deformation Following Impact Loading 

      Gabrieli, David; Vigilante, Nicholas F.; Scheinfeld, Rich; Rifkin, Jared A.; Schumm, Samantha N.; Wu, Taotao; Gabler, Lee F.; Panzer, Matthew B.; Meaney, David F. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      With an increasing focus on long-term consequences of concussive brain injuries, there is a new emphasis on developing tools that can accurately predict the mechanical response of the brain to impact loading. Although ...

    • Low Intensity Ultrasound Induces Epithelial Cell Adhesion Responses 

      Lim, Jormay; Chu, Yeh-Shiu; Chu, Ya-Cherng; Lo, Chun-Min; Wang, Jaw-Lin (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      In this study, we investigated the cellular mechanosensitive responses to a low intensity ultrasound (LIUS) stimulation (ISATA = 1 mW/cm2, pressure = 10 kPa). The dose and temporal effects at cell–substrate adhesion (CSA) ...

    • Characterizing Strain Rate-Dependent Mechanical Properties for Bovine Cortical Bones 

      Lei, Jianyin; Li, Lintao; Wang, Zhihua; Zhu, Feng (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Comprehensive knowledge of strain rate-dependent viscoelastic properties of bony materials is necessary to understand the mechanisms of bone fracture under impact loading conditions (e.g., falls, traffic accidents, and ...

    • The Effect of Stiff Foot Plate Length on Walking Gait Mechanics 

      Schmitthenner, Dave; Sweeny, Carolyn; Du, Jing; Martin, Anne E. (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)
      Exoskeletons are increasingly being used to treat gait pathologies. Many of these exoskeletons use a foot plate to actuate the foot, altering the effective stiffness of the foot. Stiffness of the biological foot and ankle ...