background : lifting methods, including standing stance and techniques have wide effects on spine loading and stability. previous studies explored lifting techniques in many biomechanical terms and documented changes in muscular and postural response of body as a function of techniques .however, the impact of standing stance and lifting technique on human musculoskeletal had not been investigat...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1) improves early ligament healing. DESIGN Experimental, controlled study of medial collateral ligaments (MCLs) in rabbits' knees. SETTING Research laboratory. SUBJECTS Sixteen skeletally mature, New Zealand White female rabbits. INTERVENTIONS Ten rabbits had a standardized gap injury made in the MCL of both knees...

Purpose To investigate ex vivo potentially different corneal biomechanical properties after small-incision lenticule extraction (SMILE) versus LASIK for myopic correction. Methods Thirty human donor corneas were subjected to either myopic SMILE or femtosecond laser-assisted LASIK. Donor corneas were assigned to six investigative groups: Group A, -3.00 D (diopters) SMILE; Group B, -8.00 D SMIL...

PURPOSE The meta-analysis was performed to identify animal research defining the effects of low power laser irradiation on biomechanical indicators of bone regeneration and the impact of dosage. METHODS We searched five electronic databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Database of Randomised Clinical Trials) for studies in the area of laser and bone healing published from 19...

This study examined changes in the biomechanical properties of cultured pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) and neutrophils induced by adhesion of neutrophils to these ECs. The biomechanical properties of cells were evaluated using magnetic twisting cytometry, which measures the angular rotation of ferromagnetic beads bound to cells through antibody ligation on application of a spec...

Falls not only present a considerable health threat, but the resulting treatment and loss of working days also place a heavy economic burden on society. Gait instability is a major fall risk factor, particularly in geriatric patients, and walking is one of the most frequent dynamic activities of daily living. To allow preventive strategies to become effective, it is therefore imperative to iden...

BACKGROUND Knee injuries are a major injury concern for Australian Football players and participants of many other sports worldwide. There is increasing evidence from laboratory and biomechanically focused studies about the likely benefit of targeted exercise programmes to prevent knee injuries. However, there have been few international studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of such pro...