BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to identify the independent risk factors of neurologic deficit after thoracolumbar burst fracture. Traumatic fractures of the thoracolumbar spine are the most common type of spinal column fractures. Many studies have attempted to determine whether neurologic deficit in such fractures is related to spinal canal stenosis or other parameters observed on ax...

We have locked a whispering-gallery resonance of a fused-silica microsphere to a frequency-scanning laser. The resonance frequency is modulated by axial compression of the microsphere, and phase-sensitive detection of the fiber-coupled optical throughput is used for locking. Using a laser wavelength of either 1570 nm or 830 nm, we demonstrate a locked tracking range exceeding 30 GHz for a micro...

Despite its widespread use as graft material in orthopaedic surgical procedures, morselized cancellous bone has not yet been well characterized from the standpoint of its mechanical properties. To accommodate the noncohesive nature of this loose particulate form of bone, a triaxial compression test apparatus commonly used in engineering soil mechanics was adapted for the testing of fresh-frozen...

In this article we investigate the generation of shear strain elastograms induced using a lateral shear deformation. Ultrasound simulation and experimental results demonstrate that the shear strain elastograms obtained under shear deformation exhibit significant differences between bound and unbound inclusions in phantoms, when compared to shear strain images induced upon an axial compression. ...

In an attempt to ascertain the effects of mechanical stimulation on callus in the early stage of bone fracture healing, a tibial fracture was induced in rats and mechanical stimulation applied to the fractures. The callus was then measured quantitatively, while the fractures were analyzed both radiographically and histologically. Following the induction of a closed transverse fracture in the ti...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of anterior inferior tibiofibularis ligament (AITFL) deficient human ankle under axial loading of ankle at stance phase of gait. In order to investigate the contribution of AITFL to ankle stability, an in vitro sequential experimental setup was simulated. METHODS The measurement of posterior displacement of distal tib...

BACKGROUND Extra-axial hematoma can cause significant brain compression. Guidelines for surgical evacuation include imaging findings (midline shift and hematoma thickness/volume) in conjunction with Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores and/or intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring. Physiologically, overall brain density should also change with compression. In our observational study, we explored whe...

In this paper we develop globally robustly stabilizing controllers for rotating stall and surge in multimode axial flow compressor models with uncertain pressure-flow compressor performance characteristic maps. Specifically, using Lyapunov stability theory, a novel switching nonlinear globally robustly stabilizing control law based on equilibria-dependent Lyapunov functions with converging doma...

This study examined the effects of radial confinement and passive axial compression-induced vertical confinement, on the biomechanical, biochemical, and histological properties of self-assembled chondrocyte constructs. The self-assembled constructs, engineered without the use of an exogenous scaffold, exhibited significant increases in stiffness in the direction orthogonal to that of the confin...