Bioresorbable plates have recently been used with anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF). Compared with metallic plates, bioresorbable plates provide segmental stabilization with minimal imaging artifact, eventual resorption, and increased load sharing. The objectives of the present study were to determine whether a bioresorbable plate can withstand simulated physiologic static and cycl...

STUDY DESIGN Controlled laboratory study using a cross-sectional design. OBJECTIVES To analyze the relationship of quadriceps-hamstrings and medial-lateral quadriceps anatomical cross-sectional area (ACSA) ratios with knee loads during walking and articular and meniscal cartilage composition in young, healthy subjects. BACKGROUND Muscle forces affect knee loading during walking, but it is n...

The objective of this research is to develop neck injury criteria and injury tolerance levels to be used as a basis for a performance standard for the certification of side facing aircraft seats. This paper presents the results of the first part of this study. A literature review was performed on the neck injuries, kinematics and injury mechanisms in lateral loading and existing injury criteria...

Impact is one of very important subjects which always have been considered in mechanical science. Nature of impact is such that which makes its control a hard task. Therefore it is required to present the transfer of impact to other vulnerable part of a structure, when it is necessary, one of the best method of absorbing energy of impact, is by using Thin-walled tubes these tubes collapses unde...

Perttunen, Jarmo Foot Loading in Normal and Pathological Walking Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2002, 86 p. (Studies in Sport, Physical Education and Health, ISSN 0356-1070; 83) ISBN 951-39-1222-1 Finnish summary Diss. The present series of studies was designed to study the interaction between foot loading patterns and neuromusculoskeletal adaptation during normal and pathological walking....

Stooped, restricted, kneeling, and other awkward postures adopted during manual materials handling have frequently been associated with LBP onset. However, lift assessment tools have focused on materials handling performed in an upright, or nearly upright standing posture. Unfortunately, many of the tools designed to analyze standing postures are not easily adapted to jobs requiring restricted ...

The purpose of our study was to examine dynamic foot function during gait as it relates to plantar loading in individuals with DM (diabetes mellitus and neuropathy) compared to matched control subjects. Foot mobility during gait was examined using a multi-segment kinematic model, and plantar loading was measured using a pedobarograph in subjects with DM (N = 15), control subjects (N = 15). Pear...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of number of chewing strokes on change in blood flow in denture-supporting maxillary mucosa. METHODS Subjects consisted of 11 healthy dentate men. Mastication was simulated by intermittent loading (10 N, 1/0.75 Hz) on a lateral area of the hard palate using a 2-cm(2) test plate. Loading duration was set at 1, 4, 8 or 12 min (80, 32...