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A cross sectional pilot study utilising STrain Analysis and Mapping of the Plantar Surface (STAMPS) to measure plantar load characteristics within a healthy population (2024)
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Jones, A. D., Crossland, S., Nixon, J. E., Siddle, H. J., Culmer, P. R., & Russell, D. A. (2024). A cross sectional pilot study utilising STrain Analysis and Mapping of the Plantar Surface (STAMPS) to measure plantar load characteristics within a healthy population. Gait and Posture, 113, 246-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.06.018

Background: No in-shoe systems, measuring both components of plantar load (plantar pressure and shear stress) are available for use in patients with diabetes. The STAMPS (STrain Analysis and Mapping of the Plantar Surface) system utilises digital ima... Read More about A cross sectional pilot study utilising STrain Analysis and Mapping of the Plantar Surface (STAMPS) to measure plantar load characteristics within a healthy population.

Incorporating pathological gait into patient-specific finite element models of the haemophilic ankle (2024)
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Talbott, H. G., Wilkins, R. A., Brockett, C. L., & Mengoni, M. (2024). Incorporating pathological gait into patient-specific finite element models of the haemophilic ankle. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-024-01857-z

Haemarthrosis is an inherent clinical feature of haemophilia, a disease characterised by an absence or reduction in clotting proteins. Patients with severe haemophilia experience joint bleeding leading to blood-induced ankle arthropathy (haemarthropa... Read More about Incorporating pathological gait into patient-specific finite element models of the haemophilic ankle.

Predicting the Fracture Toughness of Human Cancellous Bone in Fractured Neck of Femur Patients Using Bone Volume and Micro-Architecture (2024)
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Adams, G. J., Cook, R. B., Gibson, M., & Zioupos, P. (2024). Predicting the Fracture Toughness of Human Cancellous Bone in Fractured Neck of Femur Patients Using Bone Volume and Micro-Architecture. Life, 14(4), Article 467. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040467

The current protocol used to determine if an individual is osteoporotic relies on assessment of the individual’s bone mineral density (BMD), which allows clinicians to judge the condition of a patient with respect to their peers. This, in essence, ev... Read More about Predicting the Fracture Toughness of Human Cancellous Bone in Fractured Neck of Femur Patients Using Bone Volume and Micro-Architecture.

Parametrization of the Calcaneus and Medial Cuneiform to Aid Potential Advancements in Flatfoot Surgery (2024)
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Cai, Y., Pascoletti, G., Zioupos, P., Budair, B., Zanetti, E. M., Ringrose, T. J., & Junaid, S. (2024). Parametrization of the Calcaneus and Medial Cuneiform to Aid Potential Advancements in Flatfoot Surgery. Life, 14(3), Article 328. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14030328

Introduction: Flatfoot is a condition commonly seen in children; however, there is general disagreement over its incidence, characterization and correction. Painful flatfoot accompanied with musculoskeletal and soft tissue problems requires surgery t... Read More about Parametrization of the Calcaneus and Medial Cuneiform to Aid Potential Advancements in Flatfoot Surgery.

The relationship between subchondral bone cysts and cartilage health in the Tibiotalar joint: A finite element analysis (2022)
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Talbott, H. G., Wilkins, R. A., Redmond, A. C., Brockett, C. L., & Mengoni, M. (2022). The relationship between subchondral bone cysts and cartilage health in the Tibiotalar joint: A finite element analysis. Clinical biomechanics, 99, Article 105745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105745

Background: Subchondral bone cysts are a common presentation in ankle haemarthropathy. The relationship with ankle joint health has however not previously been investigated. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of subchondral bone cysts... Read More about The relationship between subchondral bone cysts and cartilage health in the Tibiotalar joint: A finite element analysis.

Biomechanical evaluation of the unilateral crossbite on the asymmetrical development of the craniofacial complex. A mechano-morphological approach (2022)
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Ortún-Terrazas, J., Fagan, M. J., Cegoñino, J., Illipronti-Filho, E., & del Palomar, A. P. (2022). Biomechanical evaluation of the unilateral crossbite on the asymmetrical development of the craniofacial complex. A mechano-morphological approach. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 217, Article 106703. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106703

Background and Objective: The occlusion effect on the craniofacial development is a controversial topic that has attracted the interest of many researchers but that remains unclear, mainly due to the difficulties on measure its mechanical response ex... Read More about Biomechanical evaluation of the unilateral crossbite on the asymmetrical development of the craniofacial complex. A mechano-morphological approach.

Back to the bones: do muscle area assessment techniques predict functional evolution across a macroevolutionary radiation? (2021)
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Bates, K. T., Wang, L., Dempsey, M., Broyde, S., Fagan, M. J., & Cox, P. G. (2021). Back to the bones: do muscle area assessment techniques predict functional evolution across a macroevolutionary radiation?. Interface, 18(180), Article 20210324. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0324

Measures of attachment or accommodation area on the skeleton are a popular means of rapidly generating estimates of muscle proportions and functional performance for use in large-scale macroevolutionary studies. Herein, we provide the first evaluatio... Read More about Back to the bones: do muscle area assessment techniques predict functional evolution across a macroevolutionary radiation?.

Morphological variation of the hemophilic talus (2021)
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Talbott, H. G., Wilkins, R. A., Redmond, A. C., Brockett, C. L., & Mengoni, M. (2021). Morphological variation of the hemophilic talus. Clinical Anatomy, 34(6), 941-947. https://doi.org/10.1002/ca.23757

Flattening of the trochlear tali is clinically observed as structural and functional changes advance in patients with hemarthropathy of the ankle. However, the degree of this flattening has not yet been quantified, and distribution of the morphologic... Read More about Morphological variation of the hemophilic talus.

Correction to: Evolutionary biomechanics: Hard tissues and soft evidence? (Proc. R. Soc. B (2021) 288 (20202809) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2809) (2021)
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Broyde, S., Dempsey, M., Wang, L., Cox, P. G., Fagan, M., & Bates, K. T. (2021). Correction to: Evolutionary biomechanics: Hard tissues and soft evidence? (Proc. R. Soc. B (2021) 288 (20202809) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2809). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1950), Article 20202809. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0831

Further analysis of our finite element (FE) models, as part of ongoing work, has revealed a systematic error running through all 30 models in our original analysis. In all 30 FE models, the force magnitudes applied to represent maximum isometric cont... Read More about Correction to: Evolutionary biomechanics: Hard tissues and soft evidence? (Proc. R. Soc. B (2021) 288 (20202809) DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2809).

Evolutionary biomechanics: hard tissues and soft evidence? (2021)
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Broyde, S., Dempsey, M., Wang, L., Cox, P. G., Fagan, M., & Bates, K. T. (2021). Evolutionary biomechanics: hard tissues and soft evidence?. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1945), Article 20202809. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2809

Biomechanical modelling is a powerful tool for quantifying the evolution of functional performance in extinct animals to understand key anatomical innovations and selective pressures driving major evolutionary radiations. However, the fossil record i... Read More about Evolutionary biomechanics: hard tissues and soft evidence?.

Viscoelastically active sutures – A stitch in time? (2020)
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France, L. A., & Fancey, K. S. (2021). Viscoelastically active sutures – A stitch in time?. Materials Science and Engineering: C, 121, Article 111695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msec.2020.111695

We present results to show that a commercially available polypropylene suture filament (Ethicon Prolene), following annealing and tensile creep can, after creep load removal, release viscoelastically stored energy over a period of several weeks. Spec... Read More about Viscoelastically active sutures – A stitch in time?.

Mathematical modeling of canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathways in TNF stimulation (2020)
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Ji, B., Zhang, Y., Zhen, C., Fagan, M. J., & Yang, Q. (2020). Mathematical modeling of canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathways in TNF stimulation. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 196, Article 105677. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105677

Background and objective: NF-κB can be activated by the canonical and non-canonical pathways. These two pathways interplay via the TRAF1|NIK complex after stimulation by TNF. However existing mathematical models of two pathways are inadequate. In thi... Read More about Mathematical modeling of canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathways in TNF stimulation.

Multi-beat averaging reveals u waves are ubiquitous and standing tall at elevated heart rates following exercise (2020)
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Al-Karadi, M. S., & Langley, P. (2020). Multi-beat averaging reveals u waves are ubiquitous and standing tall at elevated heart rates following exercise. Sensors, 20(14), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20144029

The reporting of U wave abnormalities is clinically important, but the measurement of this small electrocardiographic (ECG) feature is extremely difficult, especially in challenging recording conditions, such as stress exercise, due to contaminating... Read More about Multi-beat averaging reveals u waves are ubiquitous and standing tall at elevated heart rates following exercise.

Towards an early 3D-diagnosis of craniofacial asymmetry by computing the accurate midplane: A PCA-based method (2020)
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Ortún-Terrazas, J., Fagan, M. J., Cegoñino, J., Illipronti-Filho, E., & Pérez del Palomar, A. (2020). Towards an early 3D-diagnosis of craniofacial asymmetry by computing the accurate midplane: A PCA-based method. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 191, Article 105397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2020.105397

Background and objective: Craniofacial asymmetry is a common growth disorder often caused by unilateral chewing. Although an early orthodontic treatment would avoid surgical procedures later in life, the uncertainty of defining the accurate sagittal... Read More about Towards an early 3D-diagnosis of craniofacial asymmetry by computing the accurate midplane: A PCA-based method.

Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Defining passive galaxy samples and searching for the UV upturn (2019)
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Phillipps, S., Ali, S. S., Bremer, M. N., de Propris, R., Sansom, A. E., Cluver, M. E., Alpaslan, M., Brough, S., Brown, M. J., Davies, L. J., Driver, S. P., Grootes, M. W., Holwerda, B. W., Hopkins, A. M., James, P. A., Pimbblet, K., Robotham, A. S., Taylor, E. N., & Wang, L. (2020). Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Defining passive galaxy samples and searching for the UV upturn. Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492(2), 2128-2139. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3552

© 2019 The Author(s) We use data from the GAMA and GALEX surveys to demonstrate that the UV upturn, an unexpected excess of ultraviolet flux from a hot stellar component, seen in the spectra of many early-type galaxies, arises from processes internal... Read More about Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA): Defining passive galaxy samples and searching for the UV upturn.

Neurocranial development of the coelacanth and the evolution of the sarcopterygian head (2019)
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Dutel, H., Galland, M., Tafforeau, P., Long, J. A., Fagan, M. J., Janvier, P., Herrel, A., Santin, M. D., Clément, G., & Herbin, M. (2019). Neurocranial development of the coelacanth and the evolution of the sarcopterygian head. Nature, 569, 556–559. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1117-3

The neurocranium of sarcopterygian fishes was originally divided into an anterior (ethmosphenoid) and posterior (otoccipital) portion by an intracranial joint, and underwent major changes in its overall geometry before fusing into a single unit in lu... Read More about Neurocranial development of the coelacanth and the evolution of the sarcopterygian head.

Mathematical modelling of bone remodelling cycles including the NFκB signalling pathway (2019)
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Ji, B., Zhang, Y., Zhen, C., Fagan, M. J., & Yang, Q. (2019). Mathematical modelling of bone remodelling cycles including the NFκB signalling pathway. Computers in biology and medicine, 107, 257-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2019.03.003

RANKL can promote the differentiation of osteoclast precursors into mature osteoclasts by binding to RANK expressed on the surfaces of osteoclast progenitor cells during bone remodelling. The NF-κB signalling pathway is downstream of RANKL and transm... Read More about Mathematical modelling of bone remodelling cycles including the NFκB signalling pathway.

Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards (2018)
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Ross, C. F., Porro, L. B., Herrel, A., Evans, S. E., & Fagan, M. J. (2018). Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards. The journal of experimental biology, 221(23), jeb.180240. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.180240

In vivo bone strain data provide direct evidence of strain patterns in the cranium during biting. Compared to mammals, in vivo bone strains in lizard skulls are poorly documented. This paper presents strain data from the skulls of Anolis equestris, G... Read More about Bite force and cranial bone strain in four species of lizards.

The role of miniaturization in the evolution of the mammalian jaw and middle ear (2018)
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Lautenschlager, S., Gill, P. G., Luo, Z. X., Fagan, M. J., & Rayfield, E. J. (2018). The role of miniaturization in the evolution of the mammalian jaw and middle ear. Nature, 561(7724), 533-537. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0521-4

The evolution of the mammalian jaw is one of the most important innovations in vertebrate history, and underpins the exceptional radiation and diversification of mammals over the last 220 million years. In particular, the transformation of the mandi... Read More about The role of miniaturization in the evolution of the mammalian jaw and middle ear.

Validation of an algorithm to reveal the U wave in atrial fibrillation (2018)
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Al-Karadi, M. S., Wilkinson, A. J., Caldwell, J., & Langley, P. (2018). Validation of an algorithm to reveal the U wave in atrial fibrillation. Scientific reports, 8(1), Article 11946. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30493-8

Major cardiac organisations recommend U wave abnormalities should be reported during ECG interpretation. However, U waves cannot be measured in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) due to the obscuring fibrillatory wave. The aim was to validate a U... Read More about Validation of an algorithm to reveal the U wave in atrial fibrillation.