The assessment of rehabilitation robot safety is a vital aspect of the development process,
which is often experienced as difficult. There are gaps in best practices and knowledge to …

The paper concerns the development of a new scalable virtual human body model. The
model has been developed to assess safety risk during various complex crash scenarios …

The widely used human body injury criteria were established based on the biomechanical
response of the Euro-American human body, without considering the differences in …

BACKGROUND: There is considerable interest to develop accurate subject-specific
biomechanical models of the knee. Most of the existing models currently do not include a …

BACKGROUND: In order to ensure the proper function of the cementless hip implant, the
connection between the femoral bone and the implant has to be as strong as possible …

Objectives: The objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of muscle active
forces on lower extremity injuries for various impact locations and impact angles for a freely …

During everyday activities cartilage experiences high loads, stresses, deformations, and
contact forces. Sometimes, those activities can lead to permanent damage, such as focal …

The finite element method has found great application in the field of biomedical engineering
due to the ability to utilize such method for analysis of the problems that include complex …

The average life expectancy has increased in recent years, and this upward trend is
expected to persist. With aging comes the onset of degenerative diseases, such as arthritis …

A VHDL model of the 8051 microcontroller is a key component for a course in hardware-
software codesign, in its second year of development at University of Missouri-Rolla. Our …