The rising importance of movement analysis led to the development of more complex
biomechanical models to describe in detail the human motion patterns. The models scaled …

Entheses are complex multi-tissue regions of the musculoskeletal system serving the
challenging task of connecting highly dissimilar materials such as the compliant tendon to …

Purpose To suggest a cutoff value of tension related to retear of a repaired chronically
contracted rotator cuff and to analyze the correlation between predictive factors and integrity …

Artificial tissues made of fiber-reinforced elastomers typically have mechanical properties
similar to biological tissues. Such a similarity motivates artificial tissue usage in building …

The von Mises (VM) stress is a common stress measure for finite element models of tissue
mechanics. The VM failure criterion, however, is inherently isotropic, and therefore may yield …

The supraspinatus tendon plays a crucial role in shoulder abduction, making it one of the
common structures affected by injury. Clinically, crescent-shaped tears are the most …

Joining soft to hard materials is a challenging problem in modern engineering applications.
In order to alleviate stress concentrations at the interface between materials with such a …

The Achilles tendon (AT) is a common injury site. Ruptures are usually located in the free
tendon but may cross the myotendinous junction into the aponeurotic region. Considering …

Continuum mechanics-based finite element models of the shoulder aim to quantify the
mechanical environment of the joint to aid in clinical decision-making for rotator cuff injury …

Background There is no proven method for quantitative evaluation of bone healing progress
or decision to remove the nail after intramedullary nailing for femoral shaft fractures. Finite …