Purpose Use gait analysis to establish and detail the clinically relevant components of normal
human gait, analyze the gait characteristics for those afflicted with spinal pathology, and …

Finite element (FE) method is a proven powerful and efficient tool to study the biomechanics
of the human lumbar spine. However, due to the large inter-subject variability of geometries …

Study design A non-randomized, prospective, concurrent control cohort study. Objective The
purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a method to quantify the dimensions of the …

Study Design: Narrative review. Objective: To address the gap in the literature on specific
return to play protocols and rehabilitation regimens for golfers undergoing lumbar spine …

… Bhuva, Sheena MD; Lankford, Craig MD; Patel, Nayan MD; Haddas, Ram PhD … All
correspondence should be addressed to: Ram Haddas, PhD, Texas Back Institute, 6020 W …

Finite element (FE) method has been widely used to study the screw–bone connections.
Screw threads are often excluded from the FE spine model to reduce computational cost. …

This paper examines the stress distribution in the posterior fusion fixation, spinal range of
motion (ROM), and the screw–bone interaction force obtained from various fixation methods of …

Background Context Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) typically manifests with a slow,
progressive stepwise decline in neurologic function, including hand clumsiness and …

Finite element analysis was used to investigate the responses of five healthy subjects and
five adult degenerative scoliosis (ADS) subjects to cyclic vibration. The dynamic responses of …

Engineering has been playing an important role in serving and advancing healthcare. The
term “Healthcare Engineering” has been used by professional societies, universities, scientific …