Conference Agenda

IN SILICO ESTIMATIONS OF ARTICULAR ANKLE JOINT LOADING DURING ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING

B. Postolka¹, B. A. Killen¹, H. Boey^1,2, J. Vander Sloten², I. Jonkers¹

¹Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, KU Leuven, Belgium; ²Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Belgium

NOVEL CONTROL OF AN ANKLE JOINT MOTION SIMULATOR: A PHANTOM STUDY

A. Crossman, A. Kedgley

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

REGIONAL PLANTAR FORCES AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOOT SHAPE VARIATIONS OF CHRONIC ANKLE INSTABILITY INDIVIDUALS

P. Yu^1,2, X. Cen¹, A. Wang², Q. Mei^1,2, Y. Gu^1,2, J. Fernandez^2,3

¹Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China; ²Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; ³Department of Engineering Science and Biomedical Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

A FIVE DOF, SYNERGY-BASED MODEL OF THE ENTIRE FOOT KINEMATICS

M. Conconi¹, L. Modenese², A. Leardini³, C. Belvedere³, N. Sancisi¹

¹Depth Of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna; ²Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales; ³Movement analysis Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

ASSESSING LOCALISED MULTI-DIRECTIONAL PLANTAR STRESSES ACROSS DIFFERENT TERRAINS USING A WEARABLE INSOLE SYSTEM

J. Tang¹, D. J Parker², C. J Nester³, L. Jiang¹

¹School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; ²School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Salford, United Kingdom; ³School of Allied Health Professions, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom

GAIT CHARACTERISTICS OF HALLUX AND FOREFOOT AMPUTEES

F. Doerks, C. Gempfer, E. Jakubowitz

Laboratory of Biomechanics and Biomaterials, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany

VALIDATED FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS CAN PREDICT PEDICLE SCREW LOOSENING

D. Mischler¹, F. Kessler², P. Zysset², P. Varga¹

¹AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland; ²University of Bern, Switzerland

OBJECTIVE FRACTURE HEALING MEASURES WITH SENSORS AND FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS IN AN OVINE TIBIA MODEL

P. Schwarzenberg, C. Hetreau, D. Mischler, J. Schlatter, A. Valenti, M. Ernst, P. Varga

AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland

PREDICTIVE FRACTURE HELAING SIMULATIONS CORRELATE WITH IN VIVO SENSORS IN AN OVINE TIBIA MODEL

P. Schwarzenberg¹, J. Schlatter¹, M. Ernst¹, H. Dailey², P. Varga¹

¹AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland; ²Lehigh University, United States of America

THE EFFECT OF BONE RELAXATION ON THE SIMULATED PULL-OUT FORCE OF A CEMENTLESS FEMORAL KNEE IMPLANT

T. S. Gersie¹, T. Bitter¹, R. Freeman², N. Verdonschot^1,3, D. Janssen¹

¹Radboudumc, Netherlands; ²Depuy Synthes, UK; ³University of Twente, Netherlands

A COMPUTATIONAL OPTIMISATION STUDY IN HIP IMPLANTS USING FUNCTIONALLY GRADED BIOMIMETIC LATTICE STRUCTURES

M. Vafaeefar, K. M. Moerman, T. J. Vaughan

University of Galway, Ireland

AUTOMATIC PATIENT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT MODELLING OF REVERSED TOTAL SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY

P. Eghbali¹, O. B. Satir², F. Becce³, P. Goetti³, P. Büchler², D. P. Pioletti¹, A. Terrier^1,3

¹Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; ²ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, Switzerland; ³Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Switzerland

STUDY OF CORTICAL BONE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION USING A DISCRETE BMU REMODELLING MODEL

N. M. Castoldi¹, R. Gilmour¹, V. Sansalone², D. Cooper³, P. Pivonka¹

¹School of Mechanical, Medical and Process Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Australia; ²MSME, UMR 8208, Univ Paris Est Creteil, Univ Gustave Eiffel, CNRS, France; ³College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

THE IMPACT OF DIABETES ON FE-PREDICTED STRENGTH AT BASELINE AND FOLLOW-UP IN THE AGES-REYKJAVIK COHORT

A. D. Praveen¹, A. Baker², D. Jha^1,2, T. Aspelund^3,4, F. Johannesdottir⁵, S. Sigurðsson³, V. Guðnason³, S. J. Ferguson^1,2, L. M. Ellingsen⁴, P. A. Bjornsson⁴, H. Palsson⁴, D. Matchar⁶, H. Benedikt^1,2

¹Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore; ²ETH-Zürich, Switzerland; ³The Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland; ⁴University of Iceland, Iceland; ⁵Harvard University, United States; ⁶Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

HIERARCHICAL ELASTOPLASTICITY OF CORTICAL BONE: OBERVATIONS, MATHEMATICAL MODELING, VALIDATION

V. Kumbolder¹, C. Morin², S. Scheiner¹, C. Hellmich¹

¹TU Wien, Austria; ²Mines de Saint-Etienne, France

TETRAHEDRAL MICRO-FE MODELS OF HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE: A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE TO VOXEL MODELS?

G. Fraterrigo^1,2, D. Santamaria^1,2, G. Iori³, M. Pani⁴, G. Crimi¹, F. Taddei¹, E. Schileo¹

¹IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Italy; ²Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ³Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East, Jordan; ⁴University of Portsmouth, UK

EFFECT OF THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC MODELLING ON VERTEBRAL BONE STRAIN PREDICTION: A FINITE-ELEMENT STUDY

A. Aldieri¹, C. Garavelli², S. Mallia¹, M. Palanca², L. Crisotofolini², M. Viceconti^2,3

¹PolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy; ³Medical Technology Laboratory, Orthopaedic Rizzoli Institute, Bologna, Italy

SCREW PULL-OUT FORCE PREDICTION IN PORCINE RADII USING COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT NONLINEAR µFE MODELS

P. Stefanek¹, J. Silva-Henao², A. Reisinger², D. Pahr^1,2, A. Synek¹

¹Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Austria; ²Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Austria

THEORETICAL APPROACH TO MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES DRIVING MECHANICAL ADAPTATION OF INTERACTING MULTIPLE BONES

R. Suzuki, T. Adachi

Kyoto University, Japan

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF TIBIAL POSTERIOR FRACTURE AND POSTERIOR SOFT TISSUES IN THE KNEE JOINT

M. Sisella¹, H. Hoekstra², E. Bori¹, B. Innocenti¹

¹BEAMS Department (Bio Electro and Mechanical Systems), École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; ²University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Trauma Surgery, Belgium

IMPORTANCE OF BONE-CARTILAGE INTERFACE KINEMATICS IN FE SIMULATION FOR CARTILAGE MECHANICS

V. Jönsson, L. Grassi, A. Gustafsson, M. Pierantoni, H. Isaksson

Lund university, Sweden

COMBINED AFM MICRO-INDENTATION AND MALDI MSI FOR CORRELATION OF MECHANICS AND COMPOSITION OF MENISCI

A. N. Lebedeva¹, M. Handelshauser¹, O. G. Andriotis¹, B. Hager², S. Trattnig², L. Hirtler², M. Schreiner², M. Marchetti-Deschmann¹, P. J. Thurner¹

¹TU Wien, Austria; ²Medical University of Vienna

EARLY OSTEOARTHRITIC HUMAN CARTILAGE SHOWS INDEPENDENT FRICTION AND BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES

L. de Roy, J. W. Metzger, G. Q. Teixeira, A. Ignatius, A. M. Seitz

Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University, Germany

INFLUENCE OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF INFRAPATELLAR AND SUPRAPATELLAR FAT PADS

S. Pettenuzzo, A. Berardo, E. Belluzzi, A. Pozzuoli, P. Ruggieri, E. L. Carniel, C. G. Fontanella

University of Padova, Italy

CONFINED AND UNCONFINED CARTILAGE MECHANICS: EFFECT OF CREEP TIME ON MATERIAL PROPERTY PREDICTION

B. E. Seiferheld¹, H. Isaksson², V. Jönsson², M. S. Andersen¹

¹Aalborg University, Denmark; ²Lund University, Sweden

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT BECOMES MORE COMPLIANT AND VISCOUS WITH MEDIAL FEMORAL OSTEOARTHRITIS

A. Ristaniemi¹, M. A. J. Finnilä², A. Joukainen³, H. Kröger³, R. K. Korhonen¹

¹University of Eastern Finland, Finland; ²University of Oulu, Finland; ³Kuopio University Hospital, Finland

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATOR (ECMO) FOR EFFICIENCY EVALUATION

J. Im, B. Gu, D. Lee

Chonnam National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

QUANTIFYING THE IMPACT OF MITRAL VALVE ANATOMY ON CLINICAL MARKERS USING SURROGATE MODELS AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

J.-N. Thiel, J. Gestrich, M. Neidlin

Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

IN SILICO ANALYSIS OF PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTION TO REDUCE AUTOGRAFT DILATATION AFTER THE ROSS PROCEDURE

L. Maes¹, T. Vervenne¹, A. Hendrickx¹, A. C. Estrada², L. Van Hoof¹, P. Verbrugghe¹, F. Rega¹, E. A. V. Jones¹, J. D. Humphrey², N. Famaey¹

¹KU Leuven, Belgium; ²Yale University, USA

INFLUENCE OF MITRAL VALVE SHAPE ON MITRAL VALVE HEMODYNAMICS: AN IN-SILICO STUDY

J. Franz^1,2, J. Brüning^1,2, L. Goubergrits^1,2, A. Groth³, T. Kühne^1,2, V. Lavezzo⁴, I. Waechter-Stehle³, K. Vellguth^1,2

¹Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité, Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Germany; ²Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; ³Philips Innovation Technologies, Hamburg, Germany; ⁴Philips Research, AI, Data Science and Digital Twin department, The Netherlands

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMISATION FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC TUNING OF A CARDIOVASCULAR MODEL

E. Perra, G. Uribarri, E. Fransén, S. A. Dual

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

AUGMENTED COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS STUDY FOR TETRALOGY OF FALLOT PATIENTS EVALUATION

M. Mazzoli^1,2, B. M. Fanni¹, L. Ait-Ali³, A. Monteleone⁴, S. Celi¹

¹BioCardioLab, Bioengineering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy; ²Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy; ³Institute of Clinical Physiology, CNR, Italy; ⁴Clinical Imaging Department, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy

FLUID DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AAA PHANTOMS VIA LED-PIV IN A HYBRID MOCK CIRCULATORY LOOP

E. Vignali¹, E. Gasparotti¹, F. Bardi^1,2, S. Avril², S. Celi¹

¹BioCardioLab, Bionegineering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Massa, Italy; ²MINES Saint-Étienne, Univ Lyon, Univ Jean Monnet, France

MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF DISSECTED AORTIC MEDIA UNDER RADIAL TENSILE LOADING

S. Sherifova^1,2, S. Avril², G. A. Holzapfel^1,3

¹Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria; ²Ecole des Mines Saint-Étienne, France; ³Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU, Norway

ROLE OF PHYSICS-INFORMED CONSTRAINTS IN DEEP LEARNING REAL-TIME ACCESSMENT OF 3D VASCULAR FLUID DYNAMICS

W. X. Chan¹, W. Ding¹, B. Li², H. S. Wong¹, C. H. Yap¹

¹Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; ²Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom

VALIDATING A COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO PREDICT THE 3D ARTERIAL MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT

C. C. Berggren¹, Y. J. Wang^2,3, A. Rogers¹, L. H. Timmins^2,3

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Utah, United States of America; ²School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, United States of America; ³Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, United States of America

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF CT-DERIVED CALCIFIC AND WALL SHEAR STRESS PATTERNS IN DISEASED CORONARY ARTERIES

M. Lodi Rizzini¹, A. Tajima², T. Mizukami², C. Collet², C. Chiastra¹, U. Morbiducci¹, D. Gallo¹

¹Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Belgium

ASSOCIATION OF SHEAR STRESS AND WALL STRESS WITH PLAQUE PROGRESSION IN ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID ARTERIES

A. Tziotziou¹, Y. Liu², A. van der Steen¹, A. van der Lugt³, J. Wentzel¹, D. Bos^3,4, A. Akyildiz^1,2

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ²Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands; ³Department of Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; ⁴Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

NUMERICAL MODELLING OF THE VISCOELASTIC POLYMER MELT FLOW IN MATERIAL EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING

X. Xu¹, W. Qiu¹, F. Zhao², Y. Xiong¹

¹Southern University of Science and Technology, China; ²Swansea University, United Kingdom

VORONOI-BASED CERAMIC SCAFFOLDS WITH CUSTOM PROPERTIES

L. D'Andrea, D. Gastaldi, P. Vena

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANICAL TESTING OF SYNTHETIC 3D PRINTED MODELS OF HEALTHY AND METASTATIC VERTEBRAE

D. Bruno¹, R. Forni², M. Palanca¹, L. Cristofolini¹, P. Gargiulo^2,3

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Bologna, IT; ²Institute of Biomedical and Neural Engineering, Reykjavik University, IS; ³Department of Science, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, IS

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND FRACTURE PREDICTION IN CERAMIC SCAFFOLDS PRODUCED TROUGH VAT-PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION

M. Colombo¹, E. Kornfellner², L. D'Andrea¹, A. De Cet¹, S. Reininger^2,3, D. Gastaldi¹, P. Vena¹, F. Moscato^2,4,5

¹Politecnico di Milano, Italy; ²Medical University of Vienna, Austria; ³Technical University of Vienna, Austria; ⁴Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Vienna, Austria; ⁵Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Vienna, Austria

USING THE ELASTIC FOUNDATION MODEL TO EXPLAIN MECHANICAL EFFECTS OF DISTORTION IN ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED LATTICES

M. Stagno Navarra, C. B Burson-Thomas, A. R Hamilton, M. Browne

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

3D PRINTED CONDUCTIVE SCAFFOLDS COMBINED WITH ELECTRICAL STIMULI FOR IMPROVED BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING STRATEGIES

J. C. Silva^1,2, F. F. Garrudo^2,3, P. Marcelino^2,4, J. Meneses⁴, F. Barbosa², N. Alves⁴, D. Massai¹, P. Pascoal-Faria⁴, F. C. Ferreira^1,2

¹Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Department of Bioengineering and iBB -Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; ³Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa; ⁴CDRSP, Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal

MULTIDIC AND DUODIC: OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR 3D DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN BIOMECHANICS

D. Solav

Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF SENSOR ORIENTATION ON ACCELEROMETER ANGLES: A PROPOSED ERROR REDUCTION

F. A. McClintock, A. Callaway, C. Clark, J. Williams

Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

IN VIVO STIFFNESS MEASURMENT ENABLES DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN IMPAIRED AND NORMAL FRACTURE HEALING IN MICE

J. Barcik, M. Schröder, N. Giger, L. Gens, D. Arens, C. Camichel, P. Schwarzenberg, D. Gehweiler, M. Stoddart, S. Zeiter, P. Varga, E. Wehrle

AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland

ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN ABDOMINAL WALL STRESS THROUGH CYLINDRICAL APPROXIMATION DURING IN VIVO EXERCISES

V. Joppin¹, D. Bendahan², T. Bege^1,3, C. Masson¹

¹Univ Gustave Eiffel, Aix-Marseille Univ, LBA, F-13016 Marseille, France; ²Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, CRMBM UMR 7339, Marseille France; ³Department of General Surgery, Aix-Marseille Univ, North Hospital, APHM, Marseille, France

IDENTIFYING SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL PHASES FOR PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS USING VESTIBULAR CONTRIBUTIONS TO BALANCE

K. K. Guðmundsdóttir¹, P. A Forbes², E. van der Kruk¹

¹Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, The; ²Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands, The

IN-VIVO BILAYER MATERIAL YOUNG MODULI IDENTIFICATION UNDER SMALL DEFORMATION USING ONLY SUCTION

N. Connesson, Y. Payan

Laboratoire TIMC CNRS UMR 5525, France

HUMAN MOTION ANALYSIS OF LATIN DANCING

A. Centrone, R. M. Viglialoro, A. Di Pietro, F. Di Puccio

University of Pisa, Italy

MUSCLAR CONTRIBUTION DURING CHASSE-STEP AND ONE-STEP FOOTWORK IN TABLE TENNIS

X. Yang^1,2, Q. Mei^1,2, Y. Gu^1,2, S. Vickie^2,3, F. Justin^1,2,3

¹Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, China; ²Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;; ³Department of Engineering Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY OF A NEW DEVICE (CERVISTAB) FOR THE STUDY OF NECK LOADING AND MUSCULAR REACTIVITY

M. JULIA, 1. DAMM, J.-P. MICALLEF, A. DUPEYRON, S. PERREY

EuroMov Digital Health in Motion, Univ Montpellier, IMT Mines Ales, France

EFFECT OF PHYSIOTERAPY TREATMENT ON SHOULDER KINEMATIC IN SWIMMERS SUFFERING FROM SWIMMER SHOULDER PAIN

A. Raffini, A. Buoite Stella, M. Martini, L. Mazzari, A. Accardo

University of Trieste, Italy

HOW TO MONITOR THE PERFORMANCE AND THE SAFETY OF ATHLETES DURING THE EXECUTION OF THE PULL-UP

L. Garavaglia, F. Lazzari, J. Romanò, S. Pittaccio

National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Technologies for Energy (CNR-ICMATE), Italy

THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRE OF MASS POSITION AND TRAPEZE LINE LOAD ON FORMULA KITE FOIL PERFORMANCE

M. Białecka¹, A. Błażkiewicz^2,3, M. Sopa¹, A. Czajkowska-Mrozek¹, T. Walczak¹, J. K. Grabski¹

¹Institute of Applied Mechanics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland; ²Rehasport Clinic FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence, Department of Sport Science, Poland; ³Polish Yachting Association, Warsaw, Poland

A PREDICTIVE MUSCULOSKELETAL MODELLING FRAMEWORK FOR THE SHOULDER JOINT: VALIDATION AGAINST IN-VIVO DATA

M. A. HOHL^1,2, M. C. Labrune², W. R. Taylor¹, S. Raniga², A. Appleyard², S. H. Hosseini Nasab¹

¹Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ²Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

BEYOND BONE SHAPES: UNVEILING THE POTENTIAL OF STATISTICAL POSE MODELS IN SHOULDER ANALYSIS

F. C. T. Bruyer-Monteleone, M. Lavaill, N. Mühl Castoldi, G Kerr, S Schmitt, D O'Rourke, A Gupta, S Martelli, P Pivonka

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

IN VIVO GLENOHUMERAL TRANSLATIONS DURING ARM ELEVATION IN HEALTHY SUBJECTS

F. Stettler¹, H. Henninger², S. J. Ferguson¹, P. Moroder³, E. Herbst^1,3

¹ETHZ, Switzerland; ²University of Utah, U.S.A.; ³Schulthess Klinik, Switzerland

THE EFFECT OF SCAPULOTHORACIC ELLIPSOID JOINT PARAMETERS ON MARKER TRACKING ERRORS

E. C. Herbst^1,2, S. J Ferguson¹, P. Moroder²

¹Department of Health Sciences and Technology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; ²Schulthess Klinik, Zürich, Switzerland

DEVELOPING AND VALIDATING A PHANTOMLESS CALIBRATION METHOD FOR BMD ANALYSIS OF THE GLENOID

D. C. Agbanyim¹, D. Cester², S. J. Ferguson¹, P. Moroder³, E. C. Herbst^1,3

¹ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ²University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland; ³Schulthess Clinic, Switzerland

A COMBINED PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTAL/COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF SCAPULAR FRACTURES

A. I. Topan-Rat, P. Reilly, A. M J Bull

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

BIOMECHANICAL SUPERIORITY OF A NOVEL DYNAMIC SUTURE TAPE OVER CONVENTIONAL TAPE IN DISTAL TRICEPS TENDON REPAIR: A CADAVERIC STUDY ON AN INTENSE EARLY REHABILITATION PROTOCOL

M. Kraus^1,2, B. Boca¹, N. Ion¹, M. Dhillon¹, I. Zderic¹, L. Puls¹, T. Pastor^1,3, B. Georgiuev¹, R. G. Richards¹, H.-C. Pape², T. Pastor⁴

¹AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland; ²Department of Trauma, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ³Department for Plastic and Hand Surgery, Inselspital University Hospital Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; ⁴Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Cantonal Hospital Lucerne, Switzerland

ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF CORTICAL-TRABECULAR DISTINCTIONS IN WRIST FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS

R. Wollstein¹, A. Mena², J. Yang²

¹University of Alabama; ²Texas Tech University

ENHANCING DEEP-LEARNING BASED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF PAEDIATRIC HAND PHALANGES VIA RATIONAL AUGMENTATION

E. Tay, A. A. Zadpoor, N. Tümer

Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628CD, The Netherlands

BONE SEGMENTATION STRATEGIES IN PHOTON COUNTING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF THE WRIST

J. Quintiens¹, W. Coudyzer², G. H. van Lenthe¹

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven; ²Department of Radiology, University Hospital Leuven

THE INTERCROSSING FIBER BUNDLES OF THE FINGER EXTENSOR MECHANISM INFLUENCE THE MUSCLE FORCE TRANSMISSION

A. Dogadov^1,2, F. Valero-Cuevas³, C. Serviere², F. Quaine²

¹Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, NeuroPSI, Saclay, France; ²Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, GIPSA-Lab, Grenoble, France; ³Univ. of Southern California, ValeroLab.org, Los Angeles, USA

PHYSIOLOGICALLY-BALANCED PASSIVE WRIST SIMULATOR ENABLES UNCONSTRAINED CARPAL KINEMATIC MEASUREMENT

D. S. Shah^1,2, O. Taylan², S. Goeminne³, I. Degreef^2,4, L. Scheys^2,4

¹BiOME Lab, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India; ²IORT, Dept. of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Belgium; ³Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, AZ Herentals, Belgium; ⁴Division of Orthopaedics, UZ Leuven, Belgium

SUBJECT-SPECIFIC FE MODELS AND IN-SILICO MEDICINE. HOW TO COMBINE CREDIBILITY WITH CLINICAL FEASIBILITY?

L. Grassi

Lund University, Sweden

EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL OF NEURAL NETWORKS TO PREDICT METASTATIC FEMUR STRENGTH FROM 2D PROJECTIONS

A. Synek¹, E. Benca², D. H. Pahr^1,3

¹TU Wien, Austria; ²Medical University of Vienna, Austria; ³Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Austria

VISUALISING TRENDS OF LESION LOCATION IN THE FEMORAL SHAFT THAT LEAD TO PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE

A. Rizvi¹, C. Scott², S. Seth³, H. Simpson⁴, P. Pankaj¹

¹School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, UK; ²Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, UK; ³School of Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, UK; ⁴Edinburgh Medical School, The University of Edinburgh, UK

PYTHONIC CT2S AN AUTOMATED PYTHONIC APPROACH TO CT2S

G. Allison^1,2, X. Li^1,2

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; ²Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK

STATISTICAL SHAPE MODELING OF THE KNEE CONSIDERING DIVERSE POPULATIONS

G. Kindy, O. Alsaadi, P. J. Laz

University of Denver, United States of America

UPDATING A STRUCTURAL MODELLING APPROACH FOR PREDICTING THE MICROARCHITECTURE OF WHOLE BONES

A. Phillips

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

FE SIMULATED BONE DAMAGE STRONGLY PREDICTS PAHTOLOGIC HUMAN VERTEBRAE STRENGTH AND STIFFNESS

Z. Soltani¹, M. Xu², R. Radovitzky², D. Hackney¹, R. Alkalay¹

¹Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States of America; ²Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

STRAINS IN THE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEPEND ON RETROVERSION AND FACET JOINT ORIENTATION

F. Incatasciato¹, J. Kok¹, K. Ito^1,2, B. van Rietbergen¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands, The; ²Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands, The

PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF THE MECHANICAL RESTORATION USING CEMENT AND SCREW FIXATION IN PELVIC ONCOLOGY

C. Sieffert¹, L. Meylheuc^1,2, B. Bayle^1,3, J. Garnon^1,3

¹ICube UMR 7357 Strasbourg University - CNRS; ²INSA Strasbourg; ³Strasbourg University Hospital

NEW INSIGHTS ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF METASTATIC VERTEBRAE AS EVALUATED FROM COMBINED ADVANCED IMAGING AND EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES

M. Palanca

Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy

IN VIVO COMPARISON OF TWO FINITE ELEMENT MODELS PREDICTIVE OF THE FRACTURE OF METASTASIZED FEMUR

M. Gardegaront¹, A. Auvinet², A. Levillain¹, F. Bermond¹, C. Confavreux^2,3, J.-B. Pialat^3,4, H. van Lenthe⁵, H. Follet⁵, D. Mitton¹

¹LBMC, Univ Eiffel, Univ Lyon 1, France; ²Lyos, INSERM, Univ Lyon 1, France; ³Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, Hospices civils de Lyon, France; ⁴CREATIS, France; ⁵Biomechanics section, KU Leuven, Belgium

INFLUENCE OF SPECIFIC METASTASIS MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON THE PREDICTED FAILURE LOAD OF METASTASIZED FEMUR

A. Levillain¹, A. Auvinet², M. Gardegaront¹, C. Confavreux^2,3,4, J.-B. Pialat^3,5, F. Bermond¹, D. Mitton¹, H. Follet²

¹Univ Lyon, Univ Gustave Eiffel, UCBL, LBMC UMR_T9406, Lyon, France; ²Univ Lyon, UCBL, INSERM, LYOS UMR 1033, France; ³HCL, Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud, France; ⁴CEMOS, Service de Rhumatologie, IC-HCL, France; ⁵CREATIS, CNRS UMR 5220, INSERM U1294, INSA Lyon, UJM, France

EFFECTS OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION ON THE DEFORMATION OF HUMAN METASTATIC SPINE SEGMENTS

M. Pasini¹, G. Cavazzoni¹, C. Le Maitre², L. Cristofolini¹, E. Dall'Ara^2,3, M. Palanca¹

¹Dept of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Bologna, IT; ²Division of Clinical Medicine, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; ³INSIGNEO Institute, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

LINKING NANO-TO-MACROSCALE STRUCTURE AND STRAIN IN THE VERTEBRAL ENDPLATES

A. L. Parmenter^1,2, E. Newham³, C. M Disney⁴, A. Sharma^1,6, S. Marussi^1,2, F. Bosi¹, B. K Bay⁵, A. A Pitsillides⁶, H. S. Gupta³, P. D Lee^1,2

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom; ²Research Complex at Harwell, United Kingdom; ³School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom; ⁴Diamond Light Source, United Kingdom; ⁵School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, USA; ⁶Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom

VERTEBRAL BONE STRAINS IN OVINE FUNCTIONAL SPINAL UNITS AFTER OVERLOAD: A MECHANICAL TESTING AND MICRO-CT STUDY

S. Montanari^1,2, M. P. Russo³, S. Rapagna², L. Cristofolini¹, J. J. Costi³, E. Perilli²

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ²Medical Device Research Institute, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ³Biomechanics and Implants Laboratory, Medical Device Research Institute, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia

MULTIPLE MYELOMA DECREASES THE LOCAL STIFFNESS OF THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR DISTAL FEMUR OF A MURINE MODEL

S. M. Farage-O'Reilly^1,2,3, H. Evans¹, R. Andrews^1,4, J. Trend⁵, G. Lovric⁶, V. S. Cheong^2,7, M. Lawson¹, E. Dall’Ara^1,2,3

¹Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, UK; ²Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK; ³Healthy Lifespan Institute, University of Sheffield, UK; ⁴Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Royal Hallamshire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK; ⁵School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, UK; ⁶Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland; ⁷Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK

DISTRIBUTION OF FEMORAL NECK BONE TISSUE PROPERTIES AT THE MICROSCALE

T. Kochetkova¹, T. Tänzer^2,3, M. Simon¹, J. Michler⁴, J. Schwiedrzik⁴, M. Liebi^2,3, P. Zysset¹

¹ARTORG Center, University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen, Switzerland; ³Institut des Matériaux (IMX), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; ⁴Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Thun, Switzerland

CHARACTERISING CAUSES FOR VARIATION IN MICROPILLAR COMPRESSION TESTING OF BONE TISSUE

S. McPhee¹, U. Wolfram^1,2

¹Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, UK; ²Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany

A MATERIAL TESTING 2.0 METHODOLOGY FOR CORTICAL BONE

P. Tavianatou², L. Fletcher³, F. Pierron¹

¹MatchID NV, France; ²University of Southampton, UK; ³UKAEA, UK

COMPARISON OF BONE FORMATION IN NOVEL SCAFFOLDS USING X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND NANOINDENTATION

B. K. Morrison¹, G. Blunn², R. Bonithon¹, J. Zekonyte¹, A. Heyraud³, F. Tallia³, J. R. Jones³, A. Karali¹

¹School of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, UK; ²School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, UK; ³Department of Materials, Imperial College London, UK

AFM-BASED NANOMECHANICAL BIOMARKERS

A. Stylianou

European University Cyprus / EUC Research Centre, Cyprus

A HYBRID CONTINUUM/DISCRETE MODEL OF A VASCULARIZED ORGANOID EMBEDDED IN A HYDROGEL

A. Carrasco-Mantis, E. Reina-Romo, J. A. Sanz-Herrera

University of Seville, Spain

INCREASED CONTROL OF SPROUTING ANGIOGENESIS THROUGH STIFFNESS PATTERNS: AN IN SILICO STUDY

M. M. Passier¹, K. Bentley², S. Loerakker¹, T. Ristori¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The; ²Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom

DISC HEIGHT AND MATERIAL PROPERTY EFFECTS ON THE METABOLIC TRANSPORT IN PATIENT-SPECIFIC INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS

Z. Workineh¹, E. Muñoz-Moya¹, C. R. Wills¹, D. Lialios², J. Noailly¹

¹University of Pompeu Fabra, Spain; ²Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, Spain

INCREASED COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS IN CELL SPHEROIDS FROM HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY

D. Giannopoulos¹, M. Schlittler², M. De Bortoli², R. Coppini³, E. Cerbai³, P. J. Thurner¹, A. Rossini², O. G. Andriotis¹

¹Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; ²Eurac Research, Institute for Biomedicine, 39100 Bolzano, Italy; ³Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Sciences and Child Health (NeuroFarBa), University of Florence, Italy

IPSC-EC MULTI-CELL NETWORKS SYNERGISTICALLY MODIFY THEIR BASAL CONTRACTILITY AND EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN 3D

T. M. West, J. Han, G. Peery, R. Tuscher, J. Zoldan, M. S. Sacks

University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

THE POWER OF HYBRID COMPUTATIONAL MODELS TO PREDICT THE BEHAVIOUR OF EPITHELIAL CELL MONOLAYERS DURING INFECTION

R. Aparicio-Yuste^1,2, L. Hundsdorfer², E. Bastounis², M. J. Gómez-Benito¹

¹Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering (M2BE), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ²Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI, EXC 2124), University of Tübingen, Germany

MICROGROOVE SUBSTRATES AS A NOVEL PLATFORM TO STUDY THE MECHANISMS OF DYNAMIC 3D NUCLEAR DEFORMATIONS

C. Leclech¹, B. Roellinger¹, J. Frederick¹, C. Coirault², A. I. Barakat¹

¹LadhyX, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau; ²Institut de Myologie, INSERM UMRS-974, Paris

A NOVEL APPROACH FOR THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF SINGLE-CELLS THROUGH MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES.

A. Abarca-Ortega^1,2,3, B. González-Bermúdez^1,2,4, C. Castro-Domínguez^1,5, A. Álvarez-López^1,2, G. R. Plaza^1,2,4

¹Center for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; ²Departamento de Ciencia de Materiales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; ³Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile; ⁴Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Spain; ⁵Neuro-Computing and Neuro-Robotics Research Group, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

INFLUENCE OF MECHANICAL STIMULATION ON EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE PRODUCTION BY MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS

L. Blanchard¹, A. May¹, C. Loubière¹, E. Guedon¹, G. Barreto², N. de Isla², J. Schiavi-Tritz¹

¹University of Lorraine, CNRS, LRGP, F-54000 Nancy, France; ²University of Lorraine, CNRS, IMoPA, F-54000 Nancy, France

MECHANICAL ADAPTATION AND MATRIX PRODUCTION IN HETEROGENEOUS CARTILAGE TISSUE MODELS

M. Boos¹, S. Lamandé^2,3, K. Stok¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Australia; ²Musculoskeletal Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Australia; ³Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Australia

A MULTICOMPARTMENT DARCY FLOW MODEL FOR MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION USING PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD VESSELS

N. Thekkethil, H. Gao, N. Hill, X. Luo

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

IN VITRO EVALUATION FOR AORTIC VALVE SIMULATIONS

N. Bueno^1,2, T. Fringand², I. Cheylan², K. Delanoë¹, L. Macé², P. Pibarot¹, J. Favier², V. Stanová¹

¹Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec - Université Laval, Québec, Canada; ²Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation et Procédés Propres (M2P2) Aix Marseille Université, CNRS (UMR7340), Ecole Centrale de Marseille, France

A NOVEL NEURAL NETWORK FINITE ELEMENT APPROACH FOR HIGH-SPEED CARDIAC MECHANICS SIMULATIONS

S. Motiwale, M. Sacks

The University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

A NOVEL DIFFUSION TENSOR MYOCARDIAL MATERIAL MODEL USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR FORM DETERMINATION

B. J. Thomas, C. L. Goodbrake, M. S. Sacks

Oden Institute for Computational Science and Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, United States of America

FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF HETEROGENEOUS CORONARY PLAQUES FOR VULNERABILITY EVALUATION

V. Lissoni, M. Stefanati, F. Migliavacca, G. Dubini, J. F. Rodriguez Matas, G. Luraghi

Deparment of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

EVALUATION OF ANOMALOUS CORONARY ARTERIES PROXIMAL COURSE THROUGH PATIENT-SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

A. Rosato¹, M. Lo Rito¹, S. Anglese¹, C. Corrado¹, V. Ceserani², A. F. Pascaner², F. Secchi^1,3, M. Conti²

¹IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy; ²University of Pavia, Italy; ³Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

EFFECT OF ARTERY MECHANICAL PROPERTIES ON OSCILLOMETRIC BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

M. Azhar¹, P. Lewis^1,2, A. Keshmiri¹, P. Mandal¹

¹The University of Manchester, United Kingdom; ²Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom

NOVEL PATIENT-SPECIFIC, COMPLIANT SIMULATION FRAMEWORK TUNED WITH 4DMRI-EXTRACTED PULSE WAVE VELOCITY

L. Girardin^1,2, N. Lind³, H. von Tengg-Kobligk³, S. Balabani^1,2, V. Diaz^1,2

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, UK; ²Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences (WEISS), University College London, UK; ³Department of Diagnostic of Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland

A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF WAVEFORMS IN PREGNANCY

R. van Loon¹, D. Kernot¹, M. White¹, Y. Polydoros¹, H. Arora¹, E. Johnstone², J. Myers²

¹BESTlab, Dept Biomedical Engineering, Swansea University, United Kingdom; ²Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

THE IMPORTANCE OF INELASTICITY WHEN SIMULATING BALLOON DEPLOYMENT IN DISEASED ARTERIES

S. Renon, R. Good, A. Aggarwal, S. McGinty

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

MICROSTRUCTURE-INSPIRED MULTISCALE MODELING OF ARTERIAL TISSUE

M. Pétré^1,2,3, L. Maes³, G. Hanon¹, M. Dalbosco^4,5, G. A. Holzapfel^4,6, L. Delannay¹, G. Kerckhofs^1,2,7,8, N. Famaey^3,9

¹Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering (iMMC), UCLouvain, Belgium; ²Institut de recherche expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), UCLouvain, Belgium; ³Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium; ⁴Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria; ⁵GRANTE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil; ⁶Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway; ⁷Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium; ⁸Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven; ⁹FIBEr, KU Leuven Core Facility for Biomechanical Experimentation

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF ENDOGENOUS TISSUE RESTORATION IN BIODEGRADABLE CAROTID GRAFTS

H. Shirazi, L. Maes, T. Vervenne, N. Famaey

KU Leuven, Belgium

ENDOTHELIAL SHEAR STRESS IN VASCULAR DISEASE: INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE PLATO’S CAVE

U. Morbiducci

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

DEVELOPMENT OF AN EX VIVO PORCINE AORTIC ANEURYSM MODEL USING LOCALISED ELASTIN DEGRADATION

M. D. Laffey^1,2, B. Tornifoglio^1,2, C. Lally^1,2,3

¹Trinity Centre for Biomedical Engineering, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland; ²Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, D02 R590 Dublin, Ireland; ³Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER), Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and Trinity College Dublin, D02 W05 Dublin, Ireland

AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND ARCH CONFIGURATION: PATIENT-SPECIFIC FLOW STUDIES

K. Bates¹, J. Pressacco², K. Lachapelle³, R. L. Leask¹

¹McGill University Department of Chemical Engineering, Canada; ²Cardiac Imaging Division, McGill University Health Centre, Canada; ³Division of Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Canada

SPECIMEN WIDTH AFFECTS VASCULAR TISSUE INTEGRITY OF IN-VITRO CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES

M. Alloisio¹, J. J. Wolffs², T. C. Gasser¹

¹KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; ²Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

QUANTIFYING THE MOTION OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC WALL AND INLET DYNAMICS OF ASCENDING THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS

R. Valente¹, A. Mourato^1,2, M. Brito^1,2, J. Xavier^1,2, S. Avril³, A. Tomás⁴, J. Fragata^4,5

¹UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal; ²Laboratório Associado de Sistemas Inteligentes, LASI, Portugal; ³École des Mines de Saint-Étienne, University of Lyon, Inserm, Sainbiose U1059, France; ⁴Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Santa Marta Hospital, Portugal; ⁵Department of Surgery and Human Morphology, NOVA Medical School, Portugal

TEVAR VERSUS OPEN AORTIC ARCH INTERVENTION IN EX VIVO PERFUSED HUMAN THORACIC AORTAS

M. Yusefi¹, E. Agrafiotis², G. Sommer¹, H. Mächler³, G. A. Holzapfel^1,4

¹Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria; ²Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, USA; ³Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Austria; ⁴Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

LARGE-SCALE FLOW COHERENCE IN THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF THE ASCENDING AORTA: A 4D FLOW MRI STUDY

K. Calò¹, A. Guala², V. Mazzi¹, M. Lodi Rizzini¹, L. Dux-Santoy², J. Rodriguez-Palomars², S. Scarsoglio¹, L. Ridolfi³, D. Gallo¹, U. Morbiducci¹

¹PoliToBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino,Turin, Italy; ²Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca, Barcelona, Spain; ³PoliToBIOMed Lab, Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering, Politecnico di Torino,Turin, Italy

ULTRASOUND-BASED ANALYSIS OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM GROWTH: CO-EVOLUTION OF STRAIN, CURVATURE AND THROMBUS

M. Thirugnanasambandam¹, B. Zikken¹, E. Maas^1,2, A. Nievergeld^1,2, M. van Sambeek^1,2, R. Lopata¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands; ²Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, the Netherlands

EX-VIVO BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PORCINE CAVA VEIN

E. Luzietti, M. Schembri, A. Pascaner, F. Auricchio, M. Conti, A. Caimi

1. Civil Engineering and Architecture Department, Pavia University, Pavia, Italy

FALSE LUMEN HEMODYNAMICS IN AORTIC DISSECTION-AN IN VITRO STUDY USING PIV AND PATIENT-SPECIFIC FLEXIBLE PHANTOMS

S. Balabani^1,2, Q. Li^1,2, V. Diaz^1,2

¹Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCL, UK; ²Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional and Surgical Sciences, UCL, UK

AN IN-VIVO IMAGE-BASED CHARACTERIZATION OF THE KINEMATICS AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE AORTA

F. Dell'Agnello^1,2, E. Vignali¹, S. Guidi^1,2, F. Cademartiri³, S. Celi¹

¹BioCardioLab, Bioengeneering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy; ²Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy; ³Clinical Imaging Department, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy

A PATIENT-MATCHED ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PROSTHESIS FOR THUMB AMPUTATIONS: BIOMECHANICAL EVALUATION AND CADAVER STUDY

C. Bregoli¹, J. Fiocchi¹, F. Stacchiotti^2,3, C. A. Biffi¹, K. Morellato³, R. Adani⁴, M. Lando⁴, M. Rampoldi⁵, P. Di Sette⁵, E. Gruppioni³, A. Tuissi¹

¹National Research Council (CNR-ICMATE), Italy; ²Istituto Biorobotica, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy;; ³INAIL Centro protesi, Bologna, Italy; ⁴Dipartimento di chirurgia e microchirurgia della mano, Policlinico di Modena, Italy; ⁵UOC Chirurgia Ricostruttiva della Mano, CTO Alesini, Roma, Italy

FEM-BASED TOPOLOGY OPTIMIZATION APPROACH FOR 3D PRINTING OF TRANSTIBIAL PROSTHETIC SOCKET

C. Falcinelli¹, I. Bianchi², A. Carugno¹, A. Forcellese²

¹University G d'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Italy; ²Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF 3D PRINTED INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS FOR AN ACTUATED CERVICAL SPINE MODEL

R. S. Vraitch¹, J. Smithies¹, P. Obunike¹, P. Geoghegan¹, X. Ma¹, E. Theodosiou¹, F. Giorgio-Serchi², A. Gardner³, J.-B.R. G. Souppez¹

¹Aston University, United Kingdom; ²University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ³Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, United Kingdom

SPORTS ORTHOSES IN MAGNESIUM: AN INNOVATIVE APPLICATION OF LASER POWDER BED FUSION

F. Volonte', J. Romanò, L. Garavaglia, F. Lazzari, S. Pittaccio

National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Technologies for Energy (CNR-ICMATE), Italy

DESIGNING SKELETAL GYROID STRUCTURES FOR ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT APPLICATIONS

C. Hou¹, M. Goris¹, D. Rosseel¹, B. Vrancken^1,2, K. Denis¹

¹KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Belgium; ²Flanders Make@KU Leuven, Belgium

3D MODEL OF BLOOD VESSEL: OPTIMIZATION OF BIOFABRICATION PROCESS AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS

M. Conti, F. Scocozza

DICAr, The University of Pavia, Via Ferrata 3, 27100, Pavia

MULTI-OBJECTIVE FUNCTION OPTIMISATION TO DESIGN & MANUFACTURE PATIENT SPECIFIC 3D PRINTED STENTS TO TREAT AORTIC COARCTATION

R. D. Johnston^1,2,3, C. McKenna^1,2, C. O'Keeffe^1,2, N. Linnane^1,2,4,5, S. Bose^1,2,3, S. Geraghty^1,2,3, D. Kenny^4,5, C. Lally^1,2,3

¹Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; ²Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing and Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland; ³Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER), Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; ⁴Royal College of Surgeons, RCSI, Dublin, Ireland; ⁵Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland

MICROMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A 3D-PRINTED PLA/HA COMPOSITE FOR GUIDED BONE REGENERATION APPLICATIONS

I. Rota, D. Bertolo, P. Vena, D. Gastaldi

Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” - Laboratory of Biological Structures Mechanics (LaBS) - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION: A 3D PRINTED SIMULATOR FOR THE PATIENT-SPECIFIC PROCEDURAL PLANNING AND TRAINING

B. M. Fanni¹, E. Gasparotti¹, A. Esposito², F. Danielli³, F. Berti³, S. Berti², G. Pennati³, L. Petrini⁴, S. Celi¹

¹BioCardioLab, Bioengineering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy; ²Adult Cardiology Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Massa, Italy; ³Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy; ⁴Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF POLYETHER-2-KETONE (PEKK): A COMPREHENSIVE MULTISCALE MECHANICAL ANALYSIS

G. Serino¹, F. Distefano², E. M. Zanetti³, G. Pascoletti³, G. Epasto²

¹Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Italy; ³Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy

SUB-ZERO BIOPRINTING FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MULTI-LAYERED BIOMATERIALS TAILORED FOR VASCULAR APPLICATIONS

A. Panieraki, N. Mahmoodi, R. Dyson, L. E. J. Thomas-Seale

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

FRAMING LEG PROSTHESIS DESIGN AS AN OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM: LINKING MECHANICAL FUNCTION TO BIOMECHANICAL OUTCOMES

M. J Major^1,2

¹Northwestern University, Chicago, USA; ²Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, USA

WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM YOUR PROSTHESIS? A SURVEY OF FUNCTIONALITY AND APPEARANCE FACTORS

O. Pasnicu

TU Darmstadt, Germany

DESIGN CRITERIA FOR CONTINUOUS FIBRE REINFORCEMENT FOOT PROSTHESES

J. Romanò¹, A. R. N. Althahabi², G. Rollo³, L. Garavaglia¹, F. Lazzari¹, L. M. Martulli², M. Kostovic³, A. Sorrentino³, A. Bernasconi², M. Lavorgna³, E. Gruppioni⁴, S. Pittaccio¹

¹National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Technologies for Energy (CNR-ICMATE), Italy; ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, I-20156 Milano, Italy; ³National Research Council of Italy, (CNR-IPCB), Via Previati 1/E, 23900 Lecco (LC), Italy; ⁴INAIL, Centro Protesi Inail, Via Rabuina 14, 40054 Vigorso di Budrio (BO), Italy

RESIDUAL LIMB-SOCKET INTERFACE PRESSURE MEASUREMENT ON A ROLL OVER SIMULATOR USING LOW-COST LOAD CELLS

M. MATRAY¹, X. BONNET¹, P.-Y. ROHAN¹, L. CALISTRI², H. PILLET¹

¹IBHGC, France; ²PROTEOR, Recherche et développement, France

OSSEOINTEGRATION: A 3D FE MODEL TO COMPARE LOAD PROFILES OF STUBBIES AND FULL-LENGTH PROSTHESES FOR PERSONS WITH BILATERAL TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTATIONS

T. McGuire, D. Toderita, A. M J Bull

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

BONE STIMULATION DURING GAIT IN TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES SUGGESTS REASON FOR BONE MINERAL DENSITY LOSS

J. L. Zavaleta Ruiz¹, M. J Major^2,3, P. Pankaj¹

¹University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²Northwestern University, USA; ³Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, USA

EFFECT OF THE EXOSKELETON SUPPORT ON THE IN VIVO MEASURED HIP JOINT LOADING DURING LIFTING

P. Damm¹, A. Bender¹, G. N. Duda¹, H. Schmidt¹, C. Brandl^2,3, D. Wellner¹

¹Julius Wolff Institute, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany; ²Institute of Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; ³Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics FKIE, Aachen, Germany

SINGLE FINGER KINEMATIC SYNERGIES DURING STATIC GRASPING FOR PROSTHETIC DESIGN

M. P. Trejo Ramirez, N. D. Evans, M. J. Chappell

University of Warwick, United Kingdom

QUANTIFYING THE MECHANICAL STIFFNESS OF DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN’S THERAPEUTIC FOOTWEAR

M. Hill, P. Chatzistergos, H. Aoife, C. Nachiappan

Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies, Staffordshire University,

DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A PATIENT SPECIFIC KNEE DISTRACTION UNLOADER BRACE

L. Boillereaux^1,2, S. Le Floc'h¹, A. Kheddar², L. Dagneaux^1,3, M. Julia³, F. Jourdan¹

¹LMGC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France; ²LIRMM, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France; ³University Hospital, Montpellier, France

DOES CORNEAL BIOMECHANICS INFLUENCE THE OUTCOME OF LASER REFRACTIVE SURGERIES?

B. Fantaci¹, R. Barraquer⁴, M. Martí⁴, J. F. Rodriguez Matas³, B. Calvo^1,2

¹Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ²CIBER-BBN, Spain; ³Politecnico di Milano, Italy; ⁴Centro de Oftalmología Barraquer, Spain

MODELING KERATOCONUS GROWTH: TOWARDS NEW FRONTIERS

B. Fantaci¹, B. Calvo^1,2, J. F. Rodriguez Matas³

¹Applied Mechanics and Bioengineering (AMB), Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A), Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; ²CIBER-BBN, Spain; ³Politecnico di Milano, Italy

MODELING THE LASER TREATMENT FOR CENTRA SEROUS CHORIORETINOPATHY: AN INNOVATIVE SIMULATION FRAMEWORK

G. Zanellati¹, S. Marconi^1,4, D. Allegrini^2,3, F. Auricchio¹, M. R. Romano^2,3, A. Cattenone¹, G. Alaimo¹

¹Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; ²Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy; ³Department of Ophthalmology, Humanitas Gavazzeni–Castelli, Bergamo, Italy; ⁴Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF CUSTOMIZED CROSS-LINKING TREATMENT: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY

M. Frigelli¹, R. Lohmüller², M. E. Aydemir³, G. Schlunck², S. J. Lang², E. Torres-Netto³, F. Hafezi³, P. Büchler¹, S. Kling¹

¹ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Eye Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Deutschland; ³ELZA Institute, Zürich, Switzerland

DIFFUSION OF MICROSTRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN A DISCRETE FIBER-DISTRIBUTED MODEL OF THE HUMAN CORNEA

M. Vasta¹, M. L. De Bellis¹, A. Pandolfi², A. Gizzi³

¹University of Chieti and Pescara, Italy; ²Politecnico di Milano, Italy; ³University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Italy

EXPLORATION OF THE MECHANICAL ROLE OF STROMAL STRIAE

Q. Wu^1,2, C. Giraudet^1,2, J.-M. Allain^1,2

¹LMS, CNRS, École Polytechnique, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France; ²Inria, France

OPTICALLY CLEAR, MECHANICALLY STABLE CONSTRUCTS FOR CORNEAL TRANSPLANT – A HYBRID APPROACH

R. Grant¹, A. Feliciano², J. Fernandez Perez², M. Baker², S. Giselbrecht²

¹Institute for Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom; ²MERLN Institute for Technology Inspired Regenerative Medicine, Maastricht University, Netherlands

COMPUTATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL CORNEAL IMPLANTABLE DEVICE

G. M. Ragonese¹, D. Carbonaro¹, S. Zambon¹, E. Villa², C. Chiastra¹, E. Grosso³, M. Kakanga³, E. Lepore³, D. Gallo¹

¹PolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²National Research Council, Italy; ³Recornea srl, Italy

ASSESSING CORNEAL BIOMECHANICS BY SIMULTANEOUS UNI-AXIAL EXTENSOMETRY AND OPTICAL COHERENCE ELASTOGRAPHY

V. Tahsini¹, E. Redaelli², M. Frigelli¹, M. Nambiar¹, P. Büchler¹, S. Kling¹

¹university of Bern, Switzerland; ²university of Zaragoza, Spain

SYNTEYES OBM: HIGHER ORDER STATISTICAL MODEL FOR BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSES

H. Ghaderi, J. Rozema

University of Antwerp, Belgium

SCALE-SPACE ANALYSIS OF THORACIC AORTIC SHAPE: SIGNAL PRESERVATION FOR ENHANCED CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING

J. A. Pugar, J. Kim, L. Pocivavsek

University of Chicago, United States of America

RISK OF CLOTS MIGRATION IN CONTACT AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PATIENT ANEURYSM - NUMERICAL STUDY

C. Paz^1,2, E. Suárez^1,2, A. Cabarcos^1,2, S. Pinto^3,4

¹CINTECX, University of Vigo, Campus Universitario Lagoas-Marcosende, Vigo, Spain; ²Biofluids Research Group, Galicia Sur Heath Research Institute, SERGAS-UVIGO, Vigo, Spain; ³Engineering Faculty, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; ⁴Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (LAETA-INEGI), Porto, Portugal

VALIDATION OF IN-SILICO SIMULATION OF CORONARY ARTERY FLUID FLOW AGAINST IN-VITRO DATA

S. M. Mousavi, G. Zitti, M. Brocchini

MARCHE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, Italy

THROMBOSIS RISK SIMULATIONS WITH COMPUTATIONALLY REDEFINED LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE MORPHOTYPES

M. T.-E. Lee¹, R. Sivera², R. I. MD³, A. Cook², L. Menezes⁴, G. Burriesci^1,5, R. Torii¹, G. M. Bosi¹

¹UCL Mechanical Engineering, Roberts Engineering Building, University College London, Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE, United Kingdom; ²UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; ³UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Malet Place Engineering Building, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; ⁴Biomedical Research Centre, NIHR University College London Hospitals, London, United Kingdom; ⁵Bioengineering Group, Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo, Italy

CODE-TO CODE COMPARISON: AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL CFD TOOLS FOR LEFT VENTRICLE MODEL GEOMETRIES

E. Lazpita¹, M. Nagargoje^1,2, A. Mares³, P. Quintero³, M. Neidlin⁴, E. Lara-Pezzi⁵, M. Villalba-Orero⁵, J. Garicano-Mena¹, S. Le Clainche¹

¹Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain; ²Politecnico di Milano, Italy; ³Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain; ⁴RWTH Aachen University, Germany; ⁵Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Spain

PATIENT-SPECIFIC FE SIMULATION OF TOTAL CAVOPULMONARY CONNECTION: PROCEDURE PLANNING AND DEVICE DEVELOPMENT

L. Chestnutt¹, B. M. Fanni², N. Rettig³, S. Schievano⁴, S. Celi², A. Aggarwal¹, C. Capelli⁴

¹University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; ²BioCardioLab, Fondazione Monasterio, Massa, Italy; ³Université de Strasbourg/Telecom Physique Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; ⁴University College London, London, United Kingdom

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF AN ARTERIAL-VENOUS FISTULA SYSTEM USING IN VIVO VALIDATION

M. A. Varsanik¹, C. Thaxton², W. Li¹, A. Dardik², L. Pocivavsek¹, J. A. Pugar¹

¹University of Chicago, United States of America; ²Yale University

AGE-DEPENDENT STIFFENING OF AORTA IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS

C. Çelikbudak Orhon¹, D. Adamopoulos², L. A. Crowe², M. Kassai², I. Aslam², J.-F. Deux², J.-P. Vallée², N. Stergiopulos¹

¹Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; ²Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) et Université de Genève, Switzerland

EFFECTS OF THE AORTIC MORPHOLOGY ON THE VA-ECMO CONFIGURATION: AN SSM AUGMENTED STUDY

M. Mazzoli^1,2, E. Gasparotti¹, A. S. Gervasi^1,2, E. Vignali¹, D. Haxhiademi³, S. Celi¹

¹BioCardioLab, Bioengineering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy; ²Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy; ³Anesthesia and ICU, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy

AUTOMATIC FRAMEWORK TO PERFORM FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID ARTERY BASED ON CTA

N. Curcio², A. Rosato², D. Mazzaccaro³, G. Nano^3,4, M. Conti⁵, G. Matrone¹

¹Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; ²3D and Computer Simulation Laboratory, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy; ³Operative Unit of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy; ⁴Dept. of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, 20133 Milan, Italy; ⁵Dept. of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

CFD SIMULATION OF THE CERVICAL AORTIC ARCH WITH AN UNUSUAL ANEURYSM

S. Anglese¹, A. Rosato¹, C. Corrado¹, A. Varrica¹, A. Saracino¹, A. Frigiola¹, M. Conti², M. Lo Rito¹

¹IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Italy; ²University of Pavia, Italy

A FAST-TO-EVALUATE MODEL TO INFORM DEVICE DESIGN DECISIONS FOR PULMONARY ARTERY PRESSURE SENSORS

A. Schlief^1,2, L. Goubergrits^1,2, J. Brüning^1,2

¹Institute of Computer-assisted Cardiovascular Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin; ²Deutsches Herzzentrum der Charité

EXPLORING THE INTERPLAY OF VASCULAR REMODELING AND HEMODYNAMIC INSTABILITY IN CAROTID ARTERIES

S. Poloni¹, M. Bozzetto², L. Aiani³, A. Goddi³, A. Remuzzi¹

¹University of Bergamo, Italy; ²Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Italy; ³Centro Medico SME, Italy

A WORKFLOW FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC CFD SIMULATIONS OF ATHEROSCLEROTIC CAROTID ARTERIES

F. Dell'Agnello^1,2, K. Capellini¹, P. Totaro³, F. Frijia¹, F. Cademartiri³, F. A. Recchia^4,5, S. Celi¹

¹BioCardioLab, Bioengeneering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy; ²Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy; ³Clinical Imaging Department, Fondazione Monasterio, Italy; ⁴Institute of Clinical Physiology, National Research Council, Italy; ⁵Institute of Life Sciences, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

ULTRASOUND BASED FRAMEWORK FOR CFD MODELING OF PERIPHERAL ARTERIES USING AN OPTICAL TRACKING APPROACH

M. Gillissen¹, F. van de Vosse², M. van Sambeek^1,3, R. Lopata¹

¹Photoacoustics and Ultrasound Laboratory, University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; ²Cardiovascular Biomechanics group, University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; ³Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

UNRAVELING HEMOLYSIS PREDICTION: STRESS-BASED VS. STRAIN-BASED APPROACHES AND METHODOLOGICAL INSIGHTS

I. Guidetti¹, K. H. Fraser², M. L. Costantino¹, F. De Gaetano¹

¹Politecnico di Milano, Italy; ²University of Bath, United Kingdom

IN-PLANE ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF LAMELLAR TISSUE AS A FUNCTION OF BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND LACUNAE POROSITY

A. Vercher-Martínez, R. Megías, R. Belda, P. Vargas, E. Giner

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

HIGH-RESOLUTION LOCAL TRABECULAR STRAIN WITHIN TRABECULAR STRUCTURE

N. Amraish¹, D. Pahr^1,2

¹Division Biomechanics, Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences, Austria; ²Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Austria

MULTISCALE MODELING OF HUMAN BONE FROM NANOSCALE TO MACROSCALE TO PREDICT ITS PROPERTIES

Y. Kwon¹, B. Clumpner²

¹Naval Postgraduate School, United States of America; ²United States of Military Academy West Point, United States of America

EFFECTS OF INTERFERENCE FIT ON BONE STRAINS SURROUNDING A CEMENTLESS TIBIAL TRAY: A MICRO-CT AND DVC STUDY

L. Wearne¹, S. Rapagna¹, G. Keene², M. Taylor¹, E. Perilli¹

¹Medical Device Research Institution, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ²Orthopaedics Department, SportsMed, Adelaide, SA, Australia

BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ACCESSORY CARPAL BONE BY FORCE-TO-FAILURE EXPERIMENTS

T. Reuter¹, J. Gernhardt², C. Rutter¹, C. Lischer²

¹ICM - Institut Chemnitzer Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V., Chemnitz, Germany; ²Equine Clinic: Surgery and Radiology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

EXAMINING INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN AND DEFORMATION DEPENDENCE OF GROWTH PLATE TISSUE MECHANICS

L. Hucke^1,2,3, A. Wittek¹, A. Gámez², A. Huß¹, N. Hammer³, J. A. Niestrawska³

¹Frankfurt University of Applied Siences, Germany; ²University of Cádiz, Spain; ³Medical University Graz, Austria

CLINICAL IMAGE-BASED BONE PROPERTIES FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC BIOMECHANICAL MODELING

A. De Cet, M. Colombo, I. Rota, P. Vena, D. Gastaldi

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

COMPARISON OF FE-PREDICTED FEMORAL STRENGTH AT BASELINE AND FOLLOW-UP IN THE COMPLETE AGES-REYKJAVIK COHORT

A. D. Praveen¹, A. Baker², D. Jha^1,2, T. Aspelund^3,4, F. Johannesdottir⁵, S. Sigurðsson³, V. Guðnason³, S. J. Ferguson^1,2, L. M. Ellingsen⁴, P. A. Bjornsson⁴, H. Palsson⁴, D. Matchar⁶, B. Helgason^1,2

¹Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore; ²ETH-Zürich, Switzerland; ³The Icelandic Heart Association, Iceland; ⁴University of Iceland, Iceland; ⁵Harvard University, United States; ⁶Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore

EFFECTS OF MICROSTRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS ON THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF DENTIN WITH DENTINOGENESIS IMPERFECTA

S. Touraivane¹, N. Roubier¹, T. Reiss¹, E. Vennat¹, C. Acevedo²

¹Laboratoire de Mécanique Paris-Saclay (LMPS), CentaleSupélec, ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, France; ²Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, USA

INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION AFFECTS THE VOLUMETRIC STRAINS OF HUMAN METASTATIC VERTEBRAE

G. Cavazzoni¹, M. Pasini¹, C. Le Maitre², L. Cristofolini¹, E. Dall'Ara^2,3, M. Palanca¹

¹Dept of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Bologna, IT; ²Division of Clinical Medicine, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; ³INSIGNEO institute, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE OSTEOCYTE LACUNO-CANALICULAR NETWORK AT THE BONE-IMPLANT INTERPHASE

C. Mahfouz^1,2, K. Abouzaid¹, A. Dubory³, S. Le Cann¹, E. Vennat²

¹CNRS, MSME, France; ²Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, LMPS, France; ³Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France

3D LACUNAE STRUCTURE – MICROMECHANICS RELATIONSHIP OF ENTHESIS CALCIFIED FIBROCARTILAGE

A. Moayedi¹, K. Karali¹, J. Radulovic¹, G. Blunn²

¹Department of Mechanical and Design Engineering, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom; ²Department of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

THE INFLUENCE OF CYCLIC LOADS ON THE STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF THE FEMUR BONE TISSUE WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

A. NIKODEM, M. KOZUŃ

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

THE INFLUENCE OF UPPER LIMB MOVEMENT ON THE STABILITY OF THE HUMAN BODY DURING VARIOUS TYPES OF GAIT.

A. M. Matuszewska, M. Syczewska

Children's Memorial Health Institute, Poland

CLASSIFICATION OF TRIP RECOVERY STRATEGIES DEPENDING ON THE RELATIVE POSITION OF COM AND BOS

J. Kim^1,2, H. Yi¹, D. Hwang³, K.-T. Kim⁴, J.-H. Cho⁴, Y. Lee²

¹School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyoungpook National University, Republic of (South Korea); ²Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); ³Daegu-Gyeongbuk Medical Innovation Foundation, Republic of (South Korea); ⁴Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keimyung University Dong-San Hospital, Republic of (South Korea)

ENHANCING AMPUTEE GAIT: ANALYSIS OF A TRASFEMORAL PROSTHETIC SOCKET WITH ADAPTIVE AIR BLADDER TECHNOLOGY

J. Kim¹, Y. Lee¹, H.-S. Heo², J.-H. Cho³, K.-T. Kim³, J.-Y. Hur², K.-H. Lee¹

¹Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Korea, Republic of (South Korea); ²Shinsegae Prosthetic Center, Republic of (South Korea); ³Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Keimyung University Dong-San Hospital, Republic of (South Korea)

THE EFFECT OF ACTIVE LEG SWING ON WALKING TEMPLATE MODEL DYNAMICS

D. Renjewski

Lehrstuhl für Angewandte Mechanik, Technische Universität München, Germany

FULL-BODY AUTOMATED IMU TO BODY SEGMENT ASSIGNMENT USING DEEP LEARNING

U. Sakthivelu¹, R. Li², F. J. Wouda^1,3

¹Movella Technologies B.V., The Netherlands; ²University of Delft, The Netherlands; ³University of Twente, The Netherlands

EVALUATION OF THE BIOMECHANICS OF LOWER LIMBS IN NORMAL, OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE PEOPLE USING SMART F-IMU SYSTEM

U. Manupibul¹, W. Jarumethitanont², R. Tanthuwapathom³, P. Kaimuk³, W. Limroongreungrat⁴, W. Charoensuk³

¹Sirindhorn School of Prosthetics and Orthotics, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; ²Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; ³Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand; ⁴College of Sports Science and Technology, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

CENTRE OF PRESSURE COMPLEXITY ANALSYSIS IN INDIVIDUALS WITH MENIERE’S DISEASE DURING FLOOR VIBRATIION

M. Smith, N. Taleshi, J. Tyrrell, M. Hilton, G. Williams

University of Exeter, United Kingdom

GAIT ANALYSIS FROM UNILATERAL LOWER LIMB AMPUTEES AND NON-AMPUTEES

K. Alsayed¹, J. Hu², P. Ramamurthy³, C. Singleton³, Z. Ding²

¹King Abdulaziz University; ²University of Birmingham; ³Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

EFFECT OF SHOE CHARACTERISTICS ON THE DYNAMIC STIFFNESS OF THE ANKLE DURING GAIT. A PILOT STUDY

E. Sanchis-Sales², C. Vergés-Salas³, C. García-Gomáriz², J. L. Sancho-Bru¹

¹Universitat Jaume I, Spain; ²Universitat de València, Spain; ³Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

THE INTERSECTION OF DANCE BIOMECHANICS AND IMAGINATION TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND MOVEMENT QUALITY, A CASE STUDY

E. ALOKLA, M. Stasica, V. Firouzi, M. Puttke, M. Ahmad Sharbafi, A. Seyfarth

TU Darmstadt

MODULATING LOCOMOTION STABILITY: HOW MUSCLE STIMULATION AND TENDON STIFFNESS SHAPE OUR MOVEMENT

M. Araz^1,2, F. Izzi^1,3, S. Schmitt², A. Badri-Spröwitz^4,5, T. Siebert⁶, D. Haeufle^1,3

¹Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Germany; ²Institute for Modelling and Simulation of Biomechanical Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany; ³Institute of Computer Engineering, Heidelberg University, Germany; ⁴Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium; ⁵Max Plank Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany; ⁶Motion and Exercise Science, University of Stuttgart, Germany

THE EFFECTS OF A NOVEL NEUROMUSCULAR TRAINING PROGRAMME ON RECREATIONAL FEMALE HOCKEY PLAYERS

T. Johnston, S. Brown, K. Kaliarntas

Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TORSO BALANCE CONTROL AND METABOLIC COST IN WALKING

V. Firouzi^1,2, O. von Stryk², A. Seyfarth¹, M. Ahmad Sharbafi¹

¹Lauflabor Locomotion Laboratory, Centre for Cognitive Science, Technical university Darmstadt, Germany; ²Department of Computer Science, Technical university Darmstadt, Germany

HUMERAL HEAD DISPLACEMENT MEASURED VIA ULTRASOUND: ANALYSIS OF INTER-OPERATOR RELIABILITY

M. Mosso¹, G. Rossetto¹, F. Pittiani², G. Boschieri², M. Saccomanno¹, G. Milano¹, N. F. Lopomo³, E. Scalona¹

¹Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italy; ²ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy; ³Politecnico di Milano, Italy

NON-LINEAR PCA OF THE GAIT IN FEMALE OSTEOARTHRITIC PATIENTS: DISCRIMINATING THE PATIENT REQUIRING TKR

S. Tassani¹, F. Sukno¹, M. Loayza¹, L. Tìo², J. Monfort^2,3, J. Noailly¹

¹Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; ²Hospital del Mar Research Institute; ³Hospital del Mar, Rheumatology service

GAIT ANALYSIS FOLLOWING HINDFOOT INTERPOSITION ARTHRODESIS USING AN IMU BASED 2-SEGMENT FOOT MODEL

L. Bauer^1,2, H. Küstermann¹, W. Böcker¹, S. F. Baumbach¹, H. Polzer¹

¹Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Muskuloskeletal Universitycenter Munich (MUM), Uni-versity Hospital Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany; ²Professorship for Experimental Orthopaedics, University Hospital Jena, Campus Eisenberg, Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Germany

AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TO PREDICT WHOLE-BODY 3D POSTURE DURING DYNAMIC LOAD-REACHING ACTIVITIES

R. Ahmadi, M. Mohseni, N. Arjmand

Sharif University of Technology, Iran, Islamic Republic of

USE OF AN INERTIAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN THE UP AND GO TEST IN MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

P. Szaflik¹, A. Kaczmarczyk³, H. Zadoń¹, J. Szefler-Derela², D. Wasiuk², J. Siuda³, R. Michnik¹

¹Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Zabrze, Poland; ²Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland; ³Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

EFFECTS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN POSTURAL CONTROL OF ADULTS WITH ACHONDROPLASIA

I. Alves¹, M. A. Castro², S. Tavares³, O. Fernandes¹

¹School of Health and Human Development, CHRC, Évora University, Évora, Portugal; ²School of Health Sciences; Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, RoboCorp Lab, i2a – IPC; CEMMPRE, Coimbra, Portugal; ³Department of Psychology and Education and Psychology Research Center, Évora University, Évora, Portugal

FAST PROTOTYPING DEVICE FOR GAIT STUDIES AND REHABILITATION BASED ON FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION

J. Gouveia¹, R. Moura Coelho¹, H. Carvalho², H. van der Kooij³, J. Martins¹

¹IDMec,Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal; ²Hospital Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal; ³Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, The Netherlands

COMPARISON OF FORWARD DYNAMICS AND INVERSE DYNAMICS METHODS IN CALCULATING JOINT KINETICS

S. Yoon, S. Koo

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

CUSTOMIZATION OF INERTIAL PARAMETERS OF HUMAN BODY SEGMENTS FOR MECHANICAL MODELS

M. Sopa, G. Sypniewska-Kamińska, T. Walczak

Poznan University of Technology, Poland

EXPERIMENTAL TIBIALIS POSTERIOR TENDON PAIN EFFECT ON ANKLE KINEMATICS AND KINETICS

M. B. Simonsen^1,2, R. Barn³, L. Wright³, M. Abbott³, R. Miller^3,4, R. P. Hirata¹, M. S. Andersen^1,2, J. Woodburn⁵

¹Aalborg University, Denmark; ²Center for Mathematical Modeling of Knee Osteoarthritis, Aalborg, Denmark; ³Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, Scotland; ⁴NHS Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Scotland; ⁵Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

A COMPARISON OF GLUTEUS MEDIUS ACTIVITY DURING HIP ABDUCTION PERFORMED ON LAND AND IN WATER

S. Valentin¹, K. Kaliarntas¹, S. Coleman², L. Linton², S. Psycharakis²

¹Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom; ²University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

ALTERED KINEMATICS, NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION AND EFFICIENCY DURING THE TIMED UP AND GO TEST IN PARKINSON’S

P. E. Evangelidis^1,2, G. J. Massey^1,2, H. Lazem^1,2, T. C Richards^1,2, S. Joshi^2,3, M. Mansoubi^1,2, G. Williams^1,2, D. Li⁴, H. Dawes^1,2

¹Medical School, University of Exeter, UK; ²NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre, UK; ³Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, USA; ⁴gaitQ Limited, UK

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF AN INERTIAL CALIBRATION METHOD: ERROR PROPAGATION ON 3D KNEE KINEMATICS

C. di Falco, N. Hagemeister, R. Aissaoui

École de Technologie Supérieure, Canada

DESCRIPTION OF A FUNCTIONAL SCORE TO EVALUATE GAIT ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH ADULT SPINAL DEFORMITY

R. Rehayem¹, A. Massaad¹, R. Rachkidi¹, E. Mekhael¹, N. Nassim¹, A. Rteil¹, E. Ayoub¹, M. Saadé¹, E. Jaber¹, C. Chaaya¹, A. J. Bizdikian¹, W. Skalli², R. Lafage³, V. Lafage³, I. Ghanem¹, A. Assi^1,2

¹Faculty of Medicine, Saint Joseph University of Beirut, Lebanon; ²Institut de Biomecanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Arts et Metiers, Paris, France; ³Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, USA

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GAIT PARAMETERS IN OSTEOARTHRITIS: PRE, POST, AND HEALTHY PERSPECTIVES

M. Chandarana¹, M. Gupta², D. Gautam^2,3, R. Malhotra^2,4, A. Chawla⁵, K. Mukherjee⁵

¹School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India; ²Department of Orthopedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India; ³Department of Orthopedics, Medicover Hospitals, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; ⁴Department of Orthopedics, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi, India; ⁵Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

INFLUENCE OF THE TRACKING DUAL-PLANE FLUOROSCOPE ON GAIT PATTERNS

R. Surbeck, A. Planta, W. R. Taylor, S. Plüss, P. Schütz

ETH Zurich, Switzerland

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF TIMED UP AND GO (TUG) AND COGNITIVE-TUG TEST BASED ON LOWER LIMB BIOMECHANICS

E. A. Nerwich, P. Xu, H. Boroomand, J. Tang, L. Jiang

School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS IMPROVES ESTIMATIONS OF MUSCLE FATIGUE FROM SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY DATA

A. Clarke¹, C. Ahn², B. Wheatley¹

¹Bucknell University, United States of America; ²Geisinger Medical Center, United States of America

THROUGH DAY BODY WORN SENSORS IN LOW BACK PAIN; PUBLIC AND PATIENT INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT

F. A. McClintock, A. Callaway, C. Clark, J. Williams

Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

IN-SHOE PLANTAR STRESS SENSORS: DOES CALIBRATION METHOD AFFECT SENSOR MEASUREMENTS?

A. Haron¹, L. Li¹, C. Lin¹, J. Shuang¹, D. Crosby¹, G. Massey², F. Bowling^3,4, N. Reeves⁵, M. Mansoubi², H. Dawes², G. Cooper¹, A. Weightman¹

¹Medical Engineering Research Group, SoE, University of Manchester, UK; ²NIHR Exeter BRC, UK; ³School of Medical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK; ⁴Manchester Academic Health Science Centre,UK; ⁵Department of Life Sciences & Institute of Sport, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

THE IMPACT OF INITIATING MICROMOTION AT DIFFERENT TIMINGS ON FRACTURE HEALING

J. Lv, W. Qi, Y. Xu, F. K. L. Leung

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

INFLUENCE OF THE KNEE COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS’ LAXITY LEVEL ON MECHANICAL ALIGNMENT VS KINEMATIC ALIGNMENT IN TKA

M. Sisella, L. Lazzarotto, B. Innocenti

BEAMS Department (Bio Electro and Mechanical Systems), École Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.

EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF A FLOAT-RING IMPLANT IN PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY - A FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

T. D. I. Udayanga, D. Shriram, E. Chosa, G. Yamako

University of Miyazaki, Japan

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECT OF SHORT STEM IN NORMAL AND OBESE PATIENT IN PRIMARY TKA

B. Innocenti¹, V. Cipolloni², E. Bori¹, A. Menghi³

¹Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; ²Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Università Cattolice del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy; ³Casa di Cura Villa Stuart, Roma, Italy

SURGICAL PLANNING: COMMERCIAL VS CUSTOM OSSEOINTEGRATED STEMS FOR TRANSFEMORAL AMPUTEES

V. Betti¹, G. Galteri¹, S. Zaffagnini², D. Alesi², M. Palanca¹, K. Morellato³, E. Gruppioni³, L. Cristofolini¹

¹Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy; ²IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, Bologna, Italy; ³Centro Protesi INAIL, Vigorso, Bologna, Italy

FOUNDATIONS OF A REFRAME-BASED APPROACH TO KINEMATIC PHENOTYPES: INTERPRETING DIFFERENCES IN FEMORAL REFERENCE FRAME ORIGIN POSITION ACROSS TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANT DESIGNS

A. Sauer^1,2, A. Vasquez^1,2, C. Thorwaechter², A. Maas^1,2, T. Grupp^1,2, B. Taylor³, M. Woiczinski^2,4

¹Research and Development, Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany;; ²University Center Munich (MUM), Campus Grosshadern, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany; ³Laboratory for Movement Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland,; ⁴Professorship for Experimental Orthopaedics, University Hospital Jena, Campus Eisenberg, Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Germany

BIOMECHANICS OF FEMORAL NECK SYSTEM (FNS) IN PAUWELS TYPE III FRACTURES

L. Rao¹, S. Mittal², A. Kabra², V. Trikha², A. Chawla¹, K. Mukherjee¹

¹Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India; ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

FAILURE OF FEMORAL NECK SYSTEM (FNS): A CASE STUDY

L. Rao¹, S. Mittal², V. Trikha², A. Upadhayay², P. Mukhopadhyay¹, A. Chawla¹, K. Mukherjee¹

¹Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, India; ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

THE EFFECT OF A COLLAR ON PRIMARY STABILITY OF CEMENTLESS HIP STEMS. DO UNDERSIZED COLLARED HIP STEMS PROVIDE SUFFICIENT STABILITY?

M. Kistler¹, A. Steinbrück^1,2, F. Schmidutz^1,3, A. C. Paulus^1,4, B. M. Holzapfel¹, M. Woiczinski^1,5

¹Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Musculoskeletal University Center Munich (MUM), University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; ²Orthopaedic Surgical Competence Center Augsburg (OCKA), Vinzenz-von-Paul-Platz 1, 86152 Augsburg, Germany; ³Orthopaedic Center Rosenheim, Äußere Münchener Straße 94, 83026 Rosenheim, Germany; ⁴Orthopaedic Specialist Center Weilheim, Johann-Baur-Str. 5, 82362 Weilheim, Germany; ⁵Orthopaedic Department of the Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Professorship of the University Hospital Jena, Campus Waldkliniken Eisenberg, Klosterlausnitzer Straße 81, 07607, Eisenberg, Germany

HOW DOES A MODULAR ALIF CAGE IMPLANTATION AFFECT THE ENDPLATE AND LORDOSIS? A COMPARATIVE IN-VITRO STUDY

J. U. Jansen¹, V. Sciortino^1,2, H.-J. Wilke¹, C. Liebsch¹

¹Institute of Orthopedic Research and Biomechanics, Ulm University, Germany; ²Department of Engineering, Universit of Palermo, Italy

IN SILICO MODEL TO PREDICT THE LONG-TERM STABILITY OF CEMENTLESS HIP STEMS WITH OSTEOINDUCTIVE COATINGS

S. Baroni^1,2, S. Oliviero^1,2, M. Viceconti^1,2

¹University of Bologna, Italy; ²IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli

INFLUENCE OF LUBRICATION AND TEST SPEED ON THE DYNAMICS OF THE ARTIFICIAL KNEE JOINT USING A 6 DOF JOINT SIMULATOR

P. Henke, L. Ruehrmund, R. Bader, M. Kebbach

Rostock University Medical Center, Germany

COMPARING THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPLANT CUSTOMIZATION VS. USAGE OF A FIBULAR GRAFT IN MANDIBULAR RECONSTRUCTION

S. Sagar^1,2, B. Ravi¹, D. S. Shah²

¹BETIC Lab, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India; ²BiOME Lab, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

FEM ANALYSIS OF TRANSVERSE CONNECTORS IN PEDICLE-SCREW FIXATION FOR THORACOLUMBAR COMPRESSION FRACTUR

K. Szkoda-Poliszuk¹, M. Żak¹, R. Załuski², C. Pezowicz¹

¹Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland; ²Wroclaw Medical University, Poland

EFFECT OF LAMINECTOMY AND POSTERIOR FIXATION ON THE BIOMECHANICS OF THE LUMBAR SPINE: AN EX-VIVO STUDY

S. Montanari¹, E. Serchi², G. Barbanti Bròdano³, A. Conti², L. Cristofolini¹

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; ²Neurosurgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche, Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy; ³Spine Surgery Unit, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

PRECLINICAL EVALUATION OF A CUSTOMISED HUMERAL COMPONENT FOR AN INSTRUMENTED TOTAL ELBOW PROSTHESIS

M. Basiouny¹, S. Taylor¹, S. Lambert², C. Kuenfoo³

¹University college london, United Kingdom; ²University College London Hospital; ³Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals

OPTIMIZATION OF SHAPE AND SIZE FOR SERIES ELASTIC ACTUATOR IN LOWER LIMB REHABILITATION EXOSKELETON

S. R. Mittapally¹, S. Srinivasan², S. Rakshit³

¹Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India; ²Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India; ³Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India

VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF SMARTPHONE SENSORS TO ASSESS NECK MOVEMENT IN PEOPLE WITH AND WITHOUT NECK PAIN

K. Shah, D. Falla, A. Gallina

University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

MUSCULAR FATIGUE ASSESSMENT FOLLOWING LOWER-LIMB EXOSKELETON-BASED TRAINING

S. Pizzocaro^1,2,3, R. Baptista^2,3, S. Galasso^2,3,4, M. Schmid¹, S. Ramat¹, A. M. De Nunzio^2,3

¹Dep. of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy; ²Dep. of Research and Development, LUNEX International University, Differdange, Luxembourg; ³Luxembourg Health & Sport Sciences Research Institute ASBL, Differdange, Luxembourg; ⁴Dep. of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy

WEARABLE MULTISENSOR-BASED ASSESSMENT OF UPPER-LIMB FUNCTION FOR PAEDIATRIC MOVEMENT DISORDERS

F. Lazzari¹, E. Pagliano², R. Masson², C. Dosi², L. Garavaglia¹, M. G. Redaelli², M. Viganò², R. Zanin², A. Marchi², J. Romanò¹, S. Pittaccio¹

¹National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Technologies for Energy (CNR-ICMATE), Lecco, Italy; ²Pediatric Neuroscience Department, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico “C. Besta”; Milano, Italy.

REPEATED EXPOSURE TO ROBOTIC ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE ELECTROMECHANICAL DELAY RESULTS IN ADAPTATION

A. Dzewaltowski^1,2, P. Malcolm¹

¹University of Nebraska at Omaha, United States of America; ²Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, United States of America

QUANTIFYING GAIT IMPAIRMENTS IN NEUROLOGICAL PATIENTS: THE GAIT INDEX FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS (GIND)

K. Nispel, L.-M. Ballat, C. Fritzsche, V. Senner

Professorship of Sports Equipment and -materials, School of Engineering and Design, Technical University of Munich, Germany

A KINEMATIC ASSESSMENT TO IDENTIFY INDIVIDUAL UPPER LIMB COMPENSATORY MOVEMENTS AFTER STROKE

L. Mayrhuber¹, S. Mössner¹, M. Lestoille¹, R. Gasser^1,2, O. Lambercy^1,2

¹Rehabilitation Engineering Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ²Future Health Technologies program, Singapore - ETH Centre, Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE), Singapore

IDENTIFIABILITY OF SOFT TISSUE CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS FROM IN-VIVO MACRO-INDENTATION

Z. Oddes, D. Solav

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH FOR THE MODELING OF DIABETIC FOOT ULCER PROGRESSION

G. Singh¹, A. Chanda^1,2

¹Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India; ²All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

INTERLAMINAR FIBERS OF ELASTIN BETWEEN ELASTIC LAMINA IN THE AORTA ARE A KEY RESISTANT TO THE AORTIC DISSECTION

S. Sugita, G. Kurihara, Y. Ujihara, M. Nakamura

Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

GROWTH AND REMODELLING IN FIBER-REINFORCED SOFT TISSUES THROUGH HOMOGENIZED CONSTRAINED MIXTURE MODELS

A. Gizzi¹, C. Cyron², C. Falcinelli³, M. Vasta³

¹University Campus Bio-Medico Rome, Italy; ²Hamburg University of Technology, Germany; ³University G d'Annunzio Chieti-Pescara, Italy

COMPRESSIVE RELAXATION PROPERTIES OF HUMAN MENISCUS INCREASE UNDER COMBINED TRACTION AND COMPRESSION

A. Peña-Trabalon¹, L. de Roy², A. Perez-Blanca¹, M. Prado-Novoa¹, A. M. Seitz²

¹Clinical Biomechanics Laboratory of Andalusia (BIOCLINA). University of Malaga, Spain; ²Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics. Ulm University Medical Centre. Ulm, Germany

PORCINE URETER BIOMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS

M. Casarin¹, I. Toniolo², E. L. Carniel², L. Astolfi³, A. Morlacco¹, F. Dal Moro¹

¹Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padua, Italy; ²Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Italy; ³Department of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Italy

EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY ON THE STRAIN-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR OF BOVINE TAIL DISCS

P. M. A. Alipat, J. Warren, N. Wijayathunga, R. Wilcox, M. Mengoni

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

PLANTAR SKIN: EXPERIMENTAL AND CONSTITUTIVE ANALYSIS

s. pettenuzzo, f. farfaneti, a. berardo, m. l. morelli, e. belluzzi, a. pozzuoli, p. ruggieri, e. l. carniel, c. g. fontanella

university of padova, Italy

PYMECHT: A PYTHON PACKAGE FOR MECHANICS OF SOFT TISSUES

A. Aggarwal, R. Williams, C. Rosnel, S. Renon, J. M. Hussain, A. F. Schmidt, S. McGinty, A. McBride

University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

HYDROGEL PERMEABILITY ANALYSIS USING MICROFLUIDIC PERFUSION

M. P. Kainz¹, M. Terzano¹, G. A. Holzapfel^1,2

¹Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria; ²Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

BIOMECHANICAL AND COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES OF KNEE COLLATERALL LIGAMENTS EIGHT WEEKS AFTER ACL INJURY

A. Gheisari¹, A. Ristaniemi², A. Sawatsky³, A. Mohammadi², S. Saarakkala¹, W. Herzog³, R. korhonen², M. Finnilä¹

¹University of Oulu, Finland; ²University of Eastern Finland, Finland; ³University of Calgary, Canada

MULTISCALE CHARACTERIZATION OF BOVINE PERICARDIUM TO SUPPORT THE FABRICATION PROCESS OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES

M. Tosini¹, A. T. Lugas¹, M. Pace Floridia², L. Mortati³, A. Audenino¹, U. Morbiducci¹, D. Massai¹, G. Serino¹

¹PolitoBIOMed Lab and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Epygon Italie S.r.l., Italy; ³National Institute of Research in Metrology (INRIM), Italy

LOW VELOCITY NAIL PENETRATION IN PORCINE MUSCLE TISSUE

T. O. Terefe, A. Chawla, N. V. Datla

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

DEVELOPMENT OF SILICONE-BASED TEST MODEL FOR AUTOINJECTOR FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS

P. S. Ravaynia¹, C. Tsai², S. Ruch³, J. Fabech³, A. Irastorza-Landa¹

¹SHL Medical AG, Switzerland; ²SHL Medical AB, Sweden; ³ZHAW School of Engineering, Switzerland

A MULTISCALE MODEL TO ANALYZE INFLAMMATORY MEDIATED NEO-TISSUE FORMATION IN TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFTS

M. Rezaeimoghaddam¹, C. Bouten^1,2, S. Loerakker^1,2

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

MICROSTRUCTURE ANALYSIS OF 3D COLLAGEN GELS TO STUDY CANCER CELL MIGRATION

J. Romero Bhathal^1,2, K. Tripathi^1,2, M. Bouzid², L. Bailly², C. Verdier¹, V. M. Laurent¹

¹Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, Grenoble, France; ²Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 3SR, Grenoble, France

MICRO-STRUCTURED MECHANO-MIMETIC BIOMATERIALS FOR ENGINEERING THE THYMIC NICHE

F. Fontana, L. Cacopardo, I. Valente, N. Guazzelli, P. Signorello, F. Pratesi, A. Ahluwalia

University of Pisa, Italy

A NOVEL NON-INVASIVE MATERIAL PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION WORKFLOW OF HEALTHY AND DEGRADED CARTILAGE

I. Mohout¹, S. A. Elahi¹, L. Maes², P. Vandemaele², N. Famaey², I. Jonkers¹

¹Human Movement Biomechanics, KULeuven, Belgium; ²Soft tissue biomechanics, KU Leuven, Belgium

MULTI-MODAL MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATIONS FOR DETECTION OF TUMOUR NODULES IN SOFT TISSUES

M. A. Saleh¹, D. P Hand², Y. Chen¹

¹Institute of Mechanical, Process and Energy Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.; ²Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK.

OPTIMIZED FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF FOOT: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR ENHANCED BIOMECHANICAL SIMULATION

A. Mrozek-Czajkowska, J. Grabski, T. Stręk

Poznan University of Technology, Poland

MECHANICAL AND MICROSTRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HUMAN AND PORCINE TISSUES: LIGHT SHED ON THE STOMACH

C. S. Holzer¹, A. Pukaluk¹, C. Viertler², P. Regitnig², H. Wolinski^3,4, A. W. Caulk⁵, M. Eschbach⁵, G. A. Holzapfel^1,6

¹Institute of Biomechanics, Graz University of Technology, Austria; ²Diagnostic and Research Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Austria; ³Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Austria; ⁴Field of Excellence BioHealth, University of Graz, Austria; ⁵Surgical, Medtronic, North Haven, CT, USA; ⁶Department of Structural Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

MICROSTRUCTURE-BASED CONSTITUTIVE MODEL OF ANISOTROPIC HUMAN TISSUE

A. Weisrock^1,2, L. Astruc³, J.-F. Witz¹, L. Thorrez², P. Lecomte-Grosbras¹

¹Univ. Lille, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9013 – LaMcube, F-59000 Lille, France; ²Tissue Engineering Lab, Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Belgium; ³ENSAIT, GEMTEX – Laboratoire de Génie et Matériaux Textiles, F-59000 Lille, France

MICRO AND MACROMECHANICS OF ELECTROSPUN MEMBRANES UNDER UNIAXIAL AND BIAXIAL LOADING CONDITIONS

J. R. Hofmann¹, C. Fialová², C. Adlhart², M. Strassmann², M. Rimann², B. Röhrnbauer¹

¹Institute of Mechanical Systems, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland; ²Institute of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

BUCKLING ANALYSIS OF POLYMERIC MICRONEEDLES ON SOFT SUBSTRATES

N. Yolai^1,4, C. Modchang^1,2, E. O'Cearbhaill^3,4, A. Ní Annaidh^3,4

¹Biophysics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; ²Centre of Excellence in Mathematics, CHE, Ministry of Education,Bangkok 10400, Thailand; ³Centre for Biomedical Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland; ⁴School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield Dublin 4, Ireland

DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTIAXIAL BALL-BURST TEST FOR THE MECHANICAL CHARACTERISATION OF ELECTROSPUN SCAFFOLDS

D. Sierra, M. Ginai, N. Munir, R. Grant, A. Callanan

The University of Edinburgh,

EVALUATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF TISSUE ANASTOMOSES USING TISSUE ADHESIVES AND SUTURES

Z. Zając, S. Łagan

Cracow University of Technology, Poland

BIAXIAL MECHANICAL TESTING OF SPINAL CORD DURA MATER

A. Bałys, K. Marcula, S. Szotek

Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland

EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF PRODUCTION METHODS AND HYDROXYAPATITE LEVELS ON POLYURETHANE/HYDROXYAPATITE SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE REGENERATION

F. H Alhamoudi

King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia

MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF 3D NANOFIBROUS FRAMEWORKS FOR REPAIRING THE INJURED SPINAL CORD

A. Girão^1,2, P. Marques¹, M. C. Serrano², A. Completo¹

¹University of Aveiro, Portugal; ²ICMM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain

MULTI-SCALE LACUNAR BIO-INSPIRED SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTS FOR PERSONALIZED BONE REPAIR

F. Buccino^1,2, G. Tromba³, G. Banfi², L. M. Vergani^1,2

¹Politecnico di Milano, DMEC, Italy; ²IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy; ³Elettra Synchrotron, Italy

OPTIMIZATION OF TPMS SCAFFOLDS FOR BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING USING DIRECT MULTISEARCH

T. H. V. Pires¹, J. F. A. Madeira^1,2, A. P. G. Castro^1,3, P. R. Fernandes¹

¹IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; ²ISEL, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal; ³EST Setúbal, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal, Portugal

MARINE-BASED BIOMATERIALS FOR REINFORCING MICROFIBROUS STRUCTURES PRODUCED BY MELT-ELECTROWRITING

N. Barroca¹, P. Lopes², J. Mesquita-Guimarães¹, P. Marques¹, A. Completo¹

¹TEMA - Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; ²Departamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brasil

MODULAR BIOREACTOR FOR BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING COMBINING DIRECT PERFUSION AND INTERMITTENT PRESSURE

S. Gabetti^1,2, S. Israel^1,2, F. Daou³, B. Masante^1,2, E. Zenobi⁴, E. Scatena⁴, L. Rimondini³, C. Bignardi^1,2, A. Cochis³, D. Massai^1,2

¹Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Interuniversity Center for the Promotion of the 3Rs Principles in Teaching and Research, Italy; ³Dept. of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy; ⁴Hypatia Research Consortium, Italy

FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT EFFECT OF LIPUS ON MELANOMA CANCER STEM CELLS

M. Hurtado, C. Griñán-Lisón, G. Jiménez, E. López, D. Martínez Moreno, A. Callejas, O. Roda, F. Artacho-Cordón, J. A. Marchal, J. M. Melchor, G. Rus

University of Granada, Spain

RELIABILITY OF KINEMATIC VARIABLES USING MARKERLESS MOTION CAPTURE FOR SINGLE-LEG TASKS

M. Yoma¹, L. Herrington¹, C. Starbuck², L. Llurda³, R. Jones¹

¹University of Salford, United Kingdom; ²Swansea University; ³European University of Gasteiz - EUNEIZ

EFFECT OF THE HALLOYSITE NANOTUBES ADDITION TO CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CEMENT CONTAINING POLOXAMER 407 FOR BONE REPAIR APPLICATIONS

Y. Kim, K. Sekine, K. Hamada

Department of Biomaterials and Bioengineering,Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan

HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED SURFACES: CYTOCOMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS

E. Daďová¹, K. Skopalová¹, K. A. Radaszkiewicz², M. Kadlečková¹, J. Pacherník², A. Minařík¹, Z. Capáková¹, V. Kašpárková¹, A. Mráček¹, P. Humpolíček¹

¹Tomas Bata University, Czech Republic; ²Masaryk University, Czech Republic

ADVANCEMENTS AND PERSPECTIVES OF CELL-ASSEMBLED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PRODUCTION FOR ANISOTROPIC TISSUES

K. Valášková, Z. Víchová, P. Humpolíček

Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic

A PRELIMINARY MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF HYBRID MATERIALS FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE PURPOSES

M. Todesco¹, M. Casarin², L. Astolfi³, F. Dal Moro², A. Morlacco², C. G. Fontanella⁴, A. Bagno⁴