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Highly Cited
2013
Highly Cited
2013
A Novel Intrinsically Energy Efficient Actuator With Adjustable Stiffness (AwAS)
A. Jafari
,
N. Tsagarakis
,
D. Caldwell
IEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics
2013
Corpus ID: 23399246
In this paper, a new actuator with adjustable stiffness (AwAS) is presented. AwAS is capable of controlling the position and…
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Effects of in vivo mechanical loading on large bone defect regeneration
J. Boerckel
,
Y. Kolambkar
,
H. Stevens
,
A. Lin
,
Kenneth M. Dupont
,
R. Guldberg
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
2012
Corpus ID: 41283698
Fracture healing is highly sensitive to mechanical conditions; however, the effects of mechanical loading on large bone defect…
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Acute and prolonged effect of static stretching on the passive stiffness of the human gastrocnemius muscle tendon unit in vivo
M. Nakamura
,
T. Ikezoe
,
Yohei Takeno
,
N. Ichihashi
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
2011
Corpus ID: 19349272
Static stretching (SS) is commonly used to prevent or improve limited joint mobility. However, it is unclear whether the…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
The Effect of Lateral Cortex Disruption and Repair on the Stability of the Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy
B. Miller
,
W. Dorsey
,
Cari R. Bryant
,
J. Austin
American Journal of Sports Medicine
2005
Corpus ID: 3171294
Background Medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy is gaining popularity as a treatment option for medial compartment…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 delivered in an injectable calcium phosphate paste accelerates osteotomy-site healing in a nonhuman primate model.
H. Seeherman
,
M. Bouxsein
,
+4 authors
J. Wozney
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
2004
Corpus ID: 31878068
BACKGROUND In recent clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 (rhBMP-2) for…
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Active structural error suppression in MEMS vibratory rate integrating gyroscopes
C. Painter
,
A. Shkel
2003
Corpus ID: 7357438
Due to restrictive tolerancing in microfabrication, structural imperfections that reduce performance of fabricated micro devices…
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Pretransitional effects in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine vesicle membranes: optical dynamometry study.
R. Dimova
,
B. Pouligny
,
C. Dietrich
,
C. Dietrich
Biophysical Journal
2000
Corpus ID: 31013246
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The Influence of Active Shear or Compressive Motion on Fracture-Healing*
Sang-Hyun Park
,
K. O'Connor
,
H. McKellop
,
A. Sarmiento
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American…
1998
Corpus ID: 24556060
The effects of interfragmentary sliding (shear) motion, axial motion, and locked external fixation on the healing of mid-tibial…
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Muscles, Elastic Energy, and the Dynamics of Body Stiffness in Swimming Eels'
J. H. Long
1998
Corpus ID: 18346786
SYNOPSIS. TO investigate the capacity of the myomeric muscles to actively change the stiffness of the body during bending, mid…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Functions of fish skin: flexural stiffness and steady swimming of longnose gar, Lepisosteus osseus
J. H. Long
,
Melina E. Hale
,
M. McHenry
,
M. Westneat
Journal of Experimental Biology
1996
Corpus ID: 7930139
The functions of fish skin during swimming remain enigmatic. Does skin stiffen the body and alter the propagation of the axial…
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