PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to biomechanically evaluate a new technique of intramedullary cortical button fixation for subpectoral biceps tenodesis and to compare it with the interference screw technique. METHODS We compared intramedullary unicortical button fixation (BicepsButton; Arthrex, Naples, FL) with interference screw fixation (Bio-Tenodesis screw; Arthrex) for subpectoral b...

BACKGROUND Single-incision anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with a bone-patellar tendon-bone construct is commonly performed with 180 degrees rotation of the graft. It has been hypothesized that further rotation of the graft to 540 degrees can effectively shorten the graft to address graft length-tunnel mismatch. Initial biomechanical failure characteristics of rotated constructs have ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of the present study was to compare the mechanical static and fatigue strength of the size 2 osteotomy plate "Activmotion" with the following five other common implants for the treatment of medial knee joint osteoarthritis: the TomoFix small stature, the TomoFix standard, the Contour Lock, the iBalance and the second generation PEEKPower. METHODS Six fourth-generation t...

The damage accumulation condition expressed in terms of traction components on a physical plane is considered for both monotonic and cyclic loading conditions. The crack initiation is assumed to correspond to a critical value of damage parameter on a maximum damage plane. A non-local condition is formulated for singular stress or strain regimes. The model is applied to predict damage distributi...

We investigate the quasistatic mechanical response of soils under cyclic loading using a discrete model of randomly generated convex polygons. This response exhibits a sequence of regimes, each one characterized by a linear accumulation of plastic deformation with the number of cycles. At the grain level, a quasiperiodic ratchetlike behavior is observed at the contacts, which excludes the exist...

Glassy polycarbonate was subjected to cyclic stresses and the changes in its structure were studied by DSC, positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS), and SAXS. On increased exposure to cyclic loading, the enthalpy overshoot near T s increased in a manner similar to increasing physical aging. However, the 'hole' size as revealed by PALS increased, unlike physical aging. SAXS reveals...

We present a model of articular cartilage lesion formation to simulate the effects of cyclic loading. This model extends and modifies the reaction-diffusion-delay model by Graham et al., 2012 for the spread of a lesion formed though a single traumatic event. Our model represents 'implicitly' the effects of loading, meaning through a cyclic sink term in the equations for live cells. Our model fo...

We report experimental observations on the evolution of acoustic entropy in the course of cyclic loading as degradation occurs due to fatigue. The measured entropy is a result of the materials’ microstructural changes that occur as degradation due to cyclic mechanical loading. Experimental results demonstrate that maximum acoustic entropy emanating from materials during the course of degradatio...

BACKGROUND Calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) is a neuropeptide that is abundant in the sensory neurons which innervate bone. The effects of CGRP on isolated bone cells have been widely studied, and CGRP is currently considered to be an osteoanabolic peptide that has effects on both osteoclasts and osteoblasts. However, relatively little is known about the physiological role of CGRP in-vivo...