Recent News

February 2024 – Dawn presents MRI-Based Measurement for Disc Mechanics over a lifespan for the DISCovery Winter Symposium

January 2024 – Harrah’s paper accepted!

November 2023 – Mackenzie Conner joins the lab!

August 2023 – Faysal Haque joins the lab!

Recent Publications

• Off-Axis Loading Fixture for Spine Biomechanics: Combined Compression and Bending. Moore, A. C., Holder, D. A., and Elliott, D. M. ASME. J Biomech Eng. October 2023
• Acute Repair of Meniscus Root Tear Partially Restores Joint Displacements as Measured With Magnetic Resonance Images and Loading in a Cadaveric Porcine Knee. Meadows, K. D., Peloquin, J. M., Markhali, M. I., Zgonis, M. H., Schaer, T. P., Mauck, R. L., and Elliott, D. M. ASME. J Biomech Eng. August 2023
• Overload in a Rat In Vivo Model of Synergist Ablation Induces Tendon Multiscale Structural and Functional Degeneration. Bloom, E. T., Lin, L. M., Locke, R. C., Giordani, A., Krassan, E., Peloquin, J. M., Silbernagel, K. G., Parreno, J., Santare, M. H., Killian, M. L., and Elliott, D. M. ASME. J Biomech Eng. August 2023
• Volume Loss and Recovery in Bovine Knee Meniscus Loaded in Circumferential Tension. Peloquin, J. M., Santare, M. H., and Elliott, D. M. ASME. J Biomech Eng. July 2023
• MRI‐based measurement of in vivo disc mechanics in a young population due to flexion, extension, and diurnal loading. Meadows, K. D., Peloquin, J. M., Newman, H. R., Cauchy, P. J., Vresilovic, E. J., & Elliott, D. M. JOR spine. January 2023
• Acute repair of meniscus root tear partially restores joint displacements as measured with MRI and loading in a porcine knee. Meadows, K. D., Peloquin, J. M., Markhali, M. I., Zgonis, M. H., Schaer, T. P., Mauck, R. L., & Elliott, D. M. bioRxiv, February 2023
• Multiaxial validation of a finite element model of the intervertebral disc with multigenerational fibers to establish residual strain. Newman, H. R., DeLucca, J. F., Peloquin, J. M., Vresilovic, E. J., & Elliott, D. M. (2021).  JOR spine. March 2021
• Identifiability of tissue material parameters from uniaxial tests using multi-start optimization. Safa, B. N., Santare, M. H., Ethier, C. R., & Elliott, D. M.  Acta biomaterialia. March 2021
• Tendon multiscale structure, mechanics, and damage are affected by osmolarity of bath solution. Bloom, E. T., Lee, A. H., & Elliott, D. M. (2021). Annals of biomedical engineering. October 2020
• Impact of pulse sequence, analysis method, and signal to noise ratio on the accuracy of intervertebral disc T 2 measurement. Meadows, K. D., Johnson, C. L., Peloquin, J. M., Spencer, R. G., Vresilovic, E. J., & Elliott, D. M.  JOR spine. June 2020