Bone and Joint Institute
The Bone and Joint Institute positions Western as a global leader in research and innovation in musculoskeletal health. With over 145 members, the Institute brings together a critical mass of experts across disciplines to achieve high-impact transdisciplinary research for the benefit of millions of Canadians suffering from pain and reduced mobility.
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Submissions from 2020
Reflections on the Evolution of Smart Polymers, Elizabeth R. Gillies
Evaluation of a 3-Dimensional–Printed Head Simulation Technique for Teaching Flexible Nasopharyngoscopy to Radiation Oncology Residents, Christopher D. Goodman, Justin D. Pautler, Christopher S. Balestrini, Santiago Cobos, Leah D'Souza, Paige Eansor, Jasbir Jaswal, Anthony Nichols, Madeleine Norris, Manas Sharma, Katherine Willmore, Andrew Warner, Donna H. Murrell, and David A. Palma
Surgery versus cast immobilisation for acute scaphoid fractures, Ruby Grewal
Wear of humeral polyethylene cups in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty with simulated rim damage from scapular notching, Michael W. Griffiths, George S. Athwal, John B. Medley, James A. Johnson, and G. Daniel G. Langohr
The Efficacy and Safety of Gabapentinoids in Total Joint Arthroplasty: Systematic Review and Direct Meta-Analysis, Charles P. Hannon, Yale A. Fillingham, James A. Browne, Emil H. Schemitsch, Kyle Mullen, Francisco Casambre, Vidya Visvabharathy, William G. Hamilton, and Craig J. Della Valle
Phosphonium versus Ammonium Compact Polyelectrolyte Complex Networks with Alginate-Comparing Their Properties and Cargo Encapsulation, Tristan D. Harrison, Alexandre J. Salmon, John R. De Bruyn, Paul J. Ragogna, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Concussion Symptoms Predictive of Adolescent Sport-Related Concussion Injury, Alexandra B. Harriss, Kolten C. Abbott, David Humphreys, Mark Daley, Marci Erin Moir, Emilie Woehrle, Christopher S. Balestrini, Lisa K. Fischer, Douglas D. Fraser, and Joel Kevin Shoemaker
Evidence-Based Medicine: Boom or Bust in Orthopaedic Trauma?, Edward J. Harvey, Paul A. Martineau, Emil Schemitsch, Lauren L. Nowak, and Julie Agel
Calcium sulfate-containing glass polyalkenoate cement for revision total knee arthroplasty fixation, Leyla Hasandoost, Adel Alhalawani, Omar Rodriguez, Alireza Rahimnejad Yazdi, Paul Zalzal, Emil H. Schemitsch, Stephen D. Waldman, Marcello Papini, and Mark R. Towler
The role of poly(methyl methacrylate) in management of bone loss and infection in revision total knee arthroplasty: A review, Leyla Hasandoost, Omar Rodriguez, Adel Alhalawani, Paul Zalzal, Emil H. Schemitsch, Stephen D. Waldman, Marcello Papini, and Mark R. Towler
Elbow motion patterns during daily activity, John P. Haverstock, Graham J.W. King, George S. Athwal, James A. Johnson, and G. Daniel G. Langohr
Indications and outcomes of radial head excision: A systematic review, Alexandra H. Hildebrand, Betty Zhang, Nolan S. Horner, Graham King, Moin Khan, and Bashar Alolabi
Investigating the grip forces exerted by individuals with and without hand arthritis while swinging a golf club with the use of a new wearable sensor technology, Sara Holland, James Dickey, Louis Ferreira, and Emily Lalone
The development of a novel grip motion analysis technique using the Dartfish movement analysis software to evaluate hand movements during activities of daily living, Sara Holland, Lauren Straatman, Joy MacDermid, Kathryn Sinden, and Emily Lalone
Reproducing the Native Posterior Tibial Slope in Cruciate-Retaining Total Knee Arthroplasty: Technique and Clinical Implications, James L. Howard, Mina W. Morcos, Brent A. Lanting, Lyndsay E. Somerville, and James P. McAuley
Comparison of functional and patient-reported outcomes between direct anterior and lateral surgical approach one-year after total hip arthroplasty in a Canadian population: A cross-sectional study, Susan W. Hunter, Pavlos Bobos, Lyndsay Somerville, James Howard, Edward Vasarhelyi, and Brent Lanting
Prevalence and Risk Factors of Falls in Adults 1 Year After Total Hip Arthroplasty for Osteoarthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study, Susan W. Hunter, Pavlos Bobos, Lyndsay Somerville, James Howard, Edward M. Vasarhelyi, and Brent Lanting
Quantification of joint blood flow by dynamic contrast-enhanced near-infrared spectroscopy: Application to monitoring disease activity in a rat model of rheumatoid arthritis, Seva Ioussoufovitch, Laura B. Morrison, Lise Desjardins, Jennifer A. Hadway, Keith St Lawrence, Ting Yim Lee, Frank Beier, and Mamadou Diop
Bite Force Simulator: A Novel Technique to Simulate Craniofacial Strain In Vitro, Kenneth K.C. Ip, Peng You, Corey C. Moore, and Louis M. Ferreira
Measurement properties of the brief pain inventory- short form (BPI-SF) and the revised short mcgill pain questionnaire-version-2 (SF-MPQ-2) in pain-related musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review protocol, Samuel U. Jumbo, Joy C. MacDermid, Michael E. Kalu, Tara L. Packham, George S. Athwal, and Kenneth J. Faber
Reproducibility: reliability and agreement parameters of the Revised Short McGill Pain Questionnaire Version-2 for use in patients with musculoskeletal shoulder pain, Samuel U. Jumbo, Joy C. MacDermid, Tara L. Packham, George S. Athwal, and Kenneth J. Faber
Geometric and Volumetric Relationship Between Human Lumbar Vertebra and CT-based Models, Andrew Kanawati, Renan Jose Rodrigues Fernandes, Aaron Gee, Jennifer Urquhart, Fawaz Siddiqi, Kevin Gurr, Chris Bailey, and Parham Rasoulinejad
Anatomical relationship between the accessory process of the lumbar spine and the pedicle screw entry point, Andrew J. Kanawati, Renan J.R. Fernandes, Aaron Gee, Jennifer Urquhart, Parham Rasoulinejad, and Chris S. Bailey
Influence of Sex and Age on Muscle Sympathetic Nerve Activity of Healthy Normotensive Adults, Daniel A. Keir, Mark B. Badrov, George Tomlinson, Catherine F. Notarius, Derek S. Kimmerly, Philip J. Millar, J. Kevin Shoemaker, and John S. Floras
Reverse shoulder arthroplasty glenoid lateralization influences scapular spine strains, Alicia M. Kerrigan, Jake Reeves, G. Daniel G. Langohr, James A. Johnson, and George S. Athwal
Sex differences in the effects of exercise on cognition post-stroke: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, Shereen Khattab, Janice J. Eng, Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Julie Richardson, Joy MacDermid, and Ada Tang
The effects of exercise on cognition post-stroke: are there sex differences? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Shereen Khattab, Elise Wiley, Hanna Fang, Julie Richardson, Joy MacDermid, and Ada Tang
Mortality rate of geriatric acetabular fractures is high compared with hip fractures. A matched cohort study, Amir Khoshbin, Amit Atrey, Hasaan Chaudhry, Lauren Nowak, Luana T. Melo, Alexandra Stavrakis, Emil H. Schemitsch, and Aaron Nauth
Heterogeneous baroreflex control of sympathetic action potential subpopulations in humans, Stephen A. Klassen, M. Erin Moir, Charlotte W. Usselman, and J. Kevin Shoemaker
Revision shoulder arthroplasty: a systematic review and comparison of North American vs. European outcomes and complications, Nikolas K. Knowles, Melanie P. Columbus, Kilian Wegmann, Louis M. Ferreira, and George S. Athwal
Morphological and Apparent-Level Stiffness Variations Between Normal and Osteoarthritic Bone in the Humeral Head, Nikolas K. Knowles, Jonathan Kusins, Melanie P. Columbus, George S. Athwal, and Louis M. Ferreira
The Application of Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) to Evaluate Strain Predictions Generated by Finite Element Models of the Osteoarthritic Humeral Head, Jonathan Kusins, Nikolas Knowles, Melanie Columbus, Sara Oliviero, Enrico Dall’Ara, George S. Athwal, and Louis M. Ferreira
The Ontario Disability Support Program Work Exit Process: Parallels to a Hostage Negotiation, Pamela Lahey, Bonnie Kirsh, Emile Tompa, Joy MacDermid, and Rebecca E. Gewurtz
The effect of short-stem humeral component sizing on humeral bone stress, G. Daniel G. Langohr, Jacob Reeves, Christopher P. Roche, Kenneth J. Faber, and James A. Johnson
Lateral subvastus approach: A cadaveric examination of its potential for total knee arthroplasty, Brent A. Lanting, Josée A. Legault, Marjorie I. Johnson, Steven J. MacDonald, and Tyler S. Beveridge
Osteoarticular distal clavicle autograft for the management of instability-related glenoid bone loss: an anatomic and cadaveric study, Mathieu Larouche, Nikolas Knowles, Louis Ferreira, John M. Tokish, and George S. Athwal
Defining pain and interference recovery trajectories after acute non-catastrophic musculoskeletal trauma through growth mixture modeling, Joshua Y. Lee, David M. Walton, Paul Tremblay, Curtis May, Wanda Millard, James M. Elliott, and Joy C. MacDermid
Neutral, water-soluble poly(ester amide) hydrogels for cell encapsulation, Natalie Liang, Lauren E. Flynn, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Neutral, water-soluble poly(ester amide) hydrogels for cell encapsulation, Natalie Liang, Lauren E. Flynn, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
The effect of load and plane of elevation on acromial stress after reverse shoulder arthroplasty, Jason S. Lockhart, Murray T. Wong, G. Daniel G. Langohr, George S. Athwal, and James A. Johnson
Improved Complex Skill Acquisition by Immersive Virtual Reality Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Ryan Lohre, Aaron J. Bois, George S. Athwal, and Danny P. Goel
Agreement between original and Rasch-approved neck disability index, Ze Lu, Joy C. MacDermid, and Goris Nazari
A narrative review and content analysis of functional and quality of life measures used to evaluate the outcome after TSA: an ICF linking application, Ze Lu, Joy C. MacDermid, and Peter Rosenbaum
Measurement Properties of a 2-Dimensional Movement Analysis System: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Ze Lu, Goris Nazari, Joy C. MacDermid, Shirin Modarresi, and Shannon Killip
Loss of inaugural editor of JHT, Joy MacDermid
Hand therapy and responding to change in a pandemic, Joy C. MacDermid
Physical activity, targeted therapeutic exercise, and purposeful activity: The need for clarity and patient centeredness, Joy C. MacDermid
A synthetic bone insert may protect the lateral cortex and fixation plate following a high tibial osteotomy by reducing the tensile strains, Rachel MacDonald, Kyla Huebner, Jack Farr, Cynthia E. Dunning, Alan Getgood, and Timothy A. Burkhart
Density distribution of the type E2 glenoid in cuff tear arthropathy, Matthew D. Mahaffy, Nikolas K. Knowles, Carolyn Berkmortel, Sejla Abdic, Gilles Walch, James A. Johnson, and George S. Athwal
Anatomical characterization of the inguinal lymph nodes using microcomputed tomography to inform radical inguinal lymph node dissections in penile cancer, Kait Marshall, Shiva M. Nair, Katherine E. Willmore, Tyler S. Beveridge, and Nicholas E. Power
Cephalic vein patency after deltopectoral approach to the shoulder and the effect on upper extremity edema, Bogdan A. Matache, William R. Aibinder, Jason Strelzow, Navdeep Sahota, George S. Athwal, Darren Drodsowech, and Kenneth J. Faber
Chronic Pain Self-Management Support With Pain Science Education and Exercise (COMMENCE) for People With Chronic Pain and Multiple Comorbidities: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jordan Miller, Joy C. MacDermid, David M. Walton, and Julie Richardson
Medial-Sided Injuries in the Multiple Ligament Knee Injury, Gilbert Moatshe, Alexander R. Vap, Alan Getgood, Robert F. Laprade, and Lars Engebretsen
Rapid changes in vascular compliance contribute to cerebrovascular adjustments during transient reductions in blood pressure in young, healthy adults, M. Erin Moir, Stephen A. Klassen, Mair Zamir, and J. Kevin Shoemaker
Biomechanical analysis of transverse acetabular fracture fixation in the elderly via the posterior versus the anterior approach with and without a total hip arthroplasty, Joel Moktar, Alan Machin, Habiba Bougherara, Emil H. Schemitsch, and Radovan Zdero
Sol-gel derived tertiary bioactive glass–ceramic nanorods prepared via hydrothermal process and their composites with poly(Vinylpyrrolidone-Co-Vinylsilane), Dibakar Mondal, Andrei Zaharia, Kibret Mequanint, and Amin S. Rizkalla
Effects of Reduced Connexin43 Function on Mandibular Morphology and Osteogenesis in Mutant Mouse Models of Oculodentodigital Dysplasia, Alyssa C. Moore, Jessica Wu, Elizabeth Jewlal, Kevin Barr, Dale W. Laird, and Katherine E. Willmore
Direct anterior approach for femoral component revision: Surgical technique for extended trochanteric osteotomy and anterior cortical window, Mina W. Morcos, Michael M. Decker, and Brent A. Lanting
Correlation between hip osteoarthritis and the level of physical activity as measured by wearable technology and patient-reported questionnaires, Mina W. Morcos, Matthew G. Teeter, Lyndsay E. Somerville, and Brent Lanting
Three femoral stem designs without corrosion: A review of 2095 stems, Douglas D.R. Naudie, Silvio Ndoja, Thomas J. Wood, Lyndsay E. Somerville, James L. Howard, Richard W. McCalden, Steven J. Macdonald, and Brent A. Lanting
Psychometric properties of Patient-Specific Functional Scale in patients with upper extremity disorders. A systematic review, Goris Nazari, Pavlos Bobos, Ze Lu, Stephanie Reischl, and Joy C. MacDermid
Psychometric Properties of Performance-Based Functional Tests in Patients With Shoulder Pathologies: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Goris Nazari, Steve Lu, Joy C. MacDermid, Aziza Azizi, Nicole Stokes, Samantha Hiller, Alex Kim, and Kiarash Akhavan
Minimal Detectable Change Thresholds and Responsiveness of Zephyr Bioharness and Fitbit Charge Devices, Goris Nazari and Joy C. MacDermid
Reliability of Zephyr BioHarness Respiratory Rate at Rest, During the Modified Canadian Aerobic Fitness Test and Recovery, Goris Nazari and Joy C. MacDermid
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears: a clinical practice guideline, Goris Nazari and Joy C. MacDermid
Conservative versus surgical interventions for shoulder impingement: An overview of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials, Goris Nazari, Joy C. Macdermid, and Pavlos Bobos
Conservative versus surgical interventions for shoulder impingement: An overview of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials, Goris Nazari, Joy C. Macdermid, and Pavlos Bobos
Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders among Canadian firefighters: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Goris Nazari, Joy MacDermid, and Heidi Cramm
Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among Canadian firefighters, Goris Nazari, Joy C. Macdermid, Kathryn Sinden, and Robert D'Amico
Distribution of Number, Location of Pain and Comorbidities, and Determinants of Work Limitations among Firefighters, Goris Nazari, Temitope A. Osifeso, and Joy C. MacDermid
Heath-PRIOR: An Intelligent Ensemble Architecture to Identify Risk Cases in Healthcare, F Neves, F Campos, V Stroele, and MAM Capretz
Sympathetic neural recruitment strategies following acute intermittent hypoxia in humans, Elizabeth P. Ott, Dain W. Jacob, Sarah E. Baker, Walter W. Holbein, Zachariah M. Scruggs, J. Kevin Shoemaker, and Jacqueline K. Limberg
Allodynography: Reliability of a new procedure for objective clinical examination of static mechanical allodynia, Tara L. Packham, Claude J. Spicher, Joy C. MacDermid, and Norman D. Buckley
The effect of coordinate system selection on wrist kinematics, C. Padmore, G. D. Langohr, N. Suh, and J. A. Johnson
Distal biceps tendon rupture: Is surgery the best course of treatment? Two case reports, Pulak Parikh, Joy C. MacDermid, Vikas Tuli, and Michelle Manley
A Biomechanical Comparison of 2 Hip Capsular Reconstruction Techniques: Iliotibial Band Autograft Versus Achilles Tendon Allograft, Nicholas Pasic, Timothy A. Burkhart, Pardis Baha, Olufemi R. Ayeni, Alan Getgood, and Ryan M. Degen
Interventions to address sedentary behaviour for older adults: a scoping review, Celeste Petrusevski, Silvana Choo, Michael Wilson, Joy MacDermid, and Julie Richardson
Rehabilitation of Elbow Instability, Joey G. Pipicelli and Graham J.W. King
Machine Learning Predicts the Fall Risk of Total Hip Arthroplasty Patients Based on Wearable Sensor Instrumented Performance Tests, Jennifer S. Polus, Riley A. Bloomfield, Edward M. Vasarhelyi, Brent A. Lanting, and Matthew G. Teeter
Delays in hospital admissions in patients with fractures across 18 low-income and middle-income countries (INORMUS): a prospective observational study, Panthea Pouramin, Chuan Silvia Li, Jason W. Busse, Sheila Sprague, P. J. Devereaux, Jagnoor Jagnoor, Rebecca Ivers, Mohit Bhandari, Gordon Guyatt, Brad Petrisor, Lehana Thabane, Respicious L. Boniface, Bruce Browner, Fernando de la Huerta, Rebecca Q. Ivers, Theodore Miclau, Paul Moroz, Andrew Pollak, Gerard Slobogean, Parag Sancheti, Emil Schemitsch, Junlin Zhou, Paula McKay, Raman Mundi, Nathan O'Hara, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Lisa Buckingham, Nicole Simunovic, Robyn Norton, Jing Zhang, Maoyi Tian, Soumyadeep Bhaumik, and Samina Parveen
Thermoresponsive Self-Immolative Polyglyoxylamides, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, Quinton E.A. Sirianni, Kyle Classen, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Role of the Helix-8 and C-Terminal Tail in Regulating Proteinase Activated Receptor 2 Signaling, Rithwik Ramachandran and Pierre E. Thibeault
An in-vitro biomechanical assessment of humeral head migration following irreparable rotator cuff tear and subacromial balloon reconstruction, Jacob M. Reeves, Supriya Singh, G. Daniel G. Langohr, George S. Athwal, and James A. Johnson
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: OPTIMa revised recommendations for non-pharmacological management of persistent headaches associated with neck pain, Stephanie Reischl, Armaghan Dabbagh, and Joy C. MacDermid
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Subacromial decompression surgery for adults with shoulder pain, Stephanie Reischl and Joy C. MacDermid
Interplay between genetics and epigenetics in osteoarthritis, Sarah J. Rice, Frank Beier, David A. Young, and John Loughlin
Evaluation of individual finger forces during activities of daily living in healthy individuals and those with hand arthritis, Michael Riddle, Joy MacDermid, Sydney Robinson, Mike Szekeres, Louis Ferreira, and Emily Lalone
Suture Tape Reduces Quadriceps Tendon Repair Gap Formation Compared With High-Strength Suture: A Cadaveric Biomechanical Analysis, Philip P. Roessler, Timothy A. Burkhart, Alan Getgood, and Ryan M. Degen
Posterior shoulder instability classification, assessment, and management: An international delphi study, Jackie Sadi, Erik Torchia, Kenneth J. Faber, Joy Macdermid, Corinne Lalonde, Lyn Watson, Marjorie Weber, and Nan Wu
Biomechanical Response under Stress-Controlled Tension-Tension Fatigue of a Novel Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Intramedullary Nail for Femur Fractures, Saeid Samiezadeh, Emil H. Schemitsch, Radovan Zdero, and Habiba Bougherara
Functional outcome following elbow release and hardware removal after bicolumnar fixation of distal humeral fractures, Christine Schemitsch, Brian Seeto, Luc Rubinger, Milena Vicente, Emil Schemitsch, and Michael McKee
A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Study of Romosozumab for the Treatment of Hip Fractures, Emil H. Schemitsch, Theodore Miclau, Theofilos Karachalios, Lauren L. Nowak, Parag Sancheti, Rudolf W. Poolman, John Caminis, Nadia Daizadeh, Ricardo E. Dent-Acosta, Ogo Egbuna, Arkadi Chines, Judy Maddox, Andreas Grauer, and Mohit Bhandari
RETRACTED: Clinical and functional impairment after nonoperative treatment of distal biceps ruptures (Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (2019) 28(4) (757–764), (S1058274618307079), (10.1016/j.jse.2018.09.017)), Christopher C. Schmidt, Brandon T. Brown, Daniel L. Schmidt, Michael P. Smolinski, Thomas Kotsonis, Kenneth J. Faber, Kraig S. Graham, Tyler J. Madonna, Patrick J. Smolinski, and Mark Carl Miller
Failures of Realignment Osteotomy, Manuel F. Schubert, Rajeshwar Sidhu, Alan M. Getgood, and Seth L. Sherman
Are we missing the target? Are we aiming too low? What are the aerobic exercise prescriptions and their effects on markers of cardiovascular health and systemic inflammation in patients with knee osteoarthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Jenna M. Schulz, Trevor B. Birmingham, Hayden F. Atkinson, Emilie Woehrle, Codie A. Primeau, Michael J. Lukacs, Baraa K. Al-Khazraji, Michaela C.M. Khan, Bryn O. Zomar, Robert J. Petrella, Frank Beier, C. Thomas Appleton, J. Kevin Shoemaker, and DIanne M. Bryant
Are we missing the target? Are we aiming too low? What are the aerobic exercise prescriptions and their effects on markers of cardiovascular health and systemic inflammation in patients with knee osteoarthritis? A systematic review and meta-analysis, JM Schulz, TB Birmingham, HF Atkinson, and E Woehrle
Scaphoid Malunion Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes at a Minimum of 4 Years Follow-Up, Anna Seltser, Nina Suh, Spencer B. Chambers, Joy C. MacDermid, and Ruby Grewal
Effect of TiO2 doping on degradation rate, microstructure and strength of borate bioactive glass scaffolds, Romina Shafaghi, Omar Rodriguez, Sunjeev Phull, Emil H. Schemitsch, Paul Zalzal, Stephen D. Waldman, Marcello Papini, and Mark R. Towler
In vitro evaluation of novel titania-containing borate bioactive glass scaffolds, Romina Shafaghi, Omar Rodriguez, Anthony W. Wren, Loraine Chiu, Emil H. Schemitsch, Paul Zalzal, Stephen D. Waldman, Marcello Papini, and Mark R. Towler
Cross-cultural adaptation and measurement properties of the Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation for the Persian language, Erfan Shafiee, Maryam Farzad, Joy Macdermid, Amirreza Smaeel Beygi, Atefeh Vafaei, and Amirreza Farhoud