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 2019
Self-Regenerating Antimicrobial Polymer Surfaces via Multilayer-Design—Sequential and Triggered Layer Shedding under Physiological Conditions, Esther Karolin Riga, Elizabeth Gillies, and Karen Lienkamp
A comparison of the polytomous Rasch analysis output of RUMM2030 and R (ltm/eRm/TAM/lordif), Michael Robinson, Andrew M. Johnson, David M. Walton, and Joy C. MacDermid
Determining known-group validity and test-retest reliability in the PEQ (personalized exercise questionnaire), Isabel B. Rodrigues, Jonathan D. Adachi, Karen A. Beattie, Arthur Lau, and Joy C. MacDermid
The Role of Osteotomy in Chronic Valgus Instability and Hyperextension Valgus Thrust (Medial Closing Wedge Distal Femoral Varus Osteotomy and Lateral Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy), Philip P. Roessler and Alan Getgood
Loss of Independence after Operative Management of Femoral Neck Fractures, Emil H. Schemitsch, Sheila Sprague, Martin J. Heetveld, Sofia Bzovsky, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Qi Zhou, Marc Swiontkowski, and Mohit Bhandari
Clinical and functional impairment after nonoperative treatment of distal biceps ruptures, 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
A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF AEROBIC EXERCISE PROGRAMS FOR PATIENTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS AND META-ANALYSES OF PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS, J. M. Schulz, T. B. Birmingham, and H. F. Atkinson
Short Versus Long InterTAN Fixation for Geriatric Intertrochanteric Hip Fractures: A Multicentre Head-to-Head Comparison, M Sellan, D Bryant, C Tieszer, and S Papp
Effectiveness of home fire safety interventions. A systematic review and metaanalysis, Maya Senthilkumaran, Goris Nazari, Joy C. MacDermid, Karen Roche, and Kim Sopko
A review of materials for managing bone loss in revision total knee arthroplasty, Romina Shafaghi, Omar Rodriguez, Emil H. Schemitsch, Paul Zalzal, Stephen D. Waldman, Marcello Papini, and Mark R. Towler
Lateral Compartment Contact Pressures Do Not Increase After Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis and Subsequent Subtotal Meniscectomy, Tomoyuki Shimakawa, Timothy A. Burkhart, Cynthia E. Dunning, Ryan M. Degen, and Alan M. Getgood
Design of tissue-specific extracellular matrix composite hydrogels for adipose-derived stem/stromal cell (ASC) delivery, Arthi Shridhar, Brian G. Amsden, Elizabeth Gillies, and Lauren E. Flynn
Investigating the Effects of Tissue-Specific Extracellular Matrix on the Adipogenic and Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells Within Composite Hydrogel Scaffolds, Arthi Shridhar, Brian G. Amsden, Elizabeth R. Gillies, and Lauren E. Flynn
Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in total joint arthroplasty: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Ahmed Siddiqi, Salvador A. Forte, Shgufta Docter, Dianne Bryant, Neil P. Sheth, and Antonia F. Chen
The effect of the subacromial balloon spacer on humeral head translation in the treatment of massive, irreparable rotator cuff tears: a biomechanical assessment, Supriya Singh, Jacob Reeves, G. Daniel G. Langohr, James A. Johnson, and George S. Athwal
The Subacromial Balloon Spacer Versus Superior Capsular Reconstruction in the Treatment of Irreparable Rotator Cuff Tears: A Biomechanical Assessment, Supriya Singh, Jacob Reeves, G. Daniel G. Langohr, James A. Johnson, and George S. Athwal
Polyglyoxylamides: Tuning Structure and Properties of Self-Immolative Polymers, Quinton E.A. Sirianni, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Barriers and facilitators affecting self-disclosure among male survivors of child sexual abuse: The service providers’ perspective, Marudan Sivagurunathan, Treena Orchard, Joy C. MacDermid, and Marilyn Evans
Hand therapists' attitudes, environmental supports, and self-efficacy regarding intimate partner violence in their practice, Marudan Sivagurunathan, Tara Packham, Lindsay Dimopoulos, Robyn Murray, Kim Madden, and Joy C. MacDermid
Management of rheumatoid arthritis of the elbow with a convertible total elbow arthroplasty, Jason A. Strelzow, Tym Frank, Kevin Chan, George S. Athwal, Kenneth J. Faber, and Graham J.W. King
Radiographic Thresholds With Increased Odds of a Poor Outcome Following Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Over 65 Years Old, Caitlin J. Symonette, Joy C. MacDermid, and Ruby Grewal
The effect of stem fit on the radiocapitellar contact mechanics of a metallic axisymmetric radial head hemiarthroplasty: is loose fit better than rigidly fixed?, Jakub Szmit, Graham J.W. King, James A. Johnson, and G. Daniel G. Langohr
Patellar Resurfacing in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials, Aaron J. Teel, John G. Esposito, Brent A. Lanting, James L. Howard, and Emil H. Schemitsch
Radiostereometric Analysis Permits in Vivo Measurement of Very Small Levels of Wear in TKA, Matthew G. Teeter, Jacob Wihlidal, Richard W. McCalden, Xunhua Yuan, Steven J. MacDonald, Brent A. Lanting, and Douglas D. Naudie
Females Are Not Proportionally Smaller Males: Relationships Between Radius Anthropometrics and Their Sex Differences, Mitchell L. Thom, Katherine Willmore, Alexandra Surugiu, Emily Lalone, and Timothy A. Burkhart
Test-retest reliability of near-fibre jiggle in the ulnar intrinsic hand muscles, Philemon Tsang, Joy C. MacDermid, Michelle Eventov, Thomas A. Miller, Timothy J. Doherty, Douglas C. Ross, and Christopher D. Doherty
Test-retest reliability of near-fibre jiggle in the ulnar intrinsic hand muscles, Philemon Tsang, Joy C. MacDermid, Michelle Eventov, Thomas A. Miller, Timothy J. Doherty, Douglas C. Ross, and Christopher D. Doherty
Impaired Annulus Fibrosus Development and Vertebral Fusion Cause Severe Scoliosis in Mice with Deficiency of c-Jun NH2-Terminal Kinases 1 and 2, Veronica Ulici, Kathryn L. Kelley, Lara Longobardi, Margaret A. McNulty, Eric W. Livingston, Ted A. Bateman, Cheryle A. Séguin, Craig R. Louer, and Richard F. Loeser
The Effect of Prolonged Postoperative Antibiotic Administration on the Rate of Infection in Patients Undergoing Posterior Spinal Surgery Requiring a Closed-Suction Drain: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Jennifer C. Urquhart, Darryl Collings, Lori Nutt, Linda Kuska, Kevin R. Gurr, Fawaz Siddiqi, Parham Rasoulinejad, Alyssa Fleming, Joanne Collie, and Christopher S. Bailey
Therapist perceptions of best practice as ordered by referral source: An exploratory survey, Kristin Valdes, Mike Szekeres, Joy MacDermid, and Dianna Lunsford
Femoral head material loss at the head-neck junction in total hip arthroplasty: the effect of head size, stem material and stem offset, Giuseppe Valente, Brent Lanting, Steven MacDonald, Matthew G. Teeter, Douglas Van Citters, and James Howard
Validation of In Vivo Linear and Volumetric Wear Measurement for Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Using Model-Based Radiostereometric Analysis, Madeleine L. Van de Kleut, Xunhua Yuan, George S. Athwal, and Matthew G. Teeter
Interventions for displaced radial head fractures: network meta-analysis of randomized trials, Christopher Vannabouathong, Shakib Akhter, George S. Athwal, Jaydeep Moro, and Mohit Bhandari
Closed Limb Fractures With Compromised Vascularization: A Narrative Review, Christopher Vannabouathong, Emil Schemitsch, Bradley Petrisor, and Mohit Bhandari
Loss of ENT1 increases cell proliferation in the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc, Matthew A. Veras, Neil A. Tenn, Miljan Kuljanin, Gilles A. Lajoie, James R. Hammond, S. Jeffrey Dixon, and Cheryle A. Séguin
Poly(ester amide) particles for controlled delivery of celecoxib, Ian J. Villamagna, Trent N. Gordon, Mark B. Hurtig, Frank Beier, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Establishing the psychometric properties of 2 self-reported outcome measures of elbow pain and function: A systematic review, Joshua I. Vincent, Joy C. MacDermid, Graham J.W. King, Ruby Grewal, and Emily Lalone
RGS2 promotes the translation of stress-associated proteins ATF4 and CHOP via its eIF2B-inhibitory domain, Chang Hui (Jenny) Wang and Peter Chidiac
Lateral Augmentation Procedures in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Anatomic, Biomechanical, Imaging, and Clinical Evidence, Alexander E. Weber, William Zuke, Erik N. Mayer, Brian Forsythe, Alan Getgood, Nikhil N. Verma, Bernard R. Bach, Asheesh Bedi, and Brian J. Cole
The shape match of the olecranon tip for reconstruction of the coronoid process: influence of side and osteotomy angle, Kilian Wegmann, Nikolas K. Knowles, Emily E. Lalone, Michael Hackl, Lars P. Müller, Graham J.W. King, and George S. Athwal
Computed Tomography Analysis of the Radial Notch of the Ulna, Kilian Wegmann, Nikolas Knowles, Emily Lalone, Lars P. Müller, George S. Athwal, and Graham J.W. King
Condylar-Stabilized TKR May Not Fully Compensate for PCL-Deficiency: An In Vitro Cadaver Study, Ryan Willing, Alireza Moslemian, Geofrey Yamomo, Thomas Wood, James Howard, and Brent Lanting
Anatomic Posterolateral Corner Reconstruction Using Single Graft Plus Adjustable-Loop Suspensory Fixation Device, Ryan Wood, James Robinson, and Alan Getgood
Catastrophic femoral head trunnion dissociation: a case series with surface wear analysis, Thomas J. Wood, Mohammad Alzahrani, Daniel Langohr, Matthew G. Teeter, James L. Howard, Emil H. Schemitsch, and Brent A. Lanting
Use of the Corail stem for revision total hip arthroplasty: Evaluation of clinical outcomes and cost, Thomas J. Wood, Mohammad Alzahrani, Jacquelyn D. Marsh, Lyndsay E. Somerville, Edward M. Vasarhelyi, and Brent A. Lanting
Synthetic Graft Compared with Allograft Reconstruction for Extensor Mechanism Disruption in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Multicenter Cohort Study, Thomas J. Wood, Jennifer Leighton, David J. Backstein, Jacquelyn D. Marsh, James L. Howard, Richard W. McCalden, Steven J. MacDonald, and Brent A. Lanting
An Anthropometric Assessment of the Proximal Hamate Autograft for Scaphoid Proximal Pole Reconstruction, Kitty Wu, Clare Padmore, Emily Lalone, and Nina Suh
Mobility in community-dwelling adults with chronic conditions: the contribution of age and sex, Ying Xu, Julie Richardson, Joy MacDermid, and Vanina Dal Bello-Haas
Triggering Depolymerization: Progress and Opportunities for Self-Immolative Polymers, Rebecca E. Yardley, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Divergence prior and vessel-tree reconstruction, Zhongwen Zhang, Dmitrii Marin, Egor Chesakov, Marc Moreno Maza, Maria Drangova, and Yuri Boykov
Reflective Practice in Physical Therapy: A Scoping Review, Christina Ziebart and Joy C. Macdermid
Therapeutic exercise for adults post-distal radius fracture: An overview of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials, Christina Ziebart, Goris Nazari, and Joy C. MacDermid
The effect of conjoint tendon release on gait after direct anterior total hip arthroplasty, BO Zomar, D Bryant, S Hunter, and JL Howard
Submissions from 2018
Is the location of the signal intensity weighted centroid a reliable measurement of fluid displacement within the disc?, Vahid Abdollah, Eric C. Parent, and Michele C. Battié
MRI evaluation of the effects of extension exercises on the disc fluid content and location of the centroid of the fluid distribution, Vahid Abdollah, Eric C. Parent, and Michele C. Battié
The effect of humeral polyethylene insert constraint on reverse shoulder arthroplasty biomechanics, Irfan Abdulla, Daniel G. Langohr, Joshua W. Giles, James A. Johnson, and George S. Athwal
Evaluating the design and reporting of pragmatic trials in osteoarthritis research, Shabana Amanda Ali, Marita Kloseck, Karen Lee, Kathleen Ellen Walsh, Joy C. MacDermid, and Deborah Fitzsimmons
Patient perspectives on improving osteoarthritis management in urban and rural communities, Shabana Amanda Ali, Kathleen Ellen Walsh, and Marita Kloseck
The human cortical autonomic network and volitional exercise in health and disease, Baraa K. Al-Khazraji and J. Kevin Shoemaker
Osteoarthritis, cerebrovascular dysfunction and the common denominator of inflammation: a narrative review, B. K. Al-Khazraji, C. T. Appleton, F. Beier, Kevin J Shoemaker, and Birmingham
Influence of crown design and material on chipping-resistance of all-ceramic molar crowns: An in vitro study, Majed Alsarani, Grace De Souza, Amin Rizkalla, and Omar El-Mowafy
Osteoarthritis year in review 2017: biology, C. T. Appleton
Clinimetrics: Upper Extremity Functional Index, Vanitha Arumugam and Joy C. MacDermid
Attitudes, knowledge and behaviors related to evidence-based practice in health professionals involved in pain management, Vanitha Arumugam, Joy C. MacDermid, Dave Walton, and Ruby Grewal
Developing stem cell-based therapeutic strategies in orthopaedic surgery, Kivanc Atesok, Mitsuo Ochi, Nicola Baldini, Emil Schemitsch, and Meir Liebergall
ACUTE QMRI RESPONSE OF TIBIOFEMORAL ARTICULAR CARTILAGE IN PARTICIPANTS AT RISK FOR KNEE OA AFTER CHALLENGED WALKING, H. F. Atkinson, T. B. Birmingham, and R. F. Moyer
The Ideal Total Hip Replacement Bearing Surface in the Young Patient: A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Alumina Ceramic-On-Ceramic With Ceramic-On-Conventional Polyethylene: 15-Year Follow-Up, Amit Atrey, Jesse I. Wolfstadt, Nasir Hussain, Amir Khoshbin, Sarah Ward, Mohammad Shahid, Emil H. Schemitsch, and James P. Waddell
Backstroke start performance: the impact of using the Omega OBL2 backstroke ledge, Gordon E. Barkwell and James P. Dickey
Impact of vasculitis on employment and income, Lillian Barra, Renée L. Borchin, Cristina Burroughs, George C. Casey, Carol A. McAlear, Antoine G. Sreih, Kalen Young, Peter A. Merkel, and Christian Pagnoux
An international, cross-sectional survey of the management of Vancouver type B1 periprosthetic femoral fractures around total hip arthroplasties, Brent D. Bates, David W. Walmsley, Milena R. Vicente, Paul R. Kuzyk, Aaron Nauth, James P. Waddell, Michael D. McKee, and Emil H. Schemitsch
Cyclic Continuous Max-Flow: A Third Paradigm in Generating Local Phase Shift Maps in MRI, John S.H. Baxter, Zahra Hosseini, Terry M. Peters, and Maria Drangova
Do Impairments Predict Hand Dexterity After Distal Radius Fractures? A 6-Month Prospective Cohort Study, Pavlos Bobos, Emily A. Lalone, Ruby Grewal, and Joy C. MacDermid
Recovery, age, and gender effects on hand dexterity after a distal radius fracture. A 1-year prospective cohort study, Pavlos Bobos, Emily A. Lalone, Ruby Grewal, and Joy C. MacDermid
Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of neck pain, Pavlos Bobos and Joy C. MacDermid
Patient-reported outcome measures used for neck disorders: An overview of systematic reviews, Pavlos Bobos, Joy C. Macdermid, David M. Walton, Anita Gross, and P. Lina Santaguida
Recovery of grip strength and hand dexterity after distal radius fracture: A two-year prospective cohort study, Pavlos Bobos, Goris Nazari, Emily A. Lalone, Ruby Grewal, and Joy C. MacDermid
The contribution of health and psychological factors in patients with chronic neck pain and disability: A cross-sectional study, Pavlos Bobos, Goris Nazari, Stephania Palimeris, Evdokia Billis, and Joy C. Macdermid
Correlation of tibial bone defect shape with patient demographics following total knee revision, Madhav Bole, Matthew Teeter, Brent A. Lanting, and James L. Howard
Biomechanics - Hot Topics Part i, Michael Bottlang, Dean G. Lorich, Aleksey Dvorzhinskiy, Elizabeth Gausden, Gerard P. Slobogean, Geoffrey W. Schemitsch, David W. Sanders, and Emil H. Schemitsch
Stress analysis of a carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy plate with a hole undergoing tension: A comparison of finite element analysis, strain gages, and infrared thermography, Habiba Bougherara, Muhammad Saleem, Suraj Shah, Lotfi Toubal, Ahmed Sarwar, Emil H. Schemitsch, and Radovan Zdero
In-vitro comparison of different palatal sites for orthodontic miniscrew insertion: Effect of bone quality and quantity on primary stability, Carine Bourassa, Yara K. Hosein, Steven I. Pollmann, Khadry Galil, Richard N. Bohay, David W. Holdsworth, and Ali Tassi
Protection from chronic stress- and depressive symptom-induced vascular endothelial dysfunction in female rats is abolished by preexisting metabolic disease, Steven D. Brooks, Stanley M. Hileman, Paul D. Chantler, Samantha A. Milde, Kent A. Lemaster, Stephanie J. Frisbee, J. Kevin Shoemaker, Dwayne N. Jackson, and Jefferson C. Frisbee
Protection from vascular dysfunction in female rats with chronic stress and depressive symptoms, Steven D. Brooks, Stanley M. Hileman, Paul D. Chantler, Samantha A. Milde, Kent A. Lemaster, Stephanie J. Frisbee, J. Kevin Shoemaker, Dwayne N. Jackson, and Jefferson C. Frisbee
Effectiveness of Client-Centered Tune-Ups on Community Reintegration, Mobility, and Quality of Life After Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial, B Brouwer, D Bryant, and J Garland
A pilot hole does not reduce the strains or risk of fracture to the lateral cortex during and following a medial opening wedge high tibial osteotomy in cadaveric specimens, K. Bujnowski, A. Getgood, K. Leitch, J. Farr, C. Dunning, and T. A. Burkhart
Intervention with citrus flavonoids reverses obesity and improves metabolic syndrome and atherosclerosis in obese Ldlr / mice, Amy C. Burke, Brian G. Sutherland, Dawn E. Telford, Marisa R. Morrow, Cynthia G. Sawyez, Jane Y. Edwards, Maria Drangova, and Murray W. Huff
There Are No Kinematic Differences Between Inframeniscal and Suprameniscal Anterolateral Ligament Injury in the Anterior Cruciate Ligament–Deficient Knee, Timothy A. Burkhart, Manoj Matthew, W. Scott McGuffin, Alexandra Blokker, David Holdsworth, Ryan M. Degen, and Alan Getgood
Is the Walch B3 glenoid significantly worse than the B2?, Kevin Chan, Nikolas K. Knowles, Jean Chaoui, Louis M. Ferreira, Gilles Walch, and George S. Athwal
Modic Changes in the Lumbar Spine are Common Aging-related Degenerative Findings that Parallel With Disk Degeneration:, Lunhao Chen, Xiaojian Hu, Jingfeng Zhang, and Michele C. Battié
Optimizing outpatient total hip arthroplasty: perspectives of key stakeholders, L Churchill, M Pollock, Y Lebedeva, and N Pasic
Do Performance Measures of Strength, Balance, and Mobility Predict Quality of Life and Community Reintegration After Stroke?, JW Cohen, TD Ivanova, B Brouwer, and KJ Miller
Correction to: A case series of lateral opening wedge high tibial osteotomy for valgus malalignment (vol 21, pg 152, 2013), Brett Collins, Alan Getgood, and Abdulaziz Z. Alomar
Correction to: A case series of lateral opening wedge high tibial osteotomy for valgus malalignment (Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, (2013), 21, 1, (152-160), 10.1007/s00167-012-2070-y), Brett Collins, Alan Getgood, Abdulaziz Z. Alomar, J. Robert Giffin, Kevin Willits, Peter J. Fowler, Trevor B. Birmingham, and Robert B. Litchfield
Biomechanical analysis using FEA and experiments of metal plate and bone strut repair of a femur midshaft segmental defect, Jason Coquim, Joseph Clemenzi, Mohsen Salahi, Abdurahman Sherif, Pouria Tavakkoli Avval, Suraj Shah, Emil H. Schemitsch, Z. Shaghayegh Bagheri, Habiba Bougherara, and Radovan Zdero
Polymer Assembly Encapsulation of Lanthanide Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents for in Vivo Micro-CT, Charmainne Cruje, Joy Dunmore-Buyze, Jarret P. Macdonald, David W. Holdsworth, Maria Drangova, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Polymer assembly encapsulation of lanthanide nanoparticles as contrast agents for in vivo micro-CT, Charmainne Cruje, Joy Dunmore-Buyze, Jarret P. MacDonald, David W. Holdsworth, Maria Drangova, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
High-concentration gadolinium nanoparticles for pre-clinical vascular imaging, Charmainne Cruje, David W. Holdsworth, Elizabeth R. Gillies, and Maria Drangova
Validity and Internal Consistency of the New Knee Society Knee Scoring System, SE Culliton, DM Bryant, SJ MacDonald, and Kathryn Hibbert
Effect of an e-Learning Tool on Expectations and Satisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Controlled Trial, SE Culliton, DM Bryant, SJ MacDonald, and KM Hibbert
Surprising Antibacterial Activity and Selectivity of Hydrophilic Polyphosphoniums Featuring Sugar and Hydroxy Substituents, Tyler J. Cuthbert, Benjamin Hisey, Tristan D. Harrison, John F. Trant, Elizabeth R. Gillies, and Paul J. Ragogna