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 2017
Predictors of outcomes after rotator cuff repair—A meta-analysis, Jayaprakash Raman, David Walton, Joy C. MacDermid, and George S. Athwal
An approach towards accountability: suggestions for increased reproducibility in surgical destabilization of medial meniscus (DMM) models, A. Ratneswaran and F. Beier
Nuclear receptors regulate lipid metabolism and oxidative stress markers in chondrocytes, Anusha Ratneswaran, Margaret Man-Ger Sun, Holly Dupuis, and Cynthia Sawyez
Rotator cuff tendon surgery and postoperative therapy, Mathieu Ratte-Larouche, Mike Szekeres, Jackie Sadi, and Kenneth J. Faber
Understanding uncertainty in young-onset Parkinson disease, Michael Ravenek, Debbie L Rudman, Mary E Jenkins, and Sandi Spaulding
Post-polymerization functionalization of poly(ethylene oxide)–poly(β-6-heptenolactone) diblock copolymers to tune properties and self-assembly, Brooke M. Raycraft, Jarret P. MacDonald, James T. McIntosh, and Michael P. Shaver
Facilitators and barriers to exercise adherence in patients with osteopenia and osteoporosis: a systematic review, I. B. Rodrigues, J. J. Armstrong, J. D. Adachi, and J. C. MacDermid
Development and validation of a new tool to measure the facilitators, barriers and preferences to exercise in people with osteoporosis, Isabel B. Rodrigues, Jonathan D. Adachi, Karen A. Beattie, and Joy C. MacDermid
Too Fit To Fracture, Isabel Rodrigues and Joy MacDermid
Titanium addition influences antibacterial activity of bioactive glass coatings on metallic implants, Omar Rodriguez, Wendy Stone, Emil H. Schemitsch, Paul Zalzal, Stephen Waldman, Marcello Papini, and Mark R. Towler
Methods to Describe Referral Patterns in a Canadian Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Database: Modelling Multilevel Count Data, Bridget L Ryan, Joshua Shadd, Heather Maddocks, and Moira Stewart
Impact of Abiraterone Acetate and Enzalutamide on Symptom Burden of Patients with Chemotherapy-naive Metastatic Castration-resistant Prostate Cancer, S. Salem, M. Komisarenko, N. Timilshina, L. Martin, R. Grewal, S. Alibhai, and A. Finelli
A Multicenter Randomized Control Trial Comparing a Novel Intramedullary Device (InterTAN) Versus Conventional Treatment (Sliding Hip Screw) of Geriatric Hip Fractures, David Sanders, Dianne Bryant, Christina Tieszer, Abdel Rahman Lawendy, Mark Macleod, Steven Papp, Allan Liew, Darius Viskontas, Chad Coles, Kevin Gurr, Tim Carey, Wade Gofton, Chris Bailey, Debra Bartley, Andrew Trenholm, Trevor Stone, Ross Leighton, Julia Foxall, Mauri Zomar, and Kelly Trask
The Role of Metal-on-Metal Bearings in Total Hip Arthroplasty and Hip Resurfacing: Review Article, David Sands and Emil H. Schemitsch
Biomechanical Measurement Error Can Be Caused by Fujifilm Thickness: A Theoretical, Experimental, and Computational Analysis, Ahmed Sarwar, Simli Srivastava, Chris Chu, Alan Machin, Emil H. Schemitsch, Habiba Bougherara, Zahra S. Bagheri, and Radovan Zdero
Size Matters: Defining Critical in Bone Defect Size!, Emil H. Schemitsch
Clavicle nonunions, Laura A. Schemitsch, Emil H. Schemitsch, and Michael D. McKee
Design of Hydrated Porphyrin-Phospholipid Bilayers with Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Contrast, Shuai Shao, Trang Nhu Do, Aida Razi, and Upendra Chitgupi
Long-Term Maintenance of Executive-Related Oculomotor Improvements in Older Adults with Self-Reported Cognitive Complaints Following a 24-Week Multiple Modality Exercise Program, Erin M. Shellington, Matthew Heath, Dawn P. Gill, and Robert J. Petrella
Confirmatory Factor and Rasch Analyses Support a Revised 14-Item Version of the Organizational, Policies, and Practices (OPP) Scale, Qiyun Shi, Joy C. MacDermid, Kenneth Tang, Kathryn E. Sinden, Dave Walton, and Ruby Grewal
Imaging in Autonomic Neuroscience: Seeing is believing, J. Kevin Shoemaker
Recruitment strategies in efferent sympathetic nerve activity, J. Kevin Shoemaker
The public health response to ‘do-it-yourself’ urbanism, Shannon L. Sibbald, Ross Graham, and Jason Gilliland
Sustainable bio-based phenol-formaldehyde resoles using hydrolytically depolymerized kraft lignin, Homaira Siddiqui, Nubla Mahmood, Zhongshun Yuan, Ferdinando Crapulli, Luana Dessbesell, Amin Rizkalla, Ajay Ray, and Chunbao Xu
Mastery Learning - does the method of learning make a difference in skills acquisition for robotic surgery?, Karen L. Siroen, Christopher D.W. Ward, Abelardo Escoto, and Michael D. Naish
Current Total Knee Designs: Does Baseplate Roughness or Locking Mechanism Design Affect Polyethylene Backside Wear?, Zachary W. Sisko, Matthew G. Teeter, Brent A. Lanting, James L. Howard, Richard W. McCalden, Douglas D. Naudie, Steven J. MacDonald, and Edward M. Vasarhelyi
Ultrasound-Guided Motor-Sparing Knee Blocks for Postoperative Analgesia Following Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Randomized Blinded Study, Olawale A. Sogbein, Rakesh V. Sondekoppam, Dianne Bryant, and David F. Johnston
Clinical Assessment of Physical Examination Maneuvers for Superior Labral Anterior to Posterior Lesions, LE Somerville, K Willits, AM Johnson, and R Litchfield
Diagnostic Validity of Patient-Reported History for Shoulder Pathology, LE Somerville, K Willits, AM Johnson, and R Litchfield
Vitamin D use and health outcomes after surgery for hip fracture, Sheila Sprague, Gerard P. Slobogean, Earl Bogoch, Brad Petrisor, Alisha Garibaldi, Nathan O'Hara, Mohit Bhandari, Marc Swiontkowski, P. J. Devereaux, Gordon Guyatt, Martin J. Heetveld, Kyle Jeray, Susan Liew, Martin Richardson, Emil H. Schemitsch, Lehana Thabane, Paul Tornetta, Stephen D. Walter, Paula McKay, Taryn Scott, Helena Viveiros, Marilyn Swinton, Mark Gichuru, Sofia Bzovsky, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Qi Zhou, Lisa Buckingham, Aravin Duraikannan, Deborah Maddock, Nicole Simunovic, Julie Age, Esther M.M. Van Lieshout, and Stephanie M. Zielinski
Musculoskeletal loading in the symptomatic and asymptomatic knees of middle-aged osteoarthritis patients, Prasanna Sritharan, Yi-Chung Lin, and Sara E. Richardson
A Targeted Proteomics Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid after Acute Human Spinal Cord Injury, Femke Streijger, Michael A. Skinnider, Jason C. Rogalski, and Robert Balshaw
Effect of Concomitant Elbow Injuries on the Outcomes of Radial Head Arthroplasty: A Cohort Comparison, Jason A. Strelzow, George S. Athwal, Joy C. MacDermid, Ruby Grewal, Kenneth J. Faber, Darren Drosdowech, and Graham J.W. King
Long-term evaluation of a Canadian back pain mass media campaign, Arnela Suman, Geoffrey P. Bostick, Donald Schopflocher, and Anthony S. Russell
Direct estimation of spinal cobb angles by structured multi-output regression, Haoliang Sun, Xiantong Zhen, Chris Bailey, Parham Rasoulinejad, Yilong Yin, and Shuo Li
Recent developments in emerging therapeutic targets of osteoarthritis:, Margaret Man-Ger Sun, Frank Beier, and Michael A. Pest
Rac1 Dosage Is Crucial for Normal Endochondral Bone Growth, Dai Suzuki, Jason R Bush, Dawn-Marie Bryce, and Ryutaro Kamijo
Rapid and Rigorous IL-17A Production by a Distinct Subpopulation of Effector Memory T Lymphocytes Constitutes a Novel Mechanism of Toxic Shock Syndrome Immunopathology, Peter A. Szabo, Ankur Goswami, Delfina M. Mazzuca, and Kyoungok Kim
The Effect of Therapeutic Whirlpool and Hot Packs on Hand Volume During Rehabilitation After Distal Radius Fracture: A Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial, Mike Szekeres, Joy C. MacDermid, Trevor Birmingham, Ruby Grewal, and Emily Lalone
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of amyloid β at neuronal spines, Mohammadali Tabatabaei, Fabiana A. Caetano, Farshid Pashee, and Stephen S. G. Ferguson
The Role of Direct and Visual Force Feedback in Suturing Using a 7-DOF Dual-Arm Teleoperated System, Ali Talasaz, Ana Luisa Trejos, and Rajni V. Patel
Comparison of articular and backside polyethylene wear in mobile bearing unicompartmental knee replacement, Matthew G. Teeter, James L. Howard, Richard W. McCalden, and Douglas D. Naudie
Contact Kinematic Differences Between Gap Balanced vs Measured Resection Techniques for Single Radius Posterior-Stabilized Total Knee Arthroplasty, Matthew G. Teeter, Kevin I. Perry, Xunhua Yuan, and James L. Howard
Thirteen-year wear rate comparison of highly crosslinked and conventional polyethylene in total hip arthroplasty: long-term follow-up of a prospective randomized controlled trial, Matthew G. Teeter, Xunhua Yuan, Lyndsay E. Somerville, and Steven J. MacDonald
TGF-β induces phosphorylation of phosphatase and tensin homolog: implications for fibrosis of the trabecular meshwork tissue in glaucoma, Nikoleta Tellios, Jillian C. Belrose, Alexander C. Tokarewicz, and Cindy Hutnik
Development of the autoinflammatory disease damage index (ADDI), Nienke M ter Haar, Kim V Annink, Sulaiman M Al-Mayouf, and Gayane Amaryan
ISSLS PRIZE IN BIOENGINEERING SCIENCE 2017: Automation of reading of radiological features from magnetic resonance images (MRIs) of the lumbar spine without human intervention is comparable with an expert radiologist, The Genodisc Consortium, Amir Jamaludin, Meelis Lootus, and Timor Kadir
Design and Evaluation of a Sterilizable Force Sensing Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ana Luisa Trejos, Abelardo Escoto, Michael D. Naish, and Rajni V. Patel
Validation of the QuickDASH and DASH in Patients With Distal Radius Fractures Through Agreement Analysis, Philemon Tsang, David Walton, Ruby Grewal, and Joy MacDermid
Erbium-Based Perfusion Contrast Agent for Small-Animal Microvessel Imaging, Justin J. Tse, P. Joy Dunmore-Buyze, Maria Drangova, and David W. Holdsworth
Synthesis, properties and degradation of polyisobutylene-polyester graft copolymers: Synthesis and properties of polyisobutylene-polyester graft copolymers, Bethany A Turowec and Elizabeth R Gillies
Synthesis, properties, and degradation of polyisobutylene-polyester graft copolymers, Bethany A. Turowec and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures: Extended follow-up of a randomized clinical trial comparing orthosis versus no orthosis, Jennifer C. Urquhart, Osama A. Alrehaili, Charles G. Fisher, Alyssa Fleming, Parham Rasoulinejad, Kevin Gurr, Stewart I. Bailey, Fawaz Siddiqi, and Christopher S. Bailey
Hand therapists report perceived differences in patient referrals from hand surgeons vs other referral sources: A survey study, Kristin Valdes, Mike Szekeres, and Joy C. MacDermid
The European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) task force for the development of revised activity criteria for systemic sclerosis: derivation and validation of a preliminarily revised EUSTAR activity index, Gabriele Valentini, Michele Iudici, Ulrich A Walker, and Veronika K Jaeger
The relationship between constitutional alignment and varus osteoarthritis of the knee, Pieter-Jan T. K. Vandekerckhove, Nicholas Matlovich, Matthew G. Teeter, and Steven J. MacDonald
The Impact of Coronal Plane Alignment on Polyethylene Wear and Damage in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Retrieval Study, Pieter-Jan T.K. Vandekerckhove, Matthew G. Teeter, Douglas D.R. Naudie, and James L. Howard
Effects of exercise on fitness and health of adults with spinal cord injury: A systematic review, Jan W. van der Scheer, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis, David S. Ditor, and Victoria L. Goosey-Tolfrey
A new quantitative measure of disc degeneration, Tapio Videman, Michele C. Battié, Laura E. Gibbons, and Kevin Gill
Osteochondritis Dissecans of skeletal elements of the foot in a 19th century rural farming community from The Netherlands, Irene Vikatou, Menno L.P. Hoogland, and Andrea L. Waters-Rist
Surgical Indications and Technique for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Combined with Lateral Extra-articular Tenodesis or Anterolateral Ligament Reconstruction, Bart Vundelinckx, Benjamin Herman, Alan Getgood, and Robert Litchfield
Dendritic Plasmonics for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy, Gregory Q. Wallace, Hayden C. Foy, Scott M. Rosendahl, and François Lagugné-Labarthet
Isolated Head and Liner Exchange in Revision Hip Arthroplasty:, David William Walmsley, James P. Waddell, and Emil H. Schemitsch
An Integrated Model of Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorder, David M. Walton and James M. Elliott
Cluster Analysis of an International Pressure Pain Threshold Database Identifies 4 Meaningful Subgroups of Adults With Mechanical Neck Pain:, David M. Walton, Timothy S.H. Kwok, Swati Mehta, and Eldon Loh
Interaction of primary human trabecular meshwork cells with metal alloy candidates for microinvasive glaucoma surgery: Alloys and trabecular meshwork cells, Wan Wendy Wang, Kelsey A Watson, S Jeffrey Dixon, and Hong Liu
A comprehensive rehabilitation program for posterior instability of the shoulder, Lyn Watson, Simon Balster, Sarah Ann Warby, and Jackie Sadi
Evidence based recommendations for reducing head-neck taper connection fretting corrosion in hip replacement prostheses, Christian M. Wight, Brent Lanting, and Emil H. Schemitsch
Fretting Corrosion Testing of Total Hip Replacements with Modular Heads and Stems, Christian Wight, Emil H. Schemitsch, and Radovan Zdero
Long-term patterns of body mass and stature evolution within the hominin lineage, Manuel Will, Adrián Pablos, and Jay T. Stock
Regional cerebral cortical thickness correlates with autonomic outflow, Katelyn N. Wood, Mark B. Badrov, Mark R. Speechley, and J. Kevin Shoemaker
High cardiorespiratory fitness in early to late middle age preserves the cortical circuitry associated with brain-heart integration during volitional exercise, Katelyn N. Wood, Torri A. Luchyshyn, and J. Kevin Shoemaker
Relationship of the Patient-Specific Functional Scale to commonly used clinical measures in hand osteoarthritis, Heidi Hermann Wright, Virginia O'Brien, Kristin Valdes, Barbra Koczan, Joy MacDermid, Elizabeth Moore, and Margaret A. Finley
Automatic landmark estimation for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis assessment using BoostNet, Hongbo Wu, Chris Bailey, Parham Rasoulinejad, and Shuo Li
Cranio-caudal asymmetries in trabecular architecture reflect vertebral fracture patterns, Ge Yang, Michele C. Battié, Steven K. Boyd, and Tapio Videman
Conjoint Tendon Release in Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty: No Impact on Patient Outcomes, Reina Yao, James L. Howard, and Brent A. Lanting
Cardiovascular risk prevention in a Canadian population of patients with giant cell arteritis, Yan Yeung and Lillian J. Barra
Decellularized adipose tissue microcarriers as a dynamic culture platform for human adipose-derived stem/stromal cell expansion, Claire Yu, Anna Kornmuller, Cody Brown, Todd Hoare, and Lauren E. Flynn
Cardiac Baroreflex Variability and Resetting during Sustained Mild Effort, Mair Zamir, Mark B. Badrov, T. Dylan Olver, and J. Kevin Shoemaker
Explaining the causal links between illness management and symptom reduction: Development of an evidence-based patient education strategy, Karen M. Zhang, Leora C. Swartzman, Robert J. Petrella, and Dawn P. Gill
Design and validation of a novel mechatronic transmission system for a wearable tremor suppression device, Yue Zhou, Michael D. Naish, Mary E. Jenkins, and Ana Luisa Trejos
Submissions from 2016
Augmented glenoid replacement for total shoulder arthroplasty, Wassim A. Aldebeyan, Nikolas K. Knowles, Louis M. Ferreira, and George S. Athwal
Severe intracranial involvement in giant cell arteritis: 5 cases and literature review, Roaa S. Alsolaimani, Sankalp V. Bhavsar, Nader A. Khalidi, Christian Pagnoux, Jennifer L. Mandzia, Keng Yeow Tay, and Lillian J. Barra
Product Differences in Intra-articular Hyaluronic Acids for Osteoarthritis of the Knee, Roy D. Altman, Asheesh Bedi, Jon Karlsson, Parag Sancheti, and Emil Schemitsch
Impaired cerebrovascular function in coronary artery disease patients and recovery following cardiac rehabilitation, Udunna C. Anazodo, J. K. Shoemaker, Neville Suskin, Tracy Ssali, Danny J.J. Wang, and Keith S. St. Lawrence
Quality assessment of osteoporosis clinical practice guidelines for physical activity and safe movement: an AGREE II appraisal, James Jacob Armstrong, Isabel Braganca Rodrigues, Tom Wasiuta, and Joy C. MacDermid
Spare the canal: Stemless shoulder arthroplasty is finally here, George S. Athwal
Outcomes of reverse shoulder arthroplasty using a mini 25-mm glenoid baseplate, George S. Athwal and Kenneth J. Faber
Short-term Complications of the Arthroscopic Latarjet Procedure: A North American Experience, George S. Athwal, Robert Meislin, Charles Getz, David Weinstein, and Paul Favorito
Effects of aging and coronary artery disease on sympathetic neural recruitment strategies during end-inspiratory and end-expiratory apnea, Mark B. Badrov, Sophie Lalande, T. Dylan Olver, Neville Suskin, and J. Kevin Shoemaker
Medial Longitudinal Arch Angle Presents Significant Differences between Foot Types: A Biplane Fluoroscopy Study, Megan E.R. Balsdon, Kristen M. Bushey, Colin E. Dombroski, Marie Eve LeBel, and Thomas R. Jenkyn
Efficacy of low-level laser therapy associated to orthoses for patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized single-blinded controlled trial, Rafael Inácio Barbosa, Marisa De Cássia Registro Fonseca, Eula Katucha Da Silva Rodrigues, Guilherme Tamanini, Alexandre Marcio Marcolino, Nilton Mazzer, Rinaldo Roberto De Jesus Guirro, and Joy Macdermid
Assessment of work limitations and disability in systemic vasculitis, Lillian J. Barra, Emma A. Bateman, Sherry Rohekar, Christian Pagnoux, and Manoosh Moradizadeh
Effects of artificial aging conditions on yttria-stabilized zirconia implant abutments, Mariana de Almeida Basílio, Kátia Vieira Cardoso, Selma Gutierrez Antonio, Amin Sami Rizkalla, Gildo Coelho Santos Junior, and João Neudenir Arioli Filho
Failure modes of Y-TZP abutments with external hex implant-abutment connection determined by fractographic analysis, Mariana de Almeida Basílio, Juliana Aparecida Delben, Paulo Francisco Cesar, Amin Sami Rizkalla, Gildo Coelho Santos Junior, and João Neudenir Arioli Filho
Assessment of function and quality of life in a phase II multi-institutional clinical trial of fractionated simultaneous in-field boost radiotherapy for patients with 1–3 metastases, Glenn Bauman, Slav Yartsev, David Roberge, Robert MacRae, Wilson Roa, Valerie Panet-Raymond, Laura Masucci, Brian Yaremko, David D’Souza, David Palma, Tracy Sexton, Edward Yu, Jason R. Pantarotto, Belal Ahmad, Barbara Fisher, A. Rashid Dar, Carole Lambert, Gregory Pond, Larry Stitt, Keng Yeow Tay, and George Rodrigues
Shape complexes: the intersection of label orderings and star convexity constraints in continuous max-flow medical image segmentation., John S H Baxter, Jiro Inoue, Maria Drangova, and Terry M Peters
Shape complexes in continuous max-flow segmentation, John S.H. Baxter, Jing Yuan, Maria Drangova, Terry M. Peters, and Jiro Inoue
Targeting the annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc: Col1a2-Cre(ER)T mice show specific activity of Cre recombinase in the outer annulus fibrosus, Jake Bedore, Katherine Quesnel, Diana Quinonez, Cheryle A. Séguin, and Andrew Leask
Cartilage differentiation and the actin cytoskeleton, Frank Beier