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Mapping of the morphological and the material characteristics on the glenoid and estimation of predominant loading condition on the glenoid through the mapping

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The aim of this study was to predict and map the regional distribution of the trabecular architecture and the material properties of the glenoid and to estimate the predominant loading condition on the glenoid through the mapping. The morphological and material characteristics of the glenoid were investigated by analyzing digitized trabecular bone images obtained from twelve cadaver scapula specimens. The morphological and material characteristics computed from the cadaver specimens show that the predominant loading on the glenoid generally occurs during shoulder movement, which produces forces directed toward the posterior aspect of the bare region. This study is innovative in its detailed mapping of the morphological and material characteristics of the glenoid and its pioneering approach used to estimate the loading pattern acting on the glenoid through the mapping.

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  1. School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Pennsylvania, 19104, USA

    Dohyung Lim & Rami Seliktar

  2. Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Silver Technology Center, Chungnam, 330-825, Korea

    Dohyung Lim

  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Gangwon, 220-710, Korea

    Han-Sung Kim

  4. Department of Medical Engineering, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 120-752, Korea

    Jung-Sung Kim

  5. BK 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, 120-752, Korea

    Jung-Sung Kim

  6. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University, Gyoungnam, 621-749, Korea

    Sung-Jae Lee

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This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Young Eun Kim

Dohyung Lim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Inje University, Kimhae, Korea, in 1998 and 2000, respectively. He then went on to receive his Ph.D. degree from School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, & Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA, in 2004. Dr. Lim completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Science, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA and a Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Gangwon, Korea. Dr. Lim is currently a Senior Researcher at the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology in Cheonan, Chungnam, Korea.

Han-Sung Kim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Machine Design and Production Engineering from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, in 1989 and 1991, respectively. Dr. Kim received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK, in 1999. Dr. Kim is currently an Associated Professor at the Biomedical Engineering at Yonsei University in Wonju, Korea.

Jung-Sung Kim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Inje University, Kimhae, Korea, in 1996 and 1998, respectively. He is currently in the doctor’s course in Department of Medical Engineering and BK 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Rami Seliktar has a BS and MS degree in Mechanical Engineering, from The Technion, IIT, and Ph.D. (BME) from Strathclyde University, Scotland. He has held academic appointments in several institutions worldwide: Strathclyde University (2yrs.); associate professor at the Technion (9yrs.); Texas A&M (on sabbatical leave from the Technion), and twenty seven years as professor of BME and ME at Drexel University in Philadelphia. Concurrently he founded and directed a Biomechanics laboratory at the Loewenstein Rehab. in Israel and consulted to governments, public agencies and industries. Prof. Seliktar has done research on limb prosthetics, human performance, orthopedic and occupational biomechanics, assistive technology for automomobil dynamics. His research has been funded by: The NSF, NIH, the RWJ Foundation, the Easter Seal Foundation, NIDRR, AIduPont, the United Cerebral Palsy and some hospitals. He has published numerous articles in scientific journals, book chapters and conference proceedings. At the present, Rami Seliktar is Professor and Vice Director of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems of Drexel University.

Sung-Jae Lee received B.S. and M.Eng. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, in 1984 and 1985, respectively. He re-ceived Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA, in 1993 Dr. Lee is currently a Professor at Department of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University, Gimhae, Gyongnam, Korea. He is currently serving as a board member for the Division for Health Care Technology Assessment of International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE), a executive member of Korean Orthopedic Research Society, director of international relations for the Korean Society for Biomaterials and also for the Korean Society of Biomechanics.

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Lim, D., Kim, HS., Kim, JS. et al. Mapping of the morphological and the material characteristics on the glenoid and estimation of predominant loading condition on the glenoid through the mapping. J Mech Sci Technol 23, 409–419 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-008-1103-4

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