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Scope, aims and objectives

Our research aims to apply biomechanical techniques and knowledge to clinical settings that include Osteoarthritis, Sport and Exercise, Musculoskeletal Conditions in Growth, and Trauma.

Osteoarthritis

Because of the importance of biomechanics on joint function, we must quantify loadings on mechanically active joint tissues, e.g. cartilage. This can be accomplished using a hierarchical approach based on patient-specific data at all levels (kinematics, body segment parameters, tissue properties, muscle activations and articular and muscular geometry).

Osteoarthritis is an application-area of much of the musculoskeletal dynamics research and forms a major part of the .

Sport and Exercise

The application of biomechanics to sports can enhance athletic performance as well as reduce the burden of injury. This has been applied successfully in projects in cricket, rowing, and sports training.

Musculoskeletal Conditions in Growth

The human body goes through an enourmous amount of change as it grows, develops and ages. Understanding the different biomechanical demands as the musculoskeletal system grows is vital to understanding the potential biomechanical diseases and injuries that can develop. 

Trauma

When the musculoskeletal system undergoes some form of trauma the biomechanics can be dramatically effected. By utilising our biomechanical tools and knowledge we can better understand traumatic injuries, examine rehibilitation and surgical methods to treat such injuries, and how to avoid traumatic injuires in the future.

Key Publications

Osteoarthritis

Zhang KY, Kedgley AE, Donoghue CR, Rueckert D, Bull AMJ.  Arthritis Res Ther 16, (2014), R27.

Stoddard JE, Deehan DJ, Bull AMJ, McCaskie AW, Amis AA.  Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc. 22,(2014), 534-542

Stoddard JE, Deehan DJ, Bull AMJ, McCaskie AW, Amis AA.  J Orthop Res 31, (2013), 53-58.

Kessler O, Bull AMJ, Amis AA.  J. Biomech. 42, (2009), 665-670.

Sport and Exercise

Rowing

McGregor AH, Buckeridge E, Murphy AJ, Bull AMJ.  Proc. IMechE Part P Sports Eng. Tech. 229(P), (2016), [published online].

Buckeridge E, Hislop S, Bull AMJ, McGregor AH.  Med. Science Sports Exer 44, (2012), 2147- 2153.

McGregor AH, Patankar Z, Bull AMJ.  Med. Science Sports Exer. 37, (2005), 1014-1020.

Buckeridge EM, Bull AMJ, McGregor AH.  Scan J Med Sci Sports 25, (2014) e176-83. PMID: 25039605

 Cricket

Eftaxiopoulou T, Narayanan A, Dear J, Bull AMJ.  Proc. IMechE Part P Eng. Med. 225(P), (2011), 1078-1083

Eftaxiopoulou T, Gupte CM, Dear JP, Bull AMJ.  J Sports Sciences 31, (2013), 1722-1730.

Sports Training

Cleather DJ, Goodwin JE, Bull AMJ.  J Strength Cond Res 27, (2013), 89-100.

Cleather DJ, Goodwin JE, Bull AMJ.  Clin Biomech 28, (2013), 98-103.

Trauma

Knee Soft Tissue Surgery

Bull AMJ, Andersen HN, Basso O, Target J, Amis AA.  Clin. Orthop. Rel. Res. 363, (1999), 219-231.

Bull AMJ, Earnshaw PH, Smith, A., Katchburian MV, Hassan ANA, Amis AA.  J. Bone Joint Surg. 84-B, (2002), 1075-1081.

Gupte CM, Bull AMJ, Thomas RD, Amis AA.  J. Bone Joint Surg. 85-B, (2003), 765-773.

McDermott ID, Sharifi F, Bull AMJ, Gupte CM, Thomas RD, Amis AA.  Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Arthrosc. 12, (2004), 130-135.

Robinson JR, Bull AMJ, Thomas R deW, Amis AA.  Am. J. Sports Med. 34, (2006) 1815-1823.

Shoulder Surgery

Alexander S, Southgate DFL, Hill AM, Bull AMJ, Wallace AL.  Shoulder and Elbow 1, (2009), 76-80.

Majed A, Macleod I, Bull AMJ, Zyto K, Resch H, Hertel R, Reilly P, Emery RJH.  J. Shoulder Elbow Surg. 20, (2011), 1125-1132.

Thompson SM, Reilly P, Emery RJ, Bull AMJ.   J. Shoulder Elbow Surg. 20, (2011), 899-903.

Thompson SM, Reilly P, Emery RJ, Bull AMJ.  J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 21, (2012), 749-753

Trauma Protection

Ramasamy A, Hill AM, Masouros SD, Gordon F, Clasper JC, Bull AMJ.  Accid Anal Prev 43, (2011), 1878-1886.

Newell N, Masouros SD, Pullen AD, Bull AMJ.  Inj Prev. 18, (2012), 109-112.

Ramasamy MA, Hill AM, Phillip R, Gibb I, Bull AMJ, Clasper JC.  J Orthop Trauma 27, (2013), 49-55.

Edwards DS, Phillip RD, Bosanquet N, Bull AMJ, Clasper JC.  Clin Orthop Rel Res 473, (2015) 2848–2855. PMID: 26028596