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Academic Staff
Amy B. Zavatsky, BS, MA, DPhil
University Reader in Engineering Science
Dr Zavatsky studies the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system, particularly the joints of the lower limb. She aims to combine computer modelling with experimental measurements taken both in vivo and in vitro to develop an overall understanding of how the joints of the lower limb function both in health and disease.
Home page: www.eng.ox.ac.uk/~kneabz
Address: Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford,
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
Tel: +44 1865 7 37841 / +44 1865 2 73008 / +44 1865 2 79095
Email: amy.zavatsky@eng.ox.ac.uk
Mark S Thompson, MEng, PhD, CEng, MIMechE
University Lecturer in Orthopaedic Biomechanics
Dr Thompson leads research in the Oxford mechanobiology group, aiming to develop novel approaches to the early detection and treatment of musculoskeletal disease. Mechanobiology is an exciting area of research linking the mechanical environment and biological processes at the tissue and cell level. Musculoskeletal tissues must perform mechanical functions, and both biological and mechanical factors are implicated in the initiation and progression of degenerative disorders of the musculoskeletal system such as osteoarthritis.
Address: Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford,
Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PJ, UK
Tel: +44 1865 2 73008 Email: mark.thompson@eng.ox.ac.uk
Graduate Research Students
Mona Alinejad
DPhil student: The role of the anterior cruciate ligament in total knee replacement
Supervisors: ABZ, Prof JJ O'Connor, Prof DW Murray
Joseph Alsousou
DPhil student: Platelets for tendon repair. In collaboration with the Kadoorie Centre for Critical Care
Supervisors: KW, MST
Friederike Bieler
PhD student: Mechanical analysis of cell response to stimuli. Project based at Julius Wolf Institute, Charité Hospital, Berlin.
Supervisors: MST, GND
Jennifer Boyd
DPhil student: The role of mechanical loading in osteoarthritis of the knee
Supervisors: ABZ, Dr HS Gill
Ann Harvey
DPhil student, LSI DTC, Wolfson Medical Vision Laboratory, and Tissue Engineering and Bioprocessing.
Medical image analysis (eg. MRI, CT) can help visualise the internal
structure of complex joints, such as the knee. Combined with
biochemical assay and mechanical testing, in vivo MRI can be used
to relate soft tissue composition to mechanical property. This idea can
be applied to the monitoring of properties of the hamstring tendon graft,
which is used for repair and reconstruction of a ruptured ACL.
Supervisors: MST, JMB, ZFC
Email: ann.harvey@stx.ox.ac.uk
Catriona Kerr
DPhil student: Biomechanics of flatfoot
Supervisors: ABZ, Dr J Stebbins, Dr J Schnabel
Jessica Leitch
DPhil student: Patellofemoral pain syndrome: morphological and biomechanical risk factors
Supervisors: ABZ, Dr J Stebbins
Lisa Martin
DPhil student: Characterisation and modelling of the deformation of tendon
Supervisors: ABZ, Prof CP Buckley
Nasim Zarkar Baboldashti
DPhil student: Tendon mechanobiology
Supervisor: MST
Undergraduate Research Students
Andrew Aitken
4th year project: Modelling compartment syndrome. Supervisor: YV, MST
Richard Mant
4th year project: Micromechanical modelling of tendon. Supervisor: MST
Sean Merritt
4th year project: Microscopic mechanical testing of tissue culture models. Supervisor: MST
Alumni
Stuart Abercrombie
James Grice
Cornhill Prize for best performance in Biomedical Engineering 2007-8
David O'Neill
Annie Ng
summer internship (Johns Hopkins): Biopsy mechanical characterisation. Supervisor: MST
Graduate Students
| 2010 | MSc | Bianchi, N. | Hybrid methods for solving the indeterminate problem in biomechanics for the lower limb (Supervisor: ABZ) |
| 2008 | DPhil | Salisbury, S.T.S. | The mechanical properties of tendon (Supervisors: ABZ, Prof CP Buckley) |
| 2007 | DPhil | Gray, H.A. | Validated finite element model of human tibiae (Supervisors: ABZ, Dr HS Gill) |
| 2006 | MSc | Yuan, Z. | Hip joint centre position estimation in clinical gait analysis (Supervisors: ABZ, Dr M Harrington) |
| 2005 | DPhil | Ward, T.R. | Functional assessment of knee replacements using fluoroscopy, kinetics, and modelling (Supervisors: ABZ, Dr HS Gill) |
| 2005 | MSc | Woods, R.A. | Experimental protocols for motion analysis testing of knee replacement patients (Supervisor: ABZ) |
| 2003 | DPhil | Vijayakumar, V. | Stress/strain environments in healing human tibial fractures (Supervisors: Dr T Gardner, ABZ) |
| 2003 | DPhil | Jenkins, S.E.M. | Lower limb modelling for children in clinical gait analysis (Supervisors: ABZ, Dr M Harrington, Prof JJ O'Connor) |
| 2003 | DPhil | Halliday, S.E. | Biomechanics of ergometer rowing (Supervisor: ABZ) |
| 2001 | MSc | Oppold, P.T. | Characterising in vitro patellofemoral kinematics and kinetics (Supervisor: ABZ) |
| 1998 | MSc | Rieger, C.J. | Passive kinematics of the human elbow joint (Supervisor: ABZ) |
MSc in Biomedical Engineering Project Students
| 2009 | Kueny, R. | Why femoral neck fracture occurs in hip resurfacing: a finite element analysis (ABZ) |
| 2008 | O'Reilly, M. | Biomechanics of flatfoot (ABZ) |
| 2007 | Chen, Z. | Finite element modelling of knee replacement (ABZ) |
| 2007 | Wang, L. | Correlation of upper body movement and ground force in biomechanical models of human jumping and bobbing (ABZ) |
Undergraduate Engineering Final-Year Project Students
| 2009 | Baker, E. | Biomechanical modelling of the foot (ABZ) |
| 2009 | Robson, C. | Quantitative assessment of posture using a motion analysis system (ABZ) |
| 2008 | Baker, A. | Single fibre fragmentation test to reveal silk fibres’ weaknesses (ABZ) |
| 2008 | Faragher, S. | Validation of a hand-held dynamometer in children with cerebral palsy (ABZ) |
| 2008 | Hucker, N. | Skin movement error in the Oxford foot model (ABZ) |
| 2008 | Patel, H. | Biomechanical modelling of the lower limb for children with cerebral palsy (ABZ) |
| 2007 | Cheung, W.M.C. | Force plate and stair calibration for the Oxford gait laboratory (ABZ) |
| 2007 | Good, R. | Biomechanical modelling of the lower limb for children with cerebral palsy (ABZ) |
| 2007 | Igboaka, C.I. | Literature review of bioreactors for tissue engineering or replacement anterior cruciate ligaments and testing of materials for use (ABZ) |
| 2006 | Bianchi, N. | Test rig for analysis of knee joint mechanics (ABZ) |
| 2006 | Hardyment, W. | Test rig for force plate and stair calibration (ABZ) |
| 2005 | Bourne-Taylor, R. | Coaching device for ergometer rowing (ABZ) |
| 2005 | Cheung, I.W. | Solving the indeterminate problem in biomechanics (ABZ) |
| 2005 | Gill, S.K. | Design of bioreactor for tissue engineering of replacement anterior cruciate ligaments (ABZ) |
| 2005 | Withers, A. | Test rig for analysis of knee joint mechanics (ABZ) |
| 2004 | Alfthan, K. | Re-design of the Oxford knee rig (ABZ) |
| 2004 | Latham, D. | Coaching device for ergometer rowing (ABZ) |
| 2003 | Woolley, S.J. | The effect of hydrotherapy on children with athetoid cerebral palsy (ABZ) |
| 2002 | Cassell, P. | How the tibiofemoral contact points move during flexion of the knee joint (ABZ) |
| 2002 | Tan, C.H. | Design of a coaching device for ergometer rowing (ABZ) |
| 2001 | Ayres, T. | A three-dimensional model of knee ligament injury (ABZ) |
| 2001 | Lee, J. | Experimental simulation of quadriceps force (ABZ) |
| 2001 | Lim, Z. | The kinematics of human reaching and grasping (ABZ) |
| 2000 | Benstead, J. | The kinematics of human reaching and grasping (ABZ) |
| 2000 | Childs, D. | Sequential fibre rupture in the anterior cruciate ligament (ABZ) |
| 2000 | Clark, D.J. | The kinematics of knee replacement (ABZ) |
| 1999 | Moseling, J. | 3D computer model of the posterior section of the capsule of the human knee joint (ABZ) |
| 1998 | Scholes, T. | A computer model of the human shoulder joint (ABZ) |
| 1998 | Wright, H.J.K. | A computer graphics-based model of knee ligament injury (ABZ) |
| 1998 | Yule, T. | Design of a testing apparatus for the human shoulder joint (ABZ) |
| 1997 | Wilson, I.D.C. | Post-mortem elbow joint test rig (ABZ) |
| 1996 | Venner, M.D. | Contact load distribution in the knee joint (ABZ) |
Emeriti
John J. O'Connor, BE, MA, PhD, Hon DSc
Professor in Engineering Science (Emeritus)
Professor O'Connor has research interests in joint replacement, joint mechanics, locomotor system mechanics, osteoarthrosis, and contact stress analysis, fretting, and fatigue. With Mr John Goodfellow and Professor David Murray, he is a co-designer of the Oxford Meniscal Knee, a form of knee replacement with mobile bearings, analogues of the natural menisci of the knee. The device, first introduced into clinical practice in 1976, has been used in thousands of cases annually worldwide for the treatment of unicompartmental osteoarthritis (osteoarthrosis) of the knee, an early form of the degenerative joint disease.