Optimal evaluation of the impact of joint disease on human lower extremity joint function and health requires the integration of different areas of scientific expertise from complementary fields including biomechanics, engineering, imaging and rehabilitation. It is evident that the integration of biomechanics, biomedical imaging, musculoskeletal simulations, and computational modeling are invaluable techniques in diagnosing the impact of joint disease on lower extremity function and health. The combination of these complementary fields of clinical and scientific research can lead to novel experimental and theoretical paradigms, that will provide unique, clinically-relevant information that will lead to the development of effective interventions to treat joint disease. However, despite vast amounts of literature utilizing these methodologies, the integration of these clinically relevant modalities to assess the impact of orthopaedic disease on joint health and function are limited.
This Research Topic aims to collect articles describing the integration of biomechanics, musculoskeletal research and medical imaging and the ability of this combined experimental approach to understand the impact of orthopaedic disease on joint function and health. By integrating the above multidisciplinary approaches, more clinically relevant frameworks can be established to investigate the effects of orthopaedic disease with lower extremity joint function and health.
Review and Research articles as well as short communications are invited.
Optimal evaluation of the impact of joint disease on human lower extremity joint function and health requires the integration of different areas of scientific expertise from complementary fields including biomechanics, engineering, imaging and rehabilitation. It is evident that the integration of biomechanics, biomedical imaging, musculoskeletal simulations, and computational modeling are invaluable techniques in diagnosing the impact of joint disease on lower extremity function and health. The combination of these complementary fields of clinical and scientific research can lead to novel experimental and theoretical paradigms, that will provide unique, clinically-relevant information that will lead to the development of effective interventions to treat joint disease. However, despite vast amounts of literature utilizing these methodologies, the integration of these clinically relevant modalities to assess the impact of orthopaedic disease on joint health and function are limited.
This Research Topic aims to collect articles describing the integration of biomechanics, musculoskeletal research and medical imaging and the ability of this combined experimental approach to understand the impact of orthopaedic disease on joint function and health. By integrating the above multidisciplinary approaches, more clinically relevant frameworks can be established to investigate the effects of orthopaedic disease with lower extremity joint function and health.
Review and Research articles as well as short communications are invited.
