School of Medicine & Dentistry

Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences




Principal Investigator

Amy L. Lerner, Ph.D. University of Rochester work Box 270168 Rochester NY 14627-0168 office: Goergen Hall 307 p 585-275-7847 f 585-276-1999

Analysis of Children's Gait

Project Collaborator:

Both clinical gait analysis and finite element modeling are used to study forces on the knee joint.

Our group is very interested in the effects of pediatric obesity on the development of knee disorders in kids and osteoarthritis later in life. We have used magnetic resonance images to generate three-dimensional finite element models and to characterize localized injuries in the proximal tibia. To define the boundary conditions, we have collaborated with the Ithaca College Movement Analysis Lab to perform gait analysis of children of varying ages and sizes.

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