Publications

Paper published

1. Norton NM, Fischer KJ:  Effects of micropipette handle diameter and inclusion of finger rest on basilar thumb joint contact mechanics. Medical Engineering and Physics, 2022 (online)

2. Norton NM, Fischer KJ:  A Modular MRI-Compatible Pipette Simulator to Evaluate How Design Effects the Basilar Thumb Joint Mechanics. Journal of Medical Devices, 2022 (online)

3. Norton NM, Santschi EM, Fischer KJ:  Effects of Internal Fluid Pressure on Stresses in Subchondral Bone Cysts of the Medial Femoral Condyle. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2022.

4. Norton NM, Barnds B, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ.  The Key Pinch Stress Radiograph to Evaluate Dorsal Subluxation in the Basilar Thumb Joint. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.  2021, 143(11), 111008. 

5. Norton NM, Barnds B, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ.  The Effect of the Joint Capsule and Anterior Oblique Ligament on Dorsal Subluxation of the First Metacarpal During Key Pinch. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.  2020, 142(6) 064502. 2020 JBME Editors' Choice paper.

6. Frazer LL, Santschi EM, Ring SJ, Hewitt RE, Fischer KJ:  Impact of Size and Shape of Equine Femoral Subchondral Bone Cysts with a Transcondylar Screw on Predicted Bone Formation Area in a Finite Element Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2020, 142(6). 

7. Cadel ES, Frazer LL, Krech ED, Fischer KJ, Friis EA: Analysis of How Compliant Layers and Encapsulation Affect Power Generated from Piezoelectric Stacked Composites for Bone Healing Medical Devices. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 2019;1–9.

8. Frazer LL, Santschi EM, Fischer KJ:  Stimulation of Subchondral Bone Cyst Healing by Placement of a Transcondylar Screw in the Equine Medial Femoral Condyle. Veterinary Surgery, 2019, 48(7):1194-1203. [DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13247].

9. Frazer LL, Santschi EM, Fischer KJ:  Impact of a Void in the Equine Medial Femoral Condyle on Bone Stresses and Peak Contact Pressures in a Finite Element Model. Veterinary Surgery, 2019;48(2):237-246.  [DOI: 10.1111/vsu.13139].

10. Frazer LL, Fischer KJ:  Evaluating the Effects of Various Meniscal Attachments and Material Properties on Femoral Bone Stress. Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2018) 1850003, [DOI: 10.1142/S0218957718500033].

11. Frazer LL, Santschi EM, Fischer KJ:  The Impact of Subchondral Bone Cysts on Local Bone Stresses in the Medial Femoral Condyle of the Equine Stifle Joint. Medical Engineering and Physics, 2017;48:158-167

12. Modaresi S, Kallem MS, Lee P, McIff TE, Toby EB, FischerKJ:  Evaluation of Midcarpal Capitate Contact Mechanics in Normal, Injured and Post-operative Wrists. Clinical Biomechanics, 2017;47(8):96–102.

13. Chappell I, Sturgeon DL, Lee P, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Effects of Scapholunate Ligament Injury and Surgical Repair on Wrist Cartilage T2 Relaxation Time.  Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 2017;20(1):1750006. [DOI: 10.1142/S0218957717500063].

14. Tanaka ML, Fischer KJ.  Structure and Management of an Engineering Senior Design Course. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2016;138(7), 070802. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4033583].

15. Chappell I, Lee P, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  A Method for Comparison of Radiocarpal Cartilage T2 Relaxation Time Maps and Contact Pressure Distributions in Normal and Injured Wrists. Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 2015:18(3), 550012. [DOI: 10.1142/S0218957715500128].

16. Chappell I, Sturgeon DL, Lee P, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Evaluation of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Relaxation Time in Wrist Cartilage with Scapholunate Ligament Injury. International Journal of Diagnostic Imaging 2015;2(2): 96-102. [DOI: 10.5430/ijdi.v2n2p96].

17. Johnson JE, Fischer KJ:  Results of Automatic Image Registration are Dependent on Initial Manual Registration. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2015;18(16): 1856-1861. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2014.980819]. 

18. Johnson JE, Lee P, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Computationally Efficient MRI-based Surface Contact Modeling as a Tool to Evaluate Joint Injuries and Outcomes of Surgical Interventions Compared to Finite Element Modeling. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2014; 136/041002. 

19. Johnson, JE, McIff TE, Lee P, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Validation of Radiocarpal Joint Contact Models Based on Images from a Clinical MRI Scanner. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2014;17(4):378-387, [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.684446].

20. McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Scapholunate Ligament Injury Adversely Alters In Vivo Wrist Joint Mechanics. An MRI-based Modeling Study. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2013;31(9): 1455–1460. [DOI: 10.1002/jor.22365].

21. Johnson JE, Lee P, McIff TE, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Effectiveness of Surgical Reconstruction to Restore Normal Wrist Joint Mechanics after Scapholunate Ligament Injury. An In Vivo Modeling Study. Journal of Biomechanics, 2013;46:1548-1553. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.03.020].

22. Fischer KJ , Johnson JE, Waller AJ, McIff TE, Bilgen M, Toby EB:  MRI-Based Modeling for Radiocarpal Joint Mechanics: Validation Criteria and Results for Four Specimen-Specific Models.  Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133/101004 (October 2011).

23. Fischer KJ, Novak EA, Smirnova IV, Reddy GK, Stehno-Bittel L:  The Effect of Diabetes and Exercise on Medial Collateral Ligament Structural Properties and Overall Knee Joint Stiffness and Stress Relaxation.  Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 2009;12(2):95-104.

24. Thoomukuntla BR, McIff TE, Ateshian GA, Bilgen M, Toby EB, Fischer KJ:  Preliminary Validation of MRI-Based Modeling for Evaluation of Joint Mechanics.  Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 2008;11(4):161-171.

25. Pillai R, Thoomukuntla BR, Ateshian GA, Fischer KJ:  MRI-Based Modeling for Evaluation of In Vivo Contact Mechanics in the Human Wrist During Active Light Grasp.  Journal of Biomechanics, 2007;40(12):2781-2787.

26. Bona MA, Martin LD, Fischer KJ.  Density-Based Load Estimation Using Two-Dimensional Finite Element Models: A Parametric Study.  Computational Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2006;9(4):221-229.

27. Pfaeffle HJ, Fischer KJ, Srinivasa A, Manson T, Woo SL-Y, Tomaino M.  A model of stress and strain in the interosseous ligament of the forearm based on fiber network theory.  Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 2006;128(5):725-732.

28. Grewal R, Chan Saw SS, Varitimidus S, Bastidas JA, Sotereanos DG, Fischer KJ.  Evaluation of Passive and Active Rehabilitation and of Tendon Repair for Partial Tendon Lacerations after Three Weeks of Healing in Canines.  Clinical Biomechanics, 2006;21(8):804-809.

29. Bona MA, Martin LD, Fischer KJ.  A Contact Algorithm for Density-Based Load Estimation.  Journal of Biomechanics, 2006;39(4):636-644.

30. Fischer KJ, Vikoren THH, Ney S, Kovach C, Hasselman C, Rubash H, Agrawal M, Shanbhag AS.  Mechanical Evaluation of Bone Samples Following Alendronate Therapy in Healthy Male Dogs.  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Applied Biomaterials, 2006;76B:143-148.

31. Stabile KJ, Pfaeffle J, Weiss JA, Fischer KJ, Tomaino MM.  Bidirectional Mechanical Properties of the Human Forearm Interosseous Ligament.  Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2004;22(3):607-612.

32. Gabriel MT, Pfaeffle J, Stabile KJ, Tomaino MM, Fischer KJ.  The Passive Strain Distribution in the Interosseous Ligament of the Forearm: Implications for Injury Reconstruction.  Journal of Hand Surgery, 2004;29A(2):293-298.

33. Fischer KJ, Bastidas JA, Pfaeffle HJ, Towers JD.  A method for estimating relative bone loads from CT data with application to the radius and the ulna.  Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences, 2003;4(3/4):397-404.

34. Fischer KJ, Manson TT, Pfaeffle HJ, Tomaino MM, Woo SL-Y.  A Method for Measuring Joint Kinematics Designed for Accurate Registration of Kinematic Data with Models from CT Data.  Journal of Biomechanics, 2001;34(3):377-383.

35. Manson TT, Pfaeffle HJ, Herndon JH, Tomaino MM, Fischer KJ.  Forearm Rotation Alters Interosseous Ligament Strain Distribution.  Journal of Hand Surgery, 2000;25A(6):1058-1063.

36. Pfaeffle HJ, Fischer KJ, Manson TT, Tomaino MM, Woo SL-Y, Herndon JH:  Role of the Forearm Interosseous Ligament:  Is It More Than Longitudinal Load Transfer?  Journal of Hand Surgery, 2000;25A(4):683-688.  

37. Mitsionis G, Fischer KJ, Bastidas JA, Grewal R, Pfaeffle HJ, Tomaino MM.  Feasibility of Partial A2 and A4 Pulley Excision:  Residual Pulley Strength.  Journal of Hand Surgery  (British and European Volume), 2000;25B(1):90-94.

38. Xu J, Varitimidis SE, Fischer KJ, Tomaino MM, Sotereanos DG.  The Effect of Wrapping Scarred Nerves with Autogenous Vein Graft to Treat Recurrent Chronic Nerve Compression. Journal of Hand Surgery, 2000;25A(1):93-103.

39. Fischer KJ, Jacobs CR, Levenston ME, Cody DD, Carter DR:  Proximal Femoral Density Patterns Are Consistent with Bicentric Joint Loads.  Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 1999;2(4):271-283.

40. Pfaeffle HJ, Fischer KJ, Manson TT, Tomaino MM, Herndon JH, Woo SL-Y:  A New Methodology to Measure Load Transfer Through the Forearm Using Multiple Universal Force Sensors.  Journal of Biomechanics, 1999;32(12):1331-1335.

41.  Fischer KJ, Bastidas JA, Provenzano DA, Tomaino MM:  Low Profile versus Conventional Metacarpal Plating Systems:  A Comparison of Construct Strength and Stiffness.  Journal of Hand Surgery, 1999;24A(5):928-934.

42. Fischer KJ, Eckstein F, Becker C:  Density-Based Load Estimation Predicts Altered Femoral Load Directions for Coxa Vara and Coxa Valga.  Journal of Musculoskeletal Research, 1999;3(2):83-92.

43. Grewal R, Chan SS, Bastidas JA, Fischer KJ, Sotereanos DG:  Passive and Active Rehabilitation for Partial Lacerations of the Canine Flexor Digitorum Profundus Tendon in Zone II.  Journal of Hand Surgery, 1999;24A(4):743-750.

44. Mitsionis G, Bastidas JA, Grewal R, Pfaeffle HJ, Fischer KJ, Tomaino MM.  Feasibility of Partial A2 and A4 Pulley Excision:  Effect on Finger Flexor Tendon Biomechanics.  Journal of Hand Surgery, 1999;24A(2):310-314.

45. Xu J, Sotereanos DG, Moller AR, Tomaino MM, Fischer KJ, Herndon JH.  Nerve Wrapping with Vein Grafts in a Rat Model:  A Safe Technique for the Treatment of Recurrent Chronic Compression Neuropathy.  Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 1998;14(5):323-328.

46. Fischer KJ, Jacobs CR, Levenston ME, Cody DD, Carter DR.  Bone Load Estimation for the Proximal Femur Using Single Energy Quantitative CT Data.  Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 1998;1(3):233-245.

47. Fischer KJ, Jacobs CR, Levenston ME, Carter DR.  Observations of Convergence and Uniqueness of Node-Based Bone Remodeling Simulations. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 1997;25(3):261-268.

48. Fischer KJ, Jacobs CR, Levenston ME, Carter DR.  Different Loads Can Produce Similar Bone Density Distributions. Bone, 1996;19(2):127-135.

49. Fischer KJ, Jacobs CR, Carter DR.  Computational Method for Determination of Bone and Joint Loads Using Bone Density Distributions.  Journal of Biomechanics, 1995;28(9):1127-1135.

50. Fischer KJ, Carter DR, Maloney WJ.  In Vitro Study of Initial Stability of a Conical Collared Femoral Component. Journal of Arthroplasty, 1992;7:Suppl:389-395.