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URL:https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news-events/events/bme-seminar-maybe-i-just-ti
 ed-my-shoes-too-tight-imaging-and-computational-modeling-to-understand/
SUMMARY:BME Seminar: "Maybe I just tied my shoes too tight: Imaging and com
 putational modeling to understand..."
DESCRIPTION:Karen Troy\, Ph.D.\, Professor and Associate Department Head\, 
 Department of Biomedical Engineering\, Worcester Polytechnic Institute\n"M
 aybe I just tied my shoes too tight: Imaging and computational modeling to
  understand skeletal injury and adaptation"\nBiosketch:\nDr. Karen Troy is
  Professor and Associate Department Head of Biomedical Engineering at Worc
 ester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester\, MA. She directs the Muscu
 loskeletal Biomechanics Research Laboratory\, which aims to understand how
  physical forces (such as those generated by the body during exercise and 
 sports) interact with and change bone structure. Dr. Troy is an expert in 
 orthopaedic and whole-body biomechanics\, quantitative image analysis incl
 uding computed tomography (QCT)\, and patient-specific finite element (FE)
  modeling. She collaborates with physicians and other clinicians\, with th
 e goal of preventing fractures and other types of musculoskeletal injury i
 n various populations such as growing children\, athletes\, older adults\,
  and individuals with spinal cord injury. Dr. Troy teaches engineering at 
 the graduate and undergraduate levels and particularly enjoys working indi
 vidually with students in her lab and on projects. She has held multiple l
 eadership roles within the American Society of Biomechanics and the Orthop
 aedic Research Society\, most recently serving as Program Chair for ASB (2
 020) and chairing the Education Council for the ORS (2021-23). Throughout 
 her career she has prioritized student-centered mentorship and has advocat
 ed for inclusion\, diversity\, support\, and mentorship for scientists at 
 all career levels.\nAbstract:\nFractures are one of the most common and im
 pactful musculoskeletal injuries\, and often result from underlying condit
 ions of poor bone health such as osteoporosis. Because bone is mechanosens
 itive\, it is possible to use exercise and other targeted physical activit
 y to improve bone strength and reduce fracture risk. However\, without non
 invasive measures of bone strength and estimations of physiologic loading\
 , we cannot evaluate whether an exercise is likely to improve bone strengt
 h\, or may even cause an overuse injury to bone. Our research bridges this
  gap through the use of patient-specific computational models to better un
 derstand in vivo bone loading and noninvasively measure changes to bone st
 rength due to clinical interventions. I will discuss examples of how we ca
 n better understand\, predict\, and prevent injuries in various clinical p
 opulations by identifying modifiable factors that change bone loading biom
 echanics.
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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