Anderson DD, Mosqueda TV, Thomas TP, Hermanson EL, Brown TD, Marsh JL. Quantifying tibial plafond fracture severity: Absorbed energy and fragment displacement agree with clinical rank ordering. J. Orthop. Res. 2008;26(8):1046–1052.

Anderson DD, Goldsworthy JK, Li W, Rudert MJ, Tochigi Y, Brown TD. Physical validation of a patient-specific contact finite element model of the ankle. 2006 ASB Microstrain Award Paper. J. Biomech. 2007;40(8)1662–1669.

Beecher BR, Martin JA, Pedersen DR, Heiner AD, Buckwalter JA. Antioxidants block cyclic loading induced chondrocyte death. Iowa Orthop. J. 2007;27:1–8.

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Brown TD, Bartel DL. What design factors influence wear behavior at the bearing surfaces in total joint replacements? Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). 2008;16:S101–S106.

Buckwalter AE, Callaghan JJ, Liu SS, Pedersen DR, Goetz DD, Sullivan PM, Leinen JA, Johnston RC. Results of Charnley total hip arthroplasty with use of improved femoral cementing techniques. A concise follow-up, at a minimum of twenty-five years, of a previous report. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 2006 Jul;88(7):1481–1485.

Buckwalter JA, Martin JA, Brown TD. Perspectives on chondrocyte mechanobiology and osteoarthritis. Biorheology. 2006;43(3–4):603–609.

Dirschl D, Hurwitz S, Brown TD, Nepola J. Tibial plafond fractures: A randomized trial of post-operative motion vs. non-motion. J. Orthop. Trauma. (Accepted)

Glennon LP, Baer TE, Martin JA, Lack WD, Brown TD. Sliding direction-dependence of polyethylene wear for metal counterface scratch traverse. Published online 14 July 2008, ASME J. Biomech. Eng. 2008;130(5): 051006.

Goetz JE, Derrick TR, Pedersen DR, Robinson DA, Conzemius MG, Baer TE, Brown TD. Hip joint contact force in the emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) during normal level walking. J. Biomech. 2008;41(4):770–778.

Goetz JE, Pedersen DR, Robinson DA,  Conzemius MG, Baer TE, Brown TD. The apparent critical isotherm for cryoinsult-induced osteonecrotic lesions in emu femoral heads. J. Biomech. 2008;41(10):2197–205.

Goreham-Voss CM, McKinley TO, Brown TD. A finite element exploration of cartilage stress near an articular incongruity during unstable motion. J. Biomech. 2007;50(15):3438–3447.

Hall RM, Brown TD, Fisher J, Ingham E, Mendoza SA, Mayer HM. Introduction to lumbar total disc replacement: Factors that affect tribologic performance. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. [J]: Journal of Engineering Tribology. 2006 Dec;220(8):775–786.

Heiner AD, Callaghan JJ, Brown TD. Stability of fused vs. nonfused THA femoral impaction grafts. J. Orthop. Res. 2007;25(3):351–360.

Heiner AD, Rudert MJ, McKinley TO, Fredericks DC, Bobst JA, Tochigi Y. In vivo measurement of translational stiffness of rabbit knees. J. Biomech. 2007;40(10):2313–2317.

Heiner AD, Callaghan JJ, Brown TD.  Stability differentials for proximal versus distal fusion of THA femoral impaction grafts. J. Arthroplasty. 2008 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Heiner AD, Lundberg HJ, Baer TE, Pedersen DR, Callaghan JJ, Brown TD. Effects of episodic subluxation events on third body ingress and embedment in the THA bearing surface. J. Biomech. 2008;41(10):2090–2096.

Kallemeyn NA, Grosland NM, Magnotta VA, Martin JA, Pedersen DR. Arthroscopic lens distortion correction applied to dynamic cartilage loading. Iowa Orthop. J. 2007;27:52–57.

Kang L, Galvin A, Brown TD, Zhongmin J, Fisher J. Quantification of the effect of cross-shear on the wear of conventional and highly cross-linked UHMWPE. J. Biomech. J. Biomech. 2008;41(2):340–346.

Kang L, Galvin AL, Brown TD, Jin Z, Fisher J. Wear simulation of UHMWPE hip implants by incorporating the effects of cross-shear and contact pressure. Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. [H]. (Accepted)

Ko C, Brown TD. A fluid-immersed multi-body contact finite element formulation for median nerve stress in the carpal tunnel. Comput. Methods Biomech. Biomed. Engin. 2007 Oct;10(5):343–349.

Li W, Anderson DD, Goldsworthy J, Marsh JL, Brown TD. Patient-specific finite element analysis of chronic contact stress exposure after intra-articular fracture of the tibial plafond. J. Orthop. Res. 2008;26(8):1039–1045.

Lundberg HJ, Stewart KJ, Pedersen DR, Callaghan JJ, Brown TD. Non-identical and outlier duty cycles as factors accelerating UHMWPE wear in THA: A finite element exploration. J. Orthop Res. 2007 Jan;25(1)30–43.

Lundberg HJ, Pedersen DR, Baer TE, Muste MV, Callaghan JJ, Brown TD. Effects of implant design parameters on fluid convection, potentiating 3rd body debris ingress into the bearing surface during THA impingement/subluxation. J. Biomech. 2007;40(8):1676–1685.

Lundberg HJ, Liu SS, Callaghan JJ, Pedersen DR, O’Rourke MR, Goetz DD, Vittetoe D, Clohisy JC, Brown TD. Association of 3rd body embedment with rim damage in retrieved acetabular liners. Clin. Orthop. Rel. Res. 2007 Dec;465:133–9.

Marsh JL, Muehling V, Dirschl, Hurwitz S, Brown TD, Nepola JV. Tibial plafond fractures treated by articulated external fixation: A randomized trial of postoperative motion versus nonmotion. J. Orthop. Trauma 2006 Sep;20(8):536–541.

McKinley TO, Rudert MJ, Tochigi Y, Pedersen DR, Koos DC, Baer TE, Brown TD. Incongruity-dependent changes of contact stress rates in human cadaveric ankles. J. Orthop Trauma. 2006 Nov/Dec;20(10):732–738.

McKinley TO, Rudert MJ, Tochigi Y, Pedersen DR, Koos DC, Baer TE, Brown TD. Cambios dependientes de incongruencia de grados de estres de contacto en tobillos cadavericos humanos. J. Orthop. Trauma. 2006 Nov/Dec;20(10):747.

McKinley TO, Rudert MJ, Tochigi Y, Brown TD. Instability-associated changes in contact stress and contact stress rates near a stepoff incongruity. J. Bone Joint Surg. 2008;90:375–383.

McKinley TO, Rudert MJ, Brown TD. The effect of incongruity and instability on contact stress directional gradients in human cadaveric ankles. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2008 May 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Millington SA, Grabner M, Wozelka R, Anderson DD, Hurwitz SR, Crandall JR. Quantification of ankle articular cartilage topography and thickness using a high resolution stereophotography system. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2007;15(2):205–211.

Paul MC, Glennon LP, Baer TE, Brown TD. Field variable associations with scratch orientation-dependence of UHMWPE wear: A finite element analysis. ASME J. Biomech. Eng. (In press, 2008)

Rumery MP, Pedersen DR, Mendoza SA, Siepe C, Mayer HM, Brown TD.  A pose-based image analysis technique for measuring in vivo wear of total disc replacements. Comput. Methods Biomech. Biomed. Engin. Manuscript ID GCMB-2007-0059. (Accepted w/minor revisions)

Saltzman CL, Zimmerman BM, O’Rourke MR, Brown TD, Buckwalter JA, Johnston RC. Impact of comorbidities on the measurement of health in patients with ankle osteoarthritis. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 2006 Nov;88(11):2366–2372.

Stewart KJ, Pedersen DR, Callaghan JJ, Brown TD. Influences of capsule deficits on THA dislocation resistance: A finite element exploration. Clin. Orthop. Rel. Res. (Accepted)

Thedens DR, Martin J A, Pedersen DR. (in press) Magnetic resonance imaging of cartilage: New imaging and clinical approaches. In Buckwalter JA, Lotz M, Stoltz JF (Eds.) OA, Inflammation and Degradation: A Continuum. IOS Press, Amsterdam.

Tochigi Y, Rudert MJ, Saltzman CL, Amendola A, Brown TD. The contribution of articular surface geometry to ankle stabilization. J. Bone Joint Surg. Am.2006 Dec;88(12):2704–13.

Tochigi Y, Rudert MJ, McKinley TO, Pedersen DR, Brown TD. Correlation of dynamic cartilage contact stress aberrations with severity of instability in ankle incongruity. J. Orthop. Res. 2008 Apr 10. [Epub ahead of print]

Troy (Reed) KL, Lundberg HJ, Conzemius MG, Brown TD. Habitual hip joint activity level of the penned emu (Dromaius Novalehollandie). Iowa Orthop. J. 2007;27:17–23.

Wall ME, Weinhold PS, Siu T, Brown TD, Banes AJ. Comparison of cellular strain with applied substrate strain in vitro. J. Biomech. 2007;40(1):173–181.

Yehyawi TM, Callaghan JJ, Pedersen DR, O’Rourke MR, Liu SS. Variances in sagittal femoral shaft bowing in patients undergoing TKA. Clin. Orthop. Relat. Res. 2007 Nov;464:99–104.

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