Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery offers services and programs through the following Divisions. Use these links to directly access all our Department sites.

Research

Basic Research

Bioengineering

Biomechanical Testing Facility

We partner with industry to conduct research in the following areas:
Musculoskeletal disease pathomechanics.
Development and evaluation of promising new orthopaedic technologies.
Creation of testing standards for crossproduct comparisons of existing medical devices.
Biomechanical Testing
Material property characterization
Multiaxial testing
Failure analysis
Internal stress analysis
Three-dimensional motion tracking
Medical Imaging
Cadaver Labs

 

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