UD engineer Michael Hast leads an NIH-funded effort to identify impaired bone healing earlier with MRI-based computer models Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on ...

Bloomington-based Indiana University has launched a statewide consortium to accelerate musculoskeletal research, treatment and manufacturing, as bone fractures and mobility loss surge among older ...

The biomechanics of bone fracture fixation encompasses the study and optimisation of implant designs and fixation techniques to stabilise fractured bones while promoting biological healing. This field ...

CD47-null femoral fractures show reduced bone formation, but increased tissue mineral density. µCT analysis of transverse femoral fracture in WT (n = 9) and CD47-null (n = 11-14) mice at 10- and ...

A new grant from the National Institutes of Health is supporting work led by UD mechanical engineer Michael Hast and his graduate students Farzad Abdi and Badhan Saha to improve methods to monitor ...

Scientists have mapped the sensory neurons in bone for the first time, and identified their dual role in reporting and ...

Bone fracture healing is a highly coordinated process involving inflammation, fibrovascular formation, and mineralization. Vascularization plays a pivotal role, as inadequate blood supply can severely ...

A scaphoid fracture involves a break of one of the bones on the thumb side of the wrist. The scaphoid bone plays a role in the ability to move the wrist joint. There are surgical and nonsurgical ...

A hairline fracture (also known as a stress fracture) is a crack in a bone that most commonly occurs from overuse, such as a sudden increase in physical activity. However, a hairline fracture can also ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Children taking psychostimulant drugs prescribed for psychiatric disorders including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who experience a common childhood fracture take ...

An olecranon fracture is a common elbow fracture. It is a break in the ulna bone at the point of the elbow. An olecranon fracture may occur if people have a direct fall or blow to the elbow. People ...