Articles

  • Biomechanics of orthopaedic, spinal and maxillo-facial medical devices

    L.  R.
      Alberts, C.  R.  Mahoney, J. R. Neff and H.  Serrhan  Fatigue Failure of Posterior Spinal Implants under Torsion and Compressive Loads.  Society for Biomaterials, Providence, April 28-May 2, 1999.

     J.  M.  Mahalek, L.  R. Alberts, W.  Ante, J.  R.  Neff, W.  W.  Stinson  Biomechanical stability testing of posterior spinal instrumentation in human cadaveric spines.  Sixth World Biomaterials Congress, Kamuela, HI, May 15-20, 2000.

    J.  M.  Mahalek, L.  R. Alberts, W.  Ante, J.  R.  Neff, W.  W.  Stinson  Biomechanical stability testing of posterior spinal instrumentation in human cadaveric spines.  Sixth World Biomaterials Congress, Kamuela, HI, May 15-20, 2000.

    G.  M Ginsburg, C.  Trease, L.  R.  Alberts Slip-out behavior of traditional pedicle hooks vs.  A new serrated hook design.  Scoleosis Research Society, Sydney, Australia 2000.


    L.  R.  Alberts, K.  O.  Phillips, H.  K.  Tu,  W.  Stinson, A.  Friedman  A biologic model for assessment of osseous strain patterns and plating systems in the human maxilla.  Submitted to Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.

    D.  Tomes, L.  C.  Helllbusch, L.  R.  Alberts   Stretching and breaking characteristics of cerebrospinal  fluid shunt tubine.  To be submitted to Journal of Neurosurgery or Journal of Pediatric Neurobiology,Nneurology and Neurosurgery.
  • Viscoelastic properties of cartilage and tissue engineered materials

    L. R.
    Alberts and W. A. Abdul-shafi:  Biphasic creep indentation studies of bovine growth plate cartilage.  Journal of Biomechanics, Vol. 25, 660.  1992.


    L. R. Alberts, Y. C. Pao, and L. Lippiello:  A large-deformation finite- element study of the canine distal femoral epiphyseal plate.  Journal of Biomechanics Vol. 26, 1291-1305. 1993.

    L. Lippiello, A. Idouraine and R. Alberts  Stress resistance engineering in cellular trauma: Application to articular cartilage. Annals of Biomedical Engineering 22 (Supplement 1): 37, 1994. 

    M.  W.  Beatty, A.  K.  Ojha, J.  L.  Cook, L.  R.  Alberts, G.  K.  Mahanna, L.  R.  Iwasaki, J.  C.  Nickel  Small intestinal submucosak versus salt-extracted PGA-PLLA: A comparison of neo-cartilage derived from two scaffold materials.  Tissue Engineering  in press.

    L.  R.  Alberts, J.  R.  Neff, N.  B.  Bruggeman, S.  M.  Keenan  Effect of preservation technique on the viscoelastic properties of cartilage.  Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, Feb.  25-28, 2001.

    M.  W.  Beatty, A.  K.  Ojha, J.  L.  Cook, L.  R.  Alberts, G.  K.  Mahanna, L.  R.  Iwasaki, J.  C.  Nickel  Small intestinal submucosak versus salt-extracted PGA-PLLA: A comparison of neo-cartilage derived from two scaffold materials.  Tissue Engineering  in press.

  • Wear testing of total knee and hip implants

    L.  R.
      Alberts, J.  R.  Neff, J.  D.  Webb  Wear simulation comparison of a zirconia and cobalt chrome femoral knee implant.  Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, Feb.  25-28, 2001.

    Hani Haider,
    L. R. Alberts, Michel P. Laurent, Todd S. Johnson, Jian Yao, Leslie N. Gilbertson, Peter S. Walker, James R. Neff, Kevin L. Garvin  Comparison between force-controlled and displacement-controlled in-vitro wear testing on a widely used TKR implant.  Orthopaedic Research Society, Dallas, TX Feb. 10-13, 2002.
  • Mechanical tests of acrylic bone cement

    L. R.
    Alberts Poisson's Ratio of Vacuum Mixed CMW-1 and CMW-3 Polymethylmethacrylate Bone Cement.  Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, March 16-19, 1998.

    L.  R.  Alberts,  Kenneth E.  Barnes and James R.  Neff  Mechanical and Strength Properties of a Low and High Viscosity PMMA Cement, Vacuum Mixed, Room Temperature and Pre-Chilled Components.  Society for Biomaterials, Providence,  April 28-May 2, 1999.

    L.  R.  Alberts, Kenneth E.  Barnes and James R.  Neff  Molded Waisted Cylinders for Fatigue Tests of Vacuum-Mixed PMMA Bone Cement.  Orthopaedic Research Society,  Anaheim, February 1-4, 1999.
  • Design Projects, Inventions, Finite Elements and Other Projects

    L. R. Alberts:  Effects of periosteal activation on bone repair and ingrowth.  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, Vol. 21, 429-442,  1987.

    L. R. Alberts:  Use of instructional CAD software in a freshman class on computer-aided graphics.  Computers in Education (COED), Vol. 11(2),  26-32, 1992.

    L. R. Alberts, Y. C. Pao, and L. Lippiello:  A large-deformation finite- element study of the canine distal femoral epiphyseal plate.  Journal of Biomechanics Vol. 26, 1291-1305,  1993.

    L. R. Alberts, C. Mahoney and J. R. Neff Comparison of the Nebraska Collar, a New Prototype Immobilization Collar, with Three Standard Models.  J. Orthopaedic Trauma 12(6):425-430., 1998.

    Designed an instrumented four platform adjustable staircase for the Motion Analysis Laboratory at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

    S. D. Scholten, N. Sterrgiou, C. Blenke, L. R. Alberts  A dynamical systems examination of intralimb coordination during running over obstacles of different heights.   Medicine and Science in Sports Exercise in press, expected publication date Jan., 2002.

 

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