Research Studies

ACL-WALK (Walking And Loading after Knee injury) Study

Goal: To determine how physical activity and movement patterns during walking contribute to cartilage breakdown in the knee after ACL injury.

Return To Sport After ACL Injury: Translation to Clinical Outpatient Care

Goal: Determine if passing a clinic-based return-to-sport test battery equates to passing a laboratory-based return-to-sport test battery (i.e. isokinetic dynamometry and 3D motion analysis), and to assess its influence on knee reinjury risk.

Mobile, Biosensor Technology for Measuring Joint-Level Human Motion

Co-Principle Investigator: Eric Markvicka, PhD (University of Nebraska – Lincoln)
Goal: Develop a novel, wearable sensor system that accurately and reliably measures knee joint angles during movement.

Recent Publications

Wellsandt E, Kallman T, Golightly Y, Podsiadlo D, Dudley A, Vas S, Michaud K, Tao M, Sajja B, Manzer M. Knee joint unloading and daily physical activity associate with cartilage T2 relaxation times 1 month after ACL injury. J Orthop Res. 2021 Mar 29. doi: 10.1002/jor.25034. Online ahead of print.

Wellsandt E, Emory J, Golightly YM, Dudley AT, Michaud K, Tao MA, Manzer MN, Sajja BR. Individual and cumulative measures of knee joint load associate with T2 relaxation times of knee cartilage in young, uninjured individuals: A pilot study. Knee. 2021 Aug 6;32:19-29. doi: 10.1016/j.knee.2021.07.004. Online ahead of print.

Holden MA, Button K, Collins NJ, Henrotin Y, Hinman RS, Larsen JB, Metcalf B, Master H, Skou ST, Thoma LM, Wellsandt E, White DK, Bennell K. Guidance for implementing best practice therapeutic exercise for people with knee and hip osteoarthritis: what does the current evidence base tell us? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Aug 29. doi: 10.1002/acr.24434. Online ahead of print.

Wellsandt E, Khandha A, Capin J, Buchanan TS, Snyder-Mackler L. Operative and nonoperative management of anterior cruciate ligament injury: Differences in gait biomechanics at 5 years. J Orthop Res. 2020 Mar 11. doi: 10.1002/jor.24652. Online ahead of print.

See complete list of publications at this PubMed link.