Both in vitro and vivo projects are going on in the lab. In the lab, there are four main focus points: The Effect of quadriceps and hamstrings on knee joint kinematics, characterizing contribution of soft-tissue constraint in tibiofemoral kinematics and patellofemoral kinematics, and developing loading profiles for the Kansas Knee Simulator.

Linda Denney, a Ph.D. student and PT, works at the University of Kansas Medical Center on rotary instability in individuals with a total knee replacement. Identifying strategies that are utilized during rotational tasks that are included in activities of daily living (ADLs) in order to avoid the feeling of knee 'instability'. Anyone with a total knee replacement and would like to participate in her clinical trial may contact her at ldenney@kumc.edu.

Adam Cyr, a Ph.D. student, has worked in the EJBRL at the KU campus in Lawrence since 2004. His research focus is quantifying the contribution of individual soft-tissue structures to total joint constraint. A majority of the experimental data for this project is collected through the tibiofemoral passive envelopes (see video below).