2023
Hip Abduction Can Be Considered the Sole Posterior Precaution Strategy to Lower the Rate of Impingement After Posterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty With Large Femoral Head: A Computer Simulation Study
Eslam Pour A, Tung W, Donnelley C, Tommasini S, Wiznia D. Hip Abduction Can Be Considered the Sole Posterior Precaution Strategy to Lower the Rate of Impingement After Posterior Approach Total Hip Arthroplasty With Large Femoral Head: A Computer Simulation Study. The Journal Of Arthroplasty 2023, 38: 1385-1391. PMID: 36709882, PMCID: PMC10257737, DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2023.01.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hip arthroplastyAnterior pelvic tilt angleHip abductionPelvic tilt angleHip arthroplastyHip precautionsPosterior approach total hip arthroplastyPrimary total hip arthroplastyAnterior inferior iliac spineLarger prosthetic headsHip internal rotationRisk of dislocationHip external rotationCup anteversion angleLarge femoral headsAbsolute riskBony impingementHip flexionIliac spineFemoral headExternal rotationProsthetic headAnteversion anglePatientsAcetabular implants
2019
High dose vitamin D supplementation does not rescue bone loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in female rats
Niu A, Carpenter TO, Grams JM, Bozorgmehri S, Tommasini SM, Schafer AL, Canales BK. High dose vitamin D supplementation does not rescue bone loss following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in female rats. Bone 2019, 127: 172-180. PMID: 31226531, PMCID: PMC6708762, DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2019.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCalcium/creatinine ratioVitamin D supplementationSecondary hyperparathyroidismBone lossD supplementationGastric bypassGut hormonesRYGB groupParathyroid hormoneFracture riskFemale ratsUrine calcium/creatinine ratioBone volumeUrinary calcium/creatinine ratioHigh-dose vitamin D supplementationAdequate vitamin D supplementationC-terminal telopeptide (CTX) levelsHigher serum parathyroid hormoneIU vitamin D supplementationIU vitamin D/Bone phenotypeDose vitamin D supplementationResultant secondary hyperparathyroidismVitamin D/Serum parathyroid hormone
2012
Genetic variations and physical activity as determinants of limb bone morphology: An experimental approach using a mouse model
Wallace IJ, Tommasini SM, Judex S, Garland T, Demes B. Genetic variations and physical activity as determinants of limb bone morphology: An experimental approach using a mouse model. American Journal Of Biological Anthropology 2012, 148: 24-35. PMID: 22331623, DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22028.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Phenotypic integration of skeletal traits during growth buffers genetic variants affecting the slenderness of femora in inbred mouse strains
Jepsen KJ, Hu B, Tommasini SM, Courtland HW, Price C, Cordova M, Nadeau JH. Phenotypic integration of skeletal traits during growth buffers genetic variants affecting the slenderness of femora in inbred mouse strains. Mammalian Genome 2008, 20: 21. PMID: 19082857, PMCID: PMC2650248, DOI: 10.1007/s00335-008-9158-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic variantsSkeletal traitsFunctional interactionMatrix mineralizationCompensatory interactionsGenotype-phenotype relationshipsPhenotypic integrationAdult traitsLoss of functionBiological controlPrecise regulationMouse strainsAXB/BXASusceptibility genesInner bone surfaceTraitsEnvironmental variantsPostnatal growthNew insightsBone slendernessQuantitative expectationsVariantsGrowthSkeletal growthExpansion rate