Articles in Journals

1.

Gefen, A., Elad, D., and Shiner, R.J. Analysis of Stress Distribution in the Alveolar Septa of Normal and Emphysematic Lungs. Journal of Biomechanics,32: 891-897, 1999.

2.

Gefen, A., Chen, J., and Elad, D. Stresses in the Normal and Diabetic Human Penis Following Implantation of an Inflatable Prosthesis. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 37: 625-631,1999.

3.

Gefen, A., Megido-Ravid, M., Itzchak, Y., and Arcan, M. Biomechanical Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Foot Structure During Gait - A Basic Tool for Clinical Applications. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 122:630-639, 2000.

4.

Gefen, A., Chen, J., and Elad, D. Optimization of Design and Surgical Positioning of Inflatable Penile Prostheses. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 28: 619-628, 2000.

5.

Gefen, A., Chen, J., and Elad, D.A Biomechanical Model of Peyronie's Disease. Journal of Biomechanics,
33: 1739-1744, 2000.

6.

Chen, J., Gefen, A., Greenstein, A., Matzkin, H., and Elad, D. Predicting Penile Size During Erection. International Journal of Impotence Research, 12: 328-333, 2000.

7.

Gefen, A., Halpern, P., Shiner, R.J., Schroter, R.C., and Elad, D. Analysis of Mechanical Stresses Within the Alveolar Septa Leading to Pulmonary Edema. Technology and Health Care, 9: 257-267, 2001.

8.

Gefen, A., Chen, J., and Elad, D. Computational Tools in Rehabilitation of Erectile Dysfunction. Medical Engineering & Physics, 23: 69-82, 2001.

9.

Gefen, A., Megido-Ravid, M., and Itzchak, Y. In Vivo Biomechanical Behavior of the Human Heel Pad During the Stance Phase of Gait. Journal of Biomechanics, 34: 1661-1665, 2001.

10.

Gefen, A., Megido-Ravid, M., Azariah, M., Itzchak, Y., and Arcan, M. Integration of Plantar Soft Tissue Stiffness Measurements in Routine MRI of the Diabetic Foot. Clinical Biomechanics, 16: 921-925, 2001.

11.

Gefen, A., Megido-Ravid, M., Itzchak, Y., and Arcan, M. Analysis of Muscular Fatigue and Foot Stability During High-Heeled Gait. Gait & Posture, 15: 56-63, 2002.

12.

Gefen, A. Stress Analysis of the Standing Foot Following Surgical Plantar Fascia Release.Journal of Biomechanics, 35: 629-637, 2002.

13.

Gefen, A. Simulations of Foot Stability During Gait in Common to the Elderly Ankle Dorsiflexor Weakness. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 9: 333-337, 2001.

14.

Gefen, A. Computational Simulations of Stress Shielding and Bone Resorption Around Existing and Computer-Designed Orthopaedic Screws, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 40: 311-322, 2002.

15.

Gefen, A. Optimizing the Biomechanical Compatibility of Orthopaedic Screws for Bone Fracture Fixation, Medical Engineering & Physics, 24: 337-347, 2002.

16.

Gefen, A. Biomechanical Analysis of Foot Injury Mechanisms in Athletes and Recruits During Intensive Marching, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 40: 302-310, 2002.

17.

Gefen, A., Elad, D., and Chen, J. Biomechanical Aspects of Peyronie's Disease in Development Stages and Following Reconstructive Surgeries. International Journal of Impotence Research, 14: 389-396, 2002.

18.

Yardeni, I.Z., Gefen, A., Smolyarenko, V., Zeidel, A., and Beilin, B. Design Evaluation of Commonly Used Rigid and Levering Laryngoscope Blades. Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 46: 1003-1009, 2002.

19.

Halpern, P., Gefen, A., Sorkine, P. and Elad, D. Pulmonary Edema in SCUBA Divers. Pathophysiology and Computed Risk Analysis.European Journal of Emergency Medicine, 10:35-41, 2003.

20.

Gefen, A. The In Vivo Elastic Properties of the Plantar Fascia During the Contract Phase of Walking. Foot & Ankle Interational, 24: 238-244, 2003.

21.

Gefen, A. Plantar Soft Tissue Loading under the Medial Metatarsals in the Standing Diabetic Foot. Medical Engineering & Physics, 25: 491-499, 2003.

22.

Gefen, A., Gefen, N., Zhu, Q., Raghupathi, R. and Margulies, S.S. Age-Dependent Canges in Material Properties of the Brain and Braincase of the Rat. Journal of Neurotrauma, 20: 1163-1177, 2003.

23.

Gefen, A. and Seliktar, R. Comparison of the Trabecular Architecture and the Isostatic Stress Flow in the Human Calcaneus. Medical Engineering & Physics, 26: 119-129, 2004.

24.

Gefen, A. and Margulies, S.S. Are In Vivo and In Situ Brain Tissues Mechanically Similar? Journal of Biomechanics,37: 1339-1352, 2004.

25.

Linder-Ganz, E. and Gefen, A. Mechanical Compression Induced Pressure Sores in Rat Hind-Limb: Muscle Stiffness, Histology and Computational Models. Journal of Applied Physiology, 96: 2034-2049, 2004.

26.

Dagan, D., Be'ery, M. and Gefen, A. Single-trabecula building-block for large-scale finite element models of cancellous bone. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing,42: 549-556, 2004.

27.

Gefen, A. and Linder-Ganz, E. Diffusion of ulcers in the diabetic foot is promoted by stiffening of plantar muscular tissue under excessive bone compression, Orthopade [in German], Invited Paper, 33: 999-1012, 2004.

28.

Passi, N., and Gefen, A. Trabecular Bone Contributes to Strength of the Proximal Femur Under Mediolateral Impact in the Avian, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 127: 198-203, 2005.

29.

Gefen, A., Gefen, N., Linder-Ganz, E., and Margulies, S.S. In Vivo Muscle Stiffening Under Bone Compression Promotes Deep Pressure Sores, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 127: 512-524, 2005.

30.

Diamant, I., Shahar,R., and Gefen, A. How to Select the Elastic Modulus for Cancellous Bone in Patient-Specific Continuum Models of the Spine, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 43: 465-472, 2005.

31.

Be'ery-Lipperman, M., Gefen, A. Contribution of Muscular Weakness to Osteoporosis: Computational and Animal Models, Clinical Biomechanics, 20: 984-997, 2005.

32.

Linder-Ganz, E., Engelberg, S., Scheinowitz, M., and Gefen, A. Pressure-Time Cell Death Threshold for Albino Rat Skeletal Muscles as Related to Pressure Sore Biomechanics, Journal of Biomechanics, 39: 2725-2732, 2006.

33.

Yarnitzky, G., Yizhar, Z., and Gefen, A. Real-Time Subject-Specific Monitoring of Internal Deformations and Stresses in the Soft Tissues of the Foot: A New Approach in Gait Analysis, Journal of Biomechanics, 39: 2673-2689, 2006.

34.

Eshet, Y., Mann, R., Anaton, A., Yacoby, T., Gefen, A., and Jerby, E. Microwave Drilling of Bones, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 53: 1174-1182, 2006.

35.

Paszek, M.J., Zahir, N., Johnson, K.R., Lakins, J.N., Rozenberg, G.I., Gefen, A., Reinhart-King, C.A., Margulies, S.S., Dembo, M., Boettiger, D., Hammer, D.A., and Weaver, V.M. Tensional homeostasis and the malignant phenotype, Cancer Cell, 8: 241-254, 2005. PubMed and press release

36.

Be'ery-Lipperman, M., and Gefen, A. A Method of Quantification of Stress Shielding in the Proximal Femur Using Hierarchical Computational Modeling, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering,
9: 35-44, 2006.

37.

Palevski A., I. Glaich, S. Portnoy, E. Linder-Ganz, A. Gefen, Stress Relaxation of Porcine Gluteus Muscle Subjected to Sudden Transverse Deformation as related to Pressure Sore Modeling, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 128: 782-787, 2006.

38.

Even-Tzur N., E. Weisz, Y. Hirsch-Falk, A. Gefen. Role of EVA Viscoelastic Properties in the Protective Performance of a Sport Shoe: Computational Studies. Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering, 16: 289-299, 2006.

39.

Linder-Ganz, E., Shabshin, N., Itzchak, Y., Gefen. A. Assessment of Mechanical Conditions in Sub-Dermal Tissues during Sitting: A Combined Experimental-MRI and Finite Element Approach, Journal of Biomechanics, 40: 1443-1454, 2007.

40.

Reich, T., Gefen, A. Effect of trabecular bone loss on cortical strain rate during impact in an in vitro model of avian femur, BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 5: 45, 2006.

41.

Levchakov A., Linder-Ganz, E., Raghupathi, R., Margulies, S.S, Gefen, A. Computational Studies of Strain Exposures in Neonate and Mature Rat Brains during Cortical Impact. Journal of Neurotrauma, 23: 1570-1580, 2006.

42.

Perlovitch R., A. Gefen, D. Elad, A. Ratnovsky, M.R. Kramer, P. Halpern. Inspiratory Muscles Experience Fatigue Faster than the Calf Muscles during Treadmill Marching. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 156: 61-68, 2007.

43.

Portnoy S., Yarnitzky G., Yizhar Z., Kristal A., Oppenheim U., Siev-Ner I., Gefen A. Real-Time Patient-Specific Finite Element Analysis of Internal Stresses in the Soft Tissues of a Residual Limb: A New Tool for Prosthetic Fitting, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35: 120-135, 2007.

44.

Diamant I., Shahar R., Masharawi Y., Gefen A. A Method for Patient-Specific Evaluation of Vertebral Cancellous Bone Strength: In Vitro Validation, Clinical Biomechanics, 22: 282-291, 2007.

45.

Linder-Ganz E., Scheinowitz M., Yizhar Z., Margulies S.S. and Gefen A. How Do Normals Move During Prolonged Wheelchair-Sitting? Technology & Health Care, 15: 195-202, 2007.

46.

Gefen, A. and Levine, J. The False Premise in Measuring Body-Support Interface Pressures for Preventing Serious Pressure Ulcers, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 31: 375-380, 2007.

47.

Linder-Ganz, E., Gefen, A., Elad, D., Chen, J. A Three-Dimensional Model of the Penis for Analysis of Tissue Stresses during Normal and Abnormal Erection. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Special Volume on Reproductive Biomechanics (Invited), 464-476, 2007.

48.

Gefen, A., Neulander, R. Computational Determination of the Critical Microcrack Size Which Causes a Remodeling Response in a Trabecula: A Feasibility Study. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 23: 230-237, 2007.

49.

Gefen, A. Risk Factors for a Pressure-Related Deep Tissue Injury: A Theoretical Model. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 45: 563-573, 2007.

50.

Gefen, A. The Biomechanics of Sitting-Acquired Pressure Ulcers in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury or Lesions. International Wound Journal, 4: 222-231, 2007.

51.

Gefen, A. Bioengineering Models of Deep Tissue Injury. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 21: 30-36, 2008.

52.

Gefen, A., Haberman, E. Viscoelastic properties of ovine adipose tissue covering the gluteus muscles. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 129: 924-930, 2007.

53.

Agam, L., Gefen, A. Pressure Ulcers and Deep Tissue Injury: A Bioengineering Perspective, Journal of Wound Care, 16: 336-342, 2007.
*Reproduced with permissions in the International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 15: 90-99, 2008.

54.

Gefen, A., Dilmoney, B. Mechanics of the Normal Woman's Breast, Technology and Health Care, 15: 259-271, 2007.

55.

Gefen, A., Portnoy, S., Diamant, I. Inhomogeneity of Tissue-Level Strain Distributions in Individual Trabeculae: Mathematical Model Studies of Normal and Osteoporosis Cases, Medical Engineering & Physics, 30: 624-630, 2008.

56.

Gefen, A. Pressure-Sensing Devices for Assessment of Soft Tissue Loading under Bony Prominences: Technological Concepts and Clinical Utilization, Wounds, 19: 350-362, 2007.

57.

Linder-Ganz, E., Gefen, A. The Effects of Pressure and Shear on Capillary Closure in the Microstructure of Skeletal Muscles. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 35: 2095-2107, 2007.

58.

Linder-Ganz, E., Shabshin, N., Itzchak, Y., Yizhar, Z., Siev-Ner, I., Gefen, A. Strains and stresses in sub-dermal tissues of the buttocks are greater in paraplegics than in healthy during sitting. Journal of Biomechanics, 41: 567-580, 2008.

59.

Agam, L., Gefen, A. Toward Real-Time Detection of the Risk for a Deep Tissue Injury in Wheelchair Users using the Hertz Contact Theory, Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 45: 537-550, 2008.

60.

Slomka, N., Diamant, I., Gefen, A. Tissue-Level Failure Accumulation in Vertebral Cancellous Bone: A Theoretical Model. Technology and Health Care, 16: 47-60, 2008.

61.

Gefen, A., Cornelissen, L.H., Gawlitta, D., Bader, D.L., Oomens. C.W.J. The Free Diffusion of Macromolecules in Tissue-Engineered Skeletal Muscle Subjected to Large Compression Strains, Journal of Biomechanics,
41: 845-853, 2008.

62.

Gefen, A. The Compression Intensity Index: A Practical Anatomical Estimate of the Biomechanical Risk for a Deep Tissue Injury. Technology and Health Care, 16: 141-149, 2008.

63.

Portnoy, S., Atlas, E., Gefen, A. Influence of bony prominence sharpness and underlying tissue stiffness on the susceptibility to pressure-related deep tissue injury: Biomechanical computer model studies, L'escarre [in French], Invited Paper, 36 (special issue on "Innovation and Pressure Ulcers"): 4-7, 2007.

64.

Atlas, E., Yizhar, Z., Gefen, A. The diabetic foot load monitor: A portable device for real-time subject-specific measurements of deep plantar tissue stresses during gait, ASME Journal of Medical Devices,
2: 011005-1 - 011005-10, 2008.

65.

Gefen, A., van Nierop, B., Bader, D.L., Oomens, C.W. Strain-Time Cell-Death Threshold for Skeletal Muscle in a Tissue-Engineered Model System for Deep Tissue Injury, Journal of Biomechanics, 41: 2003-2012, 2008.

66.

Portnoy, S., Yizhar, Z., Shabshin, N., Itzchak, Y., Kristal, A., Dotan-Marom, Y., Siev-Ner, I., Gefen, A. Internal Mechanical Conditions in the Soft Tissues of a Residual Limb of a Trans-Tibial Amputee. Journal of Biomechanics, 41: 1897-1909, 2008.

67.

Slomka, N., Vardimon, A.D., Gefen, A., Pilo, R., Brosh, T. Time Related PDL-Viscoelastic Response during Initial Orthodontic Tooth Movement of a Tooth with Functioning Interproximal Contact - A Mathematical Model. Journal of Biomechanics, 41: 1871-1877, 2008.

68.

A. Gefen. How Much Time Does it Take to Get a Pressure Ulcer? Integrated Evidence from Human, Animal and In Vitro Studies. Ostomy Wound Management, 54: 26-35, 2008.

69.

Linder-Ganz, E., Gefen, A. Stress Analyses Coupled with Damage Laws to Determine Biomechanical Risk Factors for Deep Tissue Injury during Sitting, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering,
131: 011033-1 - 011033-13, 2009.

70.

Gefen, A., Shalom, R., Elad, D., Mandel, Y. Biomechanical Analysis of the Keratoconic Cornea. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 2: 224-236, 2009.

71.

Elsner, J., Gefen, A. Is Obesity a Risk Factor for Deep Tissue Injury in Patients with Spinal Cord Injury? Journal of Biomechanics, 41: 3322-3331, 2008.

72.

E. Atlas, Z. Yizhar, S. Khamis, N. Slomka, S. Hayek, A. Gefen. Utilization of the Foot Load Monitor for Evaluating Deep Plantar Tissue Stresses in Patients with Diabetes: Proof-of-Concept Studies. Gait & Posture,
29: 377-382, 2009.

73.

Linder-Ganz, E., Yarnitzky, G., Yizhar, Z., Siev-Ner, I. Gefen, A. Real-Time Finite Element Monitoring of Sub-Dermal Tissue Stresses in Individuals with Spinal Cord Injury: Towards Prevention of Pressure Ulcers. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 37: 387-400, 2009.

74.

Portnoy S., Gefen A., Ohana A., Yizhar Z. A New System for Monitoring Gait Training in Infants with Down Syndrome. Journal of Medical Devices, 3: 024501-1-024501-4, 2009.

75.

A. Gefen. Reswick and Rogers Pressure-Time Curve for Pressure Ulcer Risk. Part 1. Nursing Standard,
23(45): 64-74, 2009, Invited.

76.

A. Gefen. Reswick and Rogers Pressure-Time Curve for Pressure Ulcer Risk. Part 2. Nursing Standard,
23(46): 40-44, 2009, Invited.

77.

Gefen, A. Deep Tissue Injury from a Bioengineering Point of View. Ostomy Wound Management,
55: 26-36, 2009.

78.

Slomka, N., Or-Tzadikario, S., Sassun, D., Gefen, A. Membrane-Stretch-Induced Cell Death in Deep Tissue Injury: Computer Model Studies. Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, 2: 118-132, 2009.

79.

Linder-Ganz, E., Shabshin, N., Gefen, A. Patient-Specific Modeling of Deep Tissue Injury Biomechanics in an Unconscious Patient who Developed Myonecrosis after Prolonged Lying. Journal of Tissue Viability,
18: 62-71, 2009.

80.

Gefen, A. Mathematical Functions and their Properties as Relevant to the Biomechanical Modeling of Cell and Tissue Damage. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, 26: 93-103, 2010.

81.

Portnoy, S., Siev-Ner, I., Shabshin, N., Kristal, A., Yizhar, Z., Gefen, A. Patient-Specific Analyses of Deep Tissue Loads Post Transtibial Amputation in Residual Limbs of Multiple Prosthetic Users. Journal of Biomechanics,
42: 2686-2693, 2009.

82.

Sopher, R., Nixon, J., Gorecki, C., Gefen, A. Exposure to Internal Muscle Tissue Loads under the Ischial Tuberosities during Sitting is Elevated at Abnormally High or Low Body Mass Indices. Journal of Biomechanics, 43: 280-286, 2010.

83.

Portnoy,S., Siev-Ner, I., Yizhar, Z., Kristal, A., Shabshin, N., Gefen, A. Surgical and Morphological Factors that Affect Internal Mechanical Loads in Soft Tissues of the Transtibial Residuum, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 37: 2583-2605, 2009.

84.

Shabshin, N., Zoizner, G., Herman, A., Ougortsin, V., Gefen, A. Utilization of weight-bearing MRI for evaluation of wheelchair cushions based on internal soft tissue deformations under the ischial tuberosities. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 47: 31-42, 2010.

85.

Ruschkewitz, Y., Gefen, A., Cell-level temperature distributions in skeletal muscle post spinal cord injury as related to deep tissue injury. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 48: 113-122, 2010.

86.

Portnoy, S., van Haare, J., Geers, RPJ., Kristal, A., Siev-Ner, I., Seelen, HAM., Oomens, CWJ., Gefen, A. Real-Time Subject-Specific Analyses of Dynamic Internal Tissue Loads in the Residual Limb of Transtibial Amputees. Medical Engineering and Physics, 32: 312-323, 2010.

87.

Shabshin, N., Ougortsin, V., Zoizner, G., Gefen, A. Evaluation of the Effect of Trunk Tilt on Compressive Soft Tissue Deformations under the Ischial Tuberosities using Weight-Bearing MRI. Clinical Biomechanics,
25: 402-408, 2010.

88.

Slomka, N., Gefen, A. Confocal Microscopy-Based Three-Dimensional Cell-Specific Modeling for Large Deformation Analyses in Cellular Mechanics. Journal of Biomechanics, 43: 1806-1816, 2010.

89.

Or-Tzadikario, S., Sopher, R., Gefen, A. Quantitative monitoring of lipid accumulation over time in cultured adipocytes as function of culture conditions: Towards controlled adipose tissue engineering. Tissue Engineering (Part C), 16: 1167-1181, 2010.

90.

Gefen, A. Effects of Virus Size and Cell Stiffness on Forces, Work and Pressures Driving Membrane Invagination in a Receptor-Mediated Endocytosis. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 132: 084501-1 - 084501-4, 2010.

91.

Shacham, S., Castel, D., Gefen, A. Measurements of the Static Friction Coefficient between Bone and Muscle Tissues, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 132: 084502-1 - 084502-4, 2010.

92.

Gefen, A. The Biomechanics of Heel Ulcers. Journal of Tissue Viability, 19: 124-131, 2010.

93.

Witman, S., Barnea, O., Gefen, A. A Computational Method for Developing Hierarchical Large Deformation Viscoelastic Models of the Contracting Heart. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 14:957-68, 2010.

94.

Portnoy, S., Siev-Ner, I., Shabshin, N., Gefen, A. Effects of Sitting Postures on Risks for Deep Tissue Injury in a Residuum of a Transtibial Prosthetic-User: A Biomechanical Case Study. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 14:1009-19, 2010.

95.

Levanon, Y., Gefen, A., Lerman, Y., Givon, U., Ratzon, N. Validity and Reliability of Upper Extremity Three-Dimensional Kinematics during a Typing Task. Gait and Posture, 32: 469-474, 2010.

96.

Sopher R., Gefen, A. Effects of skin wrinkles, age and wetness on mechanical loads in the stratum corneum as related to skin lesions, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 49: 97-105, 2010.

97.

Or-Tzadikario, S., Gefen, A. Confocal-Based Cell-Specific Finite Element Modeling Extended to Study Variable Cell Shapes and Intracellular Structures: The Example of the Adipocyte. Journal of Biomechanics, 44: 567-573, 2010

98.

Ruschkewitz, Y., Gefen, A. Cellular-Scale Transport in Deformed Skeletal Muscle following Spinal Cord Injury. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 14: 411-424, 2011 (Invited paper for a Special Issue on Computer Simulations in Cell Mechanics, Guest Editors: Profs. Cees Oomens and Frank Baaijens).

99.

Gefen, A. The Relationship between Sperm Velocity and Pressures Applied to the Zona Pellucida during Early Sperm-Oocyte Penetration. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 132: 124501-1 - 124501-4 , 2010.

100.

Gefen, A. How do microclimate factors affect the risk for superficial pressure ulcers: A mathematical modeling study. Journal of Tissue Viability, 20:81-8, 2010.

101.

Shilo, M., Gefen, A. Identification of Capillary Blood Pressure Levels at which Capillary Collapse is Likely, in a Tissue Subjected to Large Compressive and Shear Deformations. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 15:59-71, 2012 (Invited paper for a Special Issue on Identification of Material Parameters using Inverse Methods, Guest Editors: Drs. Stéphane Avril and Sam Evans).

102.

Sopher, R., Nixon, J., Gorecki, C., Gefen, A. Effects of Intramuscular Fat Infiltration, Scarring and Spasticity on the Risk for Sitting-Acquired Deep Tissue Injury in Spinal Cord Injury Patients. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, Vol. 133, pp. 021011-1 - 021011-12, 2011.

103.

Y. Nadiv, R. Vachbroit, A. Gefen, D. Elad, U. Zaretsky, D. Moran, P. Halpern, A. Ratnovsky. Evaluation of Fatigue of Respiratory and Lower Limb Muscles during Prolonged Aerobic Exercise. Journal of Applied Biomechanics, accepted for publication, 2011.

104.

R. Sopher, J. Nixon, E. McGinnis, A. Gefen. The Influence of Foot Posture, Support Stiffness, Heel Pad Loading and Tissue Mechanical Properties on Biomechanical Factors Associated with a Risk of Heel Ulceration. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4: 572-82, 2011.

105.

M. Stern-Perry, A. Gefen, N. Shabshin, Y. Epstein. Experimentally tested computer modeling of stress fractures in rats. Journal of Applied Physiology, 110: 909-16, 2011.

106.

S. Portnoy, N. Vuillerme, Y. Payan, A. Gefen. Clinically-oriented real-time monitoring of the individual's risk for deep tissue injury. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 49: 473-83, 2011.

107.

F. Vermolen, A. Gefen. A semi-stochastic cell-based formalism to model the dynamics of migration of cells in colonies. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 11: 183-95, 2012.

108.

Slomka, N., Oomens, C.W.J., Gefen, A. Evaluating the Effective Shear Modulus of the Cytoplasm in Cultured Myoblasts subjected to Compression using an Inverse Finite Element Method. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 4: 1559-6, 2011.

109.

J. Kottner, A. Gefen, N. Lahmann. Weight and Pressure Ulcer Occurrence: A Secondary Data Analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 48: 1339-48, 2011.

110.

E. Leopold, R. Sopher, A. Gefen. The Effect of Compressive Deformations on the Rate of Build-up of Oxygen in Isolated Skeletal Muscle Cells. Medical Engineering & Physics, 33: 1072-8, 2011.

111.

F.J. Vermolen, A. Segal, A. Gefen. A pilot study of a phenomenological model of adipogenesis in maturing adipocytes using Cahn-Hilliard theory. Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 49: 1447-57, 2011.

112.

N. Shoham, A. Gefen. Stochastic Modeling of Adipogenesis in 3T3-L1 Cultures to Determine Probabilities of Events in the Cell's Life Cycle. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 39, pp. 2637-2653, 2011.

113.

Topman, G., Sharabani-Yosef, O., Gefen, A. A method for quick, low-cost automated confluency measurements. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 17: 915-22, 2011

114.

Topman, G., Sharabani-Yosef, O., Gefen, A. A Standardized Objective Method for Continuously Measuring the Kinematics of Cultures Covering a Mechanically-Damaged Site. Medical Engineering & Physics, 34: 225-232, 2012

115.

N. Slomka, A. Gefen. Cell-to-Cell Variability in Deformations across Compressed Myoblasts. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Vol. 133, pp. 081007-1 - 081007-6, 2011

116.

Portnoy, S., Kristal, A., Gefen, A., Siev-Ner, I. Outdoor Dynamic Subject-Specific Evaluation of Internal Stresses in the Residual Limb: Hydraulic Energy-Stored Prosthetic Foot Compared to Conventional Energy-Stored Prosthetic Feet, Gait and Posture, 35: 121-125, 2012

117.

N. Slomka, A. Gefen. Relationship between Strain Levels and Permeability of the Plasma Membrane in Statically-Stretched Myoblasts. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40: 606-618, 2012.

118.

N. Shoham, A. Gefen. Mechanotransduction in Adipocytes. Journal of Biomechanics, 45: 1-8, 2012

119.

N. Shoham, R. Gottlieb, O. Shaharabani-Yosef, U. Zaretsky, D. Benayahu, A. Gefen. Static Mechanical Stretching Accelerates Lipid Production in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes by Activating the MEK Signaling Pathway. American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology, 302: C429-41, 2012

120.

P. Kozlovsky, A. Gefen. The relative contributions of propulsive forces and receptor-ligand binding forces during early contact between spermatozoa and zona pellucida of oocytes. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 294: 139-43, 2012.

121.

A. Hadid, Y. Epstein, N. Shabshin, A. Gefen. Modeling Mechanical Strains and Stresses in Soft Tissues of the Shoulder during Load Carriage Based on Load-Bearing Open-MRI. Journal of Applied Physiology, 112: 597-606, 2012.

122.

E. Leopold, A. Gefen. A Simple Stochastic Model to Explain the Sigmoid Nature of the Strain-Time Cellular Tolerance Curve. Journal of Tissue Viability, 21: 27-36, 2012.

123.

A. Levy, S. Enzer, N. Shoham, U. Zaretsky, A. Gefen. Large, but not Small Sustained Tensile Strains Stimulate Adipogenesis in Culture. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 40: 1052-6, 2012.

124.

N. Shoham, A. Gefen. The Influence of Mechanical Stretching on Mitosis, Growth and Adipose Conversion in Adipocyte Cultures. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, in press, 2011.

125.

F.J. Vermolen, A. Gefen, J.W.C. Dunlop. In-vitro 'wound' healing: Experimentally-based phenomenological modeling. Advanced Biomaterials, 14: B76-B88, 2012.

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A. Gefen. Technologies for detecting loss of multiple sensory modalities in diabetic foot neuropathy. Diabetes Management, 2: 149-155, 2012.

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G. Topman, F.H. Lin, A. Gefen. The influence of ischemic factors on the migration rates of cell types involved in cutaneous and subcutaneous pressure ulcers. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, in press, 2012.

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N. Shoham, A. Gefen. Deformations, mechanical strains and stresses across the different hierarchical scales in weight-bearing soft tissues. Journal of Tissue Viability, in press, 2012

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F.J. Vermolen, A. Gefen. A phenomenological model for chemico-mechanically induced cell shape changes during migration and cell-cell contacts. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, accepted for publication, 2012.