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2023-12-31HandLab Publications in 2023

Li ZM (2023). Non-surgical carpal arch space augmentation for median nerve decompression, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2023, 145(8):080801, PMID: 36628998. PMCID: PMC10259465. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056651
Li ZM, Jordan D (2023). Carpal tunnel mechanics and its relevance to carpal tunnel syndrome, Human Movement Science 87(2):103044. PMID: 36442295 PMCID: PMC9839559. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2022.103044
Jordan D, Zhang H, Li ZM (2023). Spatial relationship of the median nerve and transverse carpal ligament in asymptomatic hands, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering 145(3):031003-1. PMID: 36416297. PMCID: PMC9791676. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4056290
Hawk JL, Zhang H, Margolis DS, Li ZM (2023). Robot and ultrasound assisted needle insertion to the transverse carpal ligament, Clinical Biomechanics 101(1):105851. PMID: 36516561. PMCID: PMC9892213. DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2022.105851
Zhang H, Jordan D, Li ZM (2023). Carpal arch space increased by volar force applied to the skin surface above the carpal tunnel, Clinical Biomechanics 2023 Jan;101:105851. PMID: 36640747. PMCID: PMC9892213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.105888.
Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, John C Elfar, Zong-Ming Li, Benedikt W Burkhardt, Morgan P Lorio, Peter A Winkler, Joachim M Oertel, Albert E Telfeian, Alvaro Dowling, Roth A Vargas, Ricardo Ramina, Ivo Abraham, Marjan Asefi, Huilin Yang, Xifeng Zhang, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Rossano Kepler, Alvim Fiorelli, Mauricio G Pereira, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira De Carvalho, Helton Delfino, Jaime Moyano, Kang Taek Lim, Hyeun Sung Kim, Nicola Montemurro, Anthony Yeung, Pietro Novellino (2023). The changing environment in postgraduate education in orthopaedic- and neurosurgery and its impact on technology-driven targeted interventional and surgical pain management: perspectives from Europe, Latin America, Asia, and the United States, Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023, 13(5), 852. PMID: 37241022. PMCID: PMC10221956. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13050852
Ivo Abraham, Kai-Uwe Lewandrowski, John C Elfar, Zong-Ming Li, Rossano Kepler Alvim Fiorelli, Mauricio G Pereira, Morgan P Lorio, Benedikt Walter Burkhardt, Joachim M Oertel, Peter A Winkler, Huilin Yang, Jorge Felipe Ramírez León, Albert E Telfeian, Alvaro Dowling, Roth A Vargas, Ricardo Ramina, Marjan Assefi, Paulo Sérgio Teixeira De Carvalho, Helton Delfino, Jaime Moyano, Nicola Montemurro, Anthony Yeung, Pietro Novellino, Randomized Clinical Trials and Observational Tribulations: Providing Clinical Evidence for Personalized Surgical Pain Management Care Models, Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2023, 13(7), 1044. PMID: 37511657. PMCID: PMC10381640. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm13071044.
Liu S, Roemerb F, Ge Y, Bedricka EJ, Li ZM, Guermazic A, Kwoh CK, Sun XX (2023). Comparison of evaluation metrics of deep learning for imbalanced imaging data in osteoarthritis studies, Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 31(9):1242-1248. PMID: 37209993. PMCID: PMC10524686. DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.05.006

2023-09-15NIH-sponsored clinical trialNIH R21AR082111Our HandLab received a three-year pilot clinical trial from NIH/NIAMS to study the efficacy of carpal arch space augmentation for the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).

2023-08-15HWBI Symposium 2023Hand and Wrist Biomechanics International (HWBI) held its 2023 symposium in conjunction with XXIX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) during July 30 to August 3, 2023 in Fukuoka, Japan.

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2023-07-15Tech Launch Arizona support for clinical translationTech Launch Arizona provides Asset Development Award to expedite the clinical translation of our CASA technology to benefit patients.

2023-06-15Dr. Li Named ASME FellowDr. Zong-Ming Li, William and Sylvia Rubin Chair of Orthopaedic Research, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). ASME has over 90,000 members in more than 135 countries worldwide, and less than 5% of its membership have been named fellows. Along with this accolade, Dr. Li was the recipient of the ASME 2022 Savio L-Y. Woo Translational Biomechanics Medal. In addition to be a ASME Fellow, Dr. Li is a Fellow of AIMBE, ASB, AAIA, and IEEE.

2023-02-23NIRA from ORSDr. David Jordan, a postdoctoral fellow in the HandLab, received the New Investigator Recognition Award (NIRA) from Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) in its annual conference during February 11-14, 2023 at Dallas, Texas. Congratuations!

2023-01-10HandLab receives grant on machine learningThe Hand Research Laboratory has been awarded $140,425 from the UArizona Office of Research, Innovation & Impact to advance the use of ultrasound imaging in evaluating the carpal arch. Working with Xiaoxiao Sun, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Dr. Zong-Ming Li is developing an algorithm that applies machine learning to carpal arch images to automatically identify and extract data embedded in the images. Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common condition of nerve entrapment, experienced by some 4% of U.S. adults per data from the Centers for Disease Control. The condition results when the median nerve that runs through the carpal tunnel becomes compressed, causing numbness, tingling and/or pain in the hand.

2023-01-10SensorLab awards grant for carpal tunnel deviceThe University of Arizona Health Sciences SensorLab has awarded the HandLab a grant of of $50,000 to support development of a pressure device for carpal arch space augmentation.