McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center

Globally recognized osteoarthritis research after ACL surgery on impact of gait changes and predisposition to arthritis at the McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center at the Larner College of Medicine.
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Collaboration for Injury Reduction

The McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center is where professionals from orthopaedic surgery, rehabilitation medicine, physical therapy and biomedical engineering work together on Epidemiological studies to identify factors that place individuals at risk for musculoskeletal injuries.

The McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center

Leadership

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Bruce Beynnon Ph.D.

Director of Research and McClure Professor of Musculoskeletal Research

 

Research Opportunities

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The McClure Musculoskeletal Research Center at the Larner College of Medicine's Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation offers research opportunities in collaboration with various departments.

These include Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical and Biomedical Engineering.

Contact Monika Donlevy at monika.donlevy@med.uvm.edu to learn more

State-of-the-Art Equipment

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The center features a state-of-the-art biplanar dual fluoroscopy motion analysis lab. This lab includes a ten-camera Vicon system for analyzing human joint motion.

Additionally, it has equipment such as computerized isokinetic dynamometers, isometric strength testers, force plates, EMG devices, instrumented knee arthrometers, and diagnostic ultrasound.

The center also has a radiography lab with portable X-ray machines and a C-arm fluoroscope.

Lab Space

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Furthermore, there is an assay lab equipped for biochemical assays, immunohistochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, MRI, and gait image post-processing.

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MIOB Lab

Collaborative research with Biomechanical/medical engineering

MIOB Fiorentino Lab