Publications

Books and Monographs Published

Books

  1. Serpieri, R., Travascio, F. (2017). Variational Continuum Multiphase Poroelasticity - Theory and Applications (vol. 67, pp. 207). New York: Springer.
  2. (2016). In F. Travascio (Ed.), Composition and Function of the Extracellular Matrix in the Human Body. Rijeka: InTech.
  3. Travascio, F. (2010). Transport Phenomena in Intervertebral Disc (vol. 1). VDM Verlag, Berlin, Germany.

Book Chapters

  1. Serpieri, R., Corte, A. D., Travascio, F., Rosati, L. (2016). Variational Theories of Two-Phase Continuum Poroelastic Mixtures: A Short Survey. In H. Altenbach and S. Forest (Ed.), Generalized Continua as Models for Classical and Advanced Materials (vol. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31721-2_17). Springer International Publishing Switzerland.

Juried or Refereed Journal Articles or Exhibitions

Journal Article

  1. Lemus, S. A., Volz, M., Chen, C.-B., Mann, B. J., and Travascio, F. (2024). The use of lifting straps during snatch alters muscle activation patterns. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541241296023
  2. Schwartz, G., Rana, S., Jackson, A.R., Leñero, C., Best, T.M., Kouroupis, D. and Travascio, F., 2024. Human mesenchymal stem/stromal cell‐derived extracellular vesicle transport in meniscus fibrocartilage. Journal of Orthopaedic Research®. doi.org/10.1002/jor.25993
  3. Lemus, S.A., Volz, M., Blasdale, A., Beron-Vera, F., Chen, C.B., Mann, B.J. and Travascio, F., 2024. The accuracy of measuring velocity during weightlifting movements with five velocity-based training devices. International journal of sports science & coaching, 19(6), 2501-2512. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541241266248
  4. Beron-Vera, F., Lemus, S.A., Mahmoud, A.O., Beron-Vera, P., Ezzy, A., Chen, C.B., Mann, B.J. and Travascio, F., 2024. Asymmetry in kinematics of dominant/nondominant lower limbs in central and lateral positioned college and sub-elite soccer players. Plos one, 19(6), p.e0304511.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304511
  5. Travascio, F., Seitz, A.M. and Tanska, P., 2024, Experimental and Computational Approaches in Meniscus Mechanics and Mechanobiology. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 12, p.1479315. 
  6. El Kommos, A., Jackson, A.R., Andreopoulos, F., Travascio, F., 2024, Development of Improved Confined Compression Testing Setups for Use in Stress Relaxation Testing of Viscoelastic Biomaterials, Gels 10.3390/gels10050329 
  7. Mike-Mayer, A., Lam, K., Morris, R.P., Al Barghouthi, A., Travascio, F., Latta, L.L. and Lindsey, R.W., 2024. Posterior Atlantoaxial Fixation of Osteoporotic Odontoid Fracture: Biomechanical Analysis of the Magerl versus Harms Techniques in a Cadaver Model. The Spine Journal.
  8. Schwartz, G., Best, T.M., Chen, C.B., Travascio, F., Jackson A.R. 2024. Assessing the Role of Surface Layer and Molecular Probe Size in Diffusion Within Meniscus Tissue. PLoS One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301432 
  9. Morejon, A., DalBo, P.L., Best, T.M., Jackson, A.R. and Travascio, F. (2023) Tensile Energy Dissipation and Mechanical Properties of Knee Meniscus: Relationship with Fiber Orientation, Tissue Layers, and Water Content. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (accepted)
  10. Schwartz, G., Morejon, A., Best, T.M., Travascio, F. and Jackson, A.R. (2023) Effect of Molecular Weight and Tissue Layer on Solute Partitioning in the Knee Meniscus. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open (accepted)
  11. Orton, K., Batchelor, W., Ziebarth, N.M., Best, T.M., Travascio, F. and Jackson, A.R. (2023). Biomechanical properties of porcine meniscus as determined via AFM: Effect of region, compartment and anisotropy. PloS one, 18(1), p.e0280616.
  12. Lemus, S.A., Volz, M., Tiozzo, E., Perry, A., Best, T.M. and Travascio, F. (2022). The effect of clinically elevated body mass index on physiological stress during manual lifting activities. Plos one, 17(12), p.e0278858. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304511
  13. Schwartz, G., Morejon, A., Gracia, J., Best, T. M., Jackson, A. R., Travascio, F. (2022). Heterogeneity of dynamic shear properties of the meniscus: A comparison between tissue core and surface layers. Journal of Orthopaedic Research.
  14. Schwartz, G., Morejon, A., Best, T. M., Jackson, A. R., Travascio, F. (2022). Strain-Dependent Diffusivity of Small and Large Molecules in Meniscus (11th ed., vol. 144). Journal of biomechanical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4054931
  15. Solomon, R., Hommen, J. P., Travascio, F. (2022). Effects of Platelet-Rich Osteoconductive–Osteoinductive Allograft Compound on Tunnel Widening of ACL Reconstruction: A Randomized Blind Analysis Study (3rd ed., vol. 29, pp. 394-404). Pathophysiology (Amsterdam). https://doi.org/10.3390/pathophysiology29030031
  16. Garay, R.S., Solitro, G.F., Lam, K.C., Morris, R.P., Albarghouthi, A., Lindsey, R.W., Latta, L.L. and Travascio, F. (2022). Characterization of regional variation of bone mineral density in the geriatric human cervical spine by quantitative computed tomography. PloS one, 17(7), p.e0271187.
  17. McChesney, G.R., Morris, R.P., Al Barghouthi, A., Travascio, F., Latta, L.L. and Lindsey, R.W. (2022). Relationship to drill bit diameter and residual fracture resistance of the distal tibia. Clinical Biomechanics, p.105686.
  18. Volz, M., Wyse-Sookoo, K.R., Travascio, F., Huang, C.Y. and Best, T.M. (2022). Mechanobiological Approaches for Stimulating Chondrogenesis of Stem Cells. Stem Cells and Development, 31(15-16), pp.460-487.
  19. Morejon, A., Mantero, A.M.A, Best, T., Jackson, A., Travascio, F. (2022). Mechanisms of energy dissipation and relationship with tissue composition in human meniscus (4th ed., vol. 30, pp. 605-612). Osteoarthritis and cartilage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2022.01.001
  20. De Rosa, M., Filippone, G., Best, T., Travascio, F., Jackson, A. (2022). Mechanical properties of meniscal circumferential fibers using an inverse finite element analysis approach (vol. 126, pp. 105073-105073). Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2022.105073
  21. McChesney, G. R., Morris, R. P., Al Barghouthi, A., Travascio, F., Latta, L., Lindsey, R. W. (2022). How Does Tibial Pin Placement in Navigated Total Knee Arthroplasty Affect the Torsional Strength of the Tibia? (2nd ed., vol. 30, pp. e279-e286). Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. https://doi.org/10.5435/JAAOS-D-21-00240
  22. Volz, M., Elmasry, S., Jackson, A., Travascio, F. (2022). Computational Modeling Intervertebral Disc Pathophysiology: A Review (vol. 12, pp. 750668-750668). Frontiers in physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.750668
  23. Norberg, C., Filippone, G., Andreopoulos, F., Best, T., Baraga, M., Jackson, A., Travascio, F. (2021). Viscoelastic and equilibrium shear properties of human meniscus: Relationships with tissue structure and composition (vol. 120, pp. 110343-110343). Journal of biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110343
  24. Quinnan, S., Seiter, M., Al-Barghouthi, A., Milne, E., Latta, L., Travascio, F. (2021). Does coating an intramedullary nail with polymethylmethacrylate improve mechanical stability at the fracture site? (vol. 83, pp. 105293-105293). Clinical biomechanics (Bristol). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105293
  25. Morejon, A., Norberg, C. D., De Rosa, M., Best, T., Jackson, A., Travascio, F. (2021). Compressive Properties and Hydraulic Permeability of Human Meniscus: Relationships With Tissue Structure and Composition (vol. 8, pp. 622552-622552). Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.622552
  26. Travascio, F., Buller, L. T., Milne, E., Latta, L. (2021). Mechanical performance and implications on bone healing of different screw configurations for plate fixation of diaphyseal tibia fractures: a computational study (1st ed., vol. 31, pp. 121-130). European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00590-020-02749-5
  27. Travascio, F., Valladares-Prieto, S., Jackson, A. (2020). Effects of solute size and tissue composition on molecular and macromolecular diffusivity in human knee cartilage (4th ed., vol. 2, pp. 100087). Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100087
  28. Al‐Barghouthi, A., Lee, S., Solitro, G. F., Latta, L., Travascio, F. (2020). Relationships Among Bone Morphological Parameters and Mechanical Properties of Cadaveric Human Vertebral Cancellous Bone (5th ed., vol. 4, pp. -n/a). JBMR plus. https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm4.10351
  29. Travascio, F., Devaux, F., Volz, M., Jackson, A. (2020). Molecular and Macromolecular Diffusion in Human Meniscus: Relationships with Tissue Structure and Composition (3rd ed., vol. 28, pp. 375-382). Osteoarthritis and cartilage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.12.006
  30. AlHakeem, N., Ouellette, E. A., Travascio, F., Asfour, S. (2020). Surgical Intervention for Spastic Upper Extremity Improves Lower Extremity Kinematics in Spastic Adults: A Collection of Case Studies (vol. 8, pp. 116-116). Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00116
  31. McGuire, R., Al-Barghouthi, A., Dale, W., Travascio, F., Latta, L. (2020). Cervical Spine Fusion: Biomechanics of a Three-Level Cadaver Model Comparing Anterior Plate versus Stand-Alone Cage (2nd ed., vol. 30, pp. 135-140). Journal of long-term effects of medical implants. https://doi.org/10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2020035807
  32. Vijapura, A., Kaimrajh, D. N., Milne, E. L., Latta, L., Travascio, F. (2020). Comparison of Biomechanical Properties of a Synthetic L3-S1 Spine Model and Cadaveric Human Samples (2nd ed., vol. 30, pp. 125-129). Journal of long-term effects of medical implants. https://doi.org/10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.2020035597
  33. Alamoudi, M., Travascio, F., Onar-Thomas, A., Eltoukhy, M., Asfour, S. (2018). The effects of different carrying methods on locomotion stability, gait spatio-temporal parameters and spinal stresses (vol. 67, pp. 81-88). International journal of industrial ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2018.04.012
  34. Elmasry, S. S., Asfour, S. S., Travascio, F. (2018). Finite Element Study to Evaluate the Biomechanical Performance of the Spine After Augmenting Percutaneous Pedicle Screw Fixation With Kyphoplasty in the Treatment of Burst Fractures (6th ed., vol. 140). Journal of biomechanical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4039174
  35. Hernandez, R., Onar-Thomas, A., Travascio, F., Asfour, S. (2017). Attainment and retention of force moderation following laparoscopic resection training with visual force feedback (11th ed., vol. 31, pp. 4805-4815). Surgical endoscopy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-017-5558-1
  36. Elmasry, S., Asfour, S., Travascio, F. (2017). Effectiveness of pedicle screw inclusion at the fracture level in short-segment fixation constructs for the treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures: a computational biomechanics analysis (13th ed., vol. 20, pp. 1412-1420). Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1080/10255842.2017.1366995
  37. Travascio, F., Jackson, A. (2017). The nutrition of the human meniscus: A computational analysis investigating the effect of vascular recession on tissue homeostasis (vol. 61, pp. 151-159). Journal of biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.07.019
  38. Travascio, F., Serpieri, R., Asfour, S., Rosati, L. (2017). Analysis of the consolidation problem of compressible porous media by a macroscopic variational continuum approach (5th ed., vol. 22, pp. 952-968). Mathematics and mechanics of solids. https://doi.org/10.1177/1081286515616049
  39. Elmasry, S., Asfour, S., de Rivero Vaccari, J. P., Travascio, F. (2016). A computational model for investigating the effects of changes in bioavailability of insulin-like growth factor-1 on the homeostasis of the intervertebral disc (vol. 78, pp. 126-137). Computers in biology and medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.09.016
  40. Eltoukhy, M., Travascio, F., Asfour, S., Elmasry, S., Heredia-Vargas, H., Signorile, J. (2016). Examination of a lumbar spine biomechanical model for assessing axial compression, shear, and bending moment using selected Olympic lifts (3rd ed., vol. 13, pp. 210-219). Journal of orthopaedics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2015.04.002
  41. Serpieri, R., Travascio, F. (2016). General quantitative analysis of stress partitioning and boundary conditions in undrained biphasic porous media via a purely macroscopic and purely variational approach (1-2 ed., vol. 28, pp. 235-261). Continuum mechanics and thermodynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00161-015-0421-x
  42. Brand, F. J., Forouzandeh, M., Kaur, H., Travascio, F., de Rivero Vaccari, J. P. (2016). Acidification changes affect the inflammasome in human nucleus pulposus cells(1st ed., vol. 13, pp. 29-29). Journal of inflammation (London, England). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12950-016-0137-0
  43. Elmasry, S., Asfour, S., Travascio, F. (2016). Implications of spine fixation on the adjacent lumbar levels for surgical treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures: a finite element analysis (1st ed., vol. 1). Journal of Spine Care. https://doi.org/10.15761/JSC.1000105
  44. Gjolaj, J., Elmasry, S., Asfour, S., Travascio, F., Eismont, F. (2015). Implications of Decompressive Surgical Procedures for Lumbar Spine Stenosis on the Biomechanics of the Adjacent Segment: A Finite Element Analysis (10th ed., vol. 15, pp. S96-S97). The spine journal. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2015.07.039
  45. Jun, H.-p., Travascio, F., Eltoukhy, M., Kuenze, C., Asfour, S., Signorile, J. (2015). Fluoroscopic Video Imaging as a Clinical Tool for Assessing Patellar Maltracking: 352 Board #203 May 27, 9 30 AM - 11 00 AM (5S ed., vol. 47, pp. 89). Medicine and science in sports and exercise. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.mss.0000476646.84815.ba
  46. Serpieri, R., Travascio, F., Asfour, S., Rosati, L. (2015). Variationally consistent derivation of the stress partitioning law in saturated porous media (vol. 56-57, pp. 235-247). International journal of solids and structures. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.10.033
  47. Asfour, S., Travascio, F., Elmasry, S., de Rivero Vaccari, J. P. (2015). A computational analysis on the implications of age-related changes in the expression of cellular signals on the role of IGF-1 in intervertebral disc homeostasis (2nd ed., vol. 48, pp. 332-339). Journal of biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.11.021
  48. Eltoukhy, M., Kuenze, C., Jun, H.-P., Asfour, S., Travascio, F. (2015). Assessment of dynamic balance via measurement of lower extremities tortuosity (1st ed., vol. 14, pp. 18-27). Sports biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2015.1025238
  49. Travascio, F., Asfour, S., Gjolaj, J., Latta, L. and Elmasry, S. (2015). Implications of decompressive surgical procedures for lumbar spine stenosis on the biomechanics of the adjacent segment: a finite element analysis. J Spine, 4(220), p.2.
  50. Elmasry, S., Asfour, S., de Rivero Vaccari, J. P., Travascio, F. (2015). Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Degeneration of the Intervertebral Disc: A Finite Element Study (8th ed., vol. 10, pp. e0136137-e0136137). PloS one. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136137
  51. Travascio, F., Eltoukhy, M., Asfour, S. (2015). Spine Biomechanics: A Review of Current Approaches (1st ed., vol. 1). Spine Research. https://doi.org/10.21767/2471-8173.100004
  52. Travascio, F., Eltoukhy, M., Cami, S., Asfour, S. (2014). Altered mechano-chemical environment in hip articular cartilage: effect of obesity (5th ed., vol. 13, pp. 945-959). Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10237-013-0545-5
  53. Travascio, F., Elmasry, S., Asfour, S. (2014). Modeling the role of IGF-1 on extracellular matrix biosynthesis and cellularity in intervertebral disc (10th ed., vol. 47, pp. 2269-2276). Journal of biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.04.046
  54. Huang, C.-Y. Charles, Travascio, F., Gu, W. (2012). Quantitative analysis of exogenous IGF-1 administration of intervertebral disc through intradiscal injection (7th ed., vol. 45, pp. 1149-1155). Journal of biomechanics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.02.005
  55. Travascio, F., Gu, W. (2011). Simultaneous Measurement of Anisotropic Solute Diffusivity and Binding Reaction Rates in Biological Tissues by FRAP (1st ed., vol. 39, pp. 53-65). Annals of biomedical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-010-0138-8
  56. Travascio, F., Gu, W. (2010). A New Fluorescence Photobleaching Method for Determining Solute Diffusive-Reactive Properties in Biological Tissues (pp. 145-146). ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2010-19397
  57. Travascio, F., Huang, C.-Y. Charles, Gu, W. (2010). Transport of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 in Intervertebral Disc: Effect of Binding Interactions and Inhomogeneous Distribution of Binding Proteins in Annulus Fibrosus and Nucleus Pulposus (pp. 43-44). ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2010-19469
  58. Travascio, F., Jackson, A., Brown, M., Gu, W. (2009). Relationship between solute transport properties and tissue morphology in human annulus fibrosus (12th ed., vol. 27, pp. 1625-1630). Journal of orthopaedic research. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.20927
  59. Jackson, A., Travascio, F., Gu, W. (2009). Effect of mechanical loading on electrical conductivity in human intervertebral disk (5th ed., vol. 131, pp. 054505-5). Journal of biomechanical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3116152
  60. Travascio, F., Zhao, W., Gu, W. (2009). Characterization of anisotropic diffusion tensor of solute in tissue by video-FRAP imaging technique (4th ed., vol. 37, pp. 813-823). Annals of biomedical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-009-9655-8
  61. Travascio, F., Gu, W. (2007). Anisotropic diffusive transport in annulus fibrosus: experimental determination of the diffusion tensor by FRAP technique (10th ed., vol. 35, pp. 1739-1748). Annals of biomedical engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-007-9346-2
  62. Netti, P. A, Travascio, F., Jain, R. K (2003). Coupled macromolecular transport and gel mechanics: Poroviscoelastic approach (6th ed., vol. 49, pp. 1580-1596). AIChE journal. https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.690490621

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