Ongoing Projects
2007 Pilot Grant Awards
James E. Carpenter, MD
Title: Development of an Arthroscopic Drill for Making Tunnels in the Glenoid
Investigators: James Carpenter MD and Richard Hughes PhD
Title: Are Pendulum Exercises and Light Activity Safe after Supraspinatus Repair?
Investigators: Joy Long MD, Ramon Ruberte Thiele, James Carpenter MD, Bruce Miller MD, Richard Hughes PhD
Title: Evaluation of Utility in Shoulder Pathology: Correlating the ASES and Constant Scores to the EuroQoL
Investigators: Todd Bafus MD, Bruce Miller MD, James Carpenter MD, Richard Hughes PhD
Title: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Symptom Survey
Investigators: James Carpenter MD, Richard Hughes PhD, Peter Jebsen MD
Title: Serial Ultrasonography of Human Rotator Cuffs Following Arthroscopic Repair
Investigators: James Carpenter MD, Bruce Miller MD, Jon Jacobson MD
Title: Finite Element Modeling of the Glenoid Labrum
Investigators: James Carpenter MD, Richard Hughes PhD, Mark Palmer PhD
Title: Injuries to the Head and Face in Women’s Collegiate Field Hockey
Investigators: C. Daniel Hendrickson MD, Kimberley Hill ATC, James E. Carpenter MD
Title: Establishment of a Simulation-Based Suturing and Knot Tying Curriculum for Soft Tissue Repair in Orthopaedic Surgery
Investigators: James E. Carpenter MD, Paul J. Dougherty MD, Pamela Andreatta PhD
Title: Does bone density of the proximal humerus play a role in the development of rotator cuff disease?
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, James Lindner MD, Richard Hughes PhD, Steven Goldstein PhD, James Carpenter MD, Y Jiang
Title: Eccentric Training for Rotator Cuff Tendinosis
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Corey Snyder, Steve Blum, James Carpenter MD
Title: Can diagnostic ultrasound of the ankle after high ankle sprain in collegiate football players predict time to return to play?
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Jon Sekiya MD, James Carpenter MD, Waldomar Roeser MD
Bruce S. Miller, MD
Title: To Plate or Not to Plate: Quantification of the Effect of Clavicle Shortening on Shoulder Strength After Clavicle Fractures
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, Richard Hughes PhD, Cameron Patthanacharoenphon BS
Title: Complications after Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Brian Downie PA-C, MS, E. Barry McDonough MD, Edward Wojtys MD
Title: Cross-sectional and surface area of allografts used in ACL reconstruction
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Bryson Lesniak MD, Yoav Morag MD
Title: Does bone density of the proximal humerus play a role in the development of rotator cuff disease?
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, James Lindner MD, Richard Hughes PhD, Steven Goldstein PhD, James Carpenter MD, Y Jiang
Title: Eccentric Training for Rotator Cuff Tendinosis
v Bruce Miller MD, MS, Corey Snyder, Steve Blum, James Carpenter MD
Title: Can diagnostic ultrasound of the ankle after high ankle sprain in collegiate football players predict time to return to play?
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Jon Sekiya MD, James Carpenter MD, Waldomar Roeser MD
Title: The Effect of Local Anesthetic on Knee Laxity: Do Anterior Cruciate Ligament Mechanoreceptors Play a Role in Knee Stability?
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Brian Downie PA-C, MS, Ramon Ruberte-Thiele MS, Edward Wojtys MD
Title: Clinical outcome following the microfracture procedure for chondral defects of the knee: a longitudinal data analysis
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Brian Downie PA-C, MS, Karen Briggs MPH, J. Richard Steadman MD
Title: Serial Ultrasound of the Shoulder after Repair of Large and Massive Rotator Cuff Tears
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, James Carpenter MD, Bryson Lesniak MD, Robert Kohen MD, Brian Downie PA-C, MS
Title: Are Pendulum Exercises and Light Activity Safe after Supraspinatus Repair?
Investigators: Joy Long MD, Ramon Ruberte Thiele MS, James Carpenter MD, Bruce Miller MD, MS, Richard Hughes PhD
Title: Evaluation of Utility in Shoulder Pathology: Correlating the ASES and Constant Scores to the EuroQo
Investigators: Todd Bafus MD, Bruce Miller MD, MS James Carpenter MD, Richard Hughes PhD
Edward M. Wojtys, MD
Title: Mechanisms of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Investigators: Edward Wojtys MD and James Ashton-Miller PhD
Funding: NIH
Title: The Development of Osteoarthritis after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Investigators: Riann Palmieri-Smith PhD ATC and Edward Wojtys MD
Funding: NFL
Title: The Effect of Athletic Conditioning in Competition on Hormone Levels in Female Athletes
Investigators: Edward Wojtys MD, Mary Fran Sowers PhD
Funding: Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
Title: The Control of Axial Tibial Rotation—Cadaver Model
Resident Investigator: Ben Chu MD
Faculty Supervisor: Edward Wojtys MD
Title: Axial Rotation of the Tibia—in vivo Model
Resident Investigator: Michael Salata MD
Faculty Supervisor: Edward Wojtys MD
Title: Hamstring Tendon Function after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction—An Ultrasound Investigation
Investigators: Edward Wojtys MD, Jon Jacobson MD
Resident Investigator: Michael Salata MD
Fellow: Asheesh Bedi MD
Title: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Registry
Investigators: Edward Wojtys MD, Jon Sekiya MD, Bruce Miller MD, James Carpenter MD
Title: Complications after Medial Opening Wedge High Tibial Osteotomy
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Brian Downie PA–C, MS, E. Barry McDonough MD, Edward Wojtys MD
Title: The Effect of Local Anesthetic on Knee Laxity: Do Anterior Cruciate Ligament Mechanoreceptors Play a Role in Knee Stability?
Investigators: Bruce Miller MD, MS, Brian Downie PA–C, MS, Ramon Ruberte-Thiele MS, Edward Wojtys MD