Prof. Dr. Stephen J. Ferguson, Ph.D., P.Eng. Office: ETH Zürich
Institute for Biomechanics
Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 3
HCI 355.2
CH-8093 Zürich
Switzerland
Tel: +41 44 633 9330
Fax: +41 44 633 1453
E-mail: sferguson@ethz.ch
Home: Leimgrubstrasse 4c
CH-8340 Hinwil
Switzerland
Tel: +41 43 811 3151
Mobile: +41 78 840 2671
Education and Academic Appointments 2011
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1992 - 1994
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1986 - 1991
1981 - 1986
Appointment to Full Professor of Biomechanics
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Habilitation (Venia docendi)
Medical Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Field: Biomechanik des Muskuloskeletalsystems / Biomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D. – Mechanical Engineering)
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Thesis: Biomechanics of the acetabular labrum
Professional Engineering License (P.Eng.), Ontario, Canada
Doctoral Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Degree of Master of Science (M.Sc. – Mechanical Engineering)
Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Thesis: A three-dimensional finite element analysis of an axially flexible fracture fixation plate
Engineering Postgraduate Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Degree of Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc. – Mechanical Engineering)
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Engineering Studies, Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Lorne Park Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Institutional Appointments 2013 - present
2012 - 2013
2012 - present
2011
2008 - 2011
2003 - 2011
2000 - 2002
2000
1996 - 1999
1994 - 1995
1992 - 1994
Director - Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zürich
Associate Director - Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zürich
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich
Institute for Biomechanics
Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST)
Zürich, Switzerland
Full Professor of Biomechanics
Associated Professor - Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich
Institute for Biomechanics
Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT)
Zürich, Switzerland
Full Professor of Biomechanics
University of Bern, Institute for Surgical Techology and Biomechanics
Biomechanics Division
Bern, Switzerland
Co-Director: ARTORG Spine Research Center
University of Bern, Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics
Biomechanics Division
Bern, Switzerland
Division Head
University of Bern, M.E. Müller Institute for Biomechanics
Basic and Clinical Biomechanics Group
Bern, Switzerland
Group Head
University of Bern, M.E. Müller Institute for Biomechanics
Basic and Clinical Biomechanics Group
Bern, Switzerland
Post-Doctoral Associate
AO Research Institute, Cartilage Biomechanics Group
Davos Platz, Switzerland
Research Associate
AO Research Institute, Polymer Research Group and Biomechanics Group
Davos Platz, Switzerland
Research Associate
Queen’s University, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
M.Sc. Candidate
Industrial Experience 1991 - 1992
1990
1988 - 1989
Hatch Associates Inc., Iron and Steelmaking Group
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Engineer
Ontario Hydro Research, Nuclear Power Research Group
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Research Intern
IBM Canada Ltd., Facilities Engineering
North York, Ontario, Canada
Research Intern
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Teaching Experience 2014 - present
2012 – present
2012 – present
2011 – present
2014
2013
2012
2007 – 2011
2007 – 2011
2006 – 2010
2010
2009
2006
2006
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2004
2003
2003
2001 - 2002
1998
1995 - 1996
1992 - 1994
Lecturer: “Finite Element Analysis in Biomedical Engineering”, ETH Zürich (M.Sc. Level; 3
ECTS, 28 lecture hours per semester)
Lecturer: “Biomechanik IV”, ETH Zürich (M.Sc. Level; 3 ECTS, 4 lecture hours per semester)
Lecturer: “Produktentwicklung in der Medizintechnik”, ETH Zürich (B.Sc. Level; 4 ECTS, 28
lecture hours per semester + 28 hours tutorial)
Lecturer: “Biomedical Engineering B”, ETH Zürich (M.Sc. Level; 4 ECTS, 2 lecture hours per
semester)
Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland. Faculty Member
AO North America Continuing Medical Education, Symposium on Surgical Preservation of the
Hip, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. Faculty Member
Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland. Faculty Member
Course Coordinator and Lecturer: “Spine Biomechanics”, University of Bern (M.Sc. Level: 3
ECTS, 26 lecture hours per semester)
Course Coordinator and Lecturer: “Tissue Biomechanics”, University of Bern (M.Sc. Level: 4
ECTS, 39 lecture hours per semester)
Course Coordinator and Lecturer: “Design of Biomechanical Systems”, University of Bern
(M.Sc. level: 3 ECTS, 6 lecture hours per semester)
Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland. Faculty Member
AO North America Continuing Medical Education, Symposium on Surgical Preservation of the
Hip, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA. Faculty Member
Completion of “Basics of University Didactics” course, University of Bern
AO ASIF Continuing Medical Education, Symposium on Surgical Preservation of the Hip,
Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA. Faculty Member
AOSpine Continuing Medical Education, The Lumbar Intervertebral Disc: Current Concepts in
Research and Treatment, Davos, Switzerland. Faculty Member.
New Concepts in Surgery of the Hip, Bern, Switzerland. Faculty Member
AO ASIF Continuing Medical Education, Symposium on Surgical Preservation of the Hip,
Mammoth Lakes, CA, USA. Faculty Member
Mathys Medical Continuing Education, The Future of Arthrodesis in Degenerative
Disc Disease, Meiringen, Switzerland. Faculty Member
School of Physiotherapy, Inselspital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Lecturer: Biomechanics
Queen’s University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kingston, Canada
Teaching Assistant: Thermodynamics, Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics, Statics and Dynamics,
Vibration, Mechanical Design
Supervisory Activities -­‐ Post-­‐Doc 2011 - 2014
2013
2007 - 2009
2006 - 2008
2002 - 2005
Antonia Torcasio
Stefan Dudli
Paul Thistlethwaite
Jörg Krebs
Anne Polikeit
Supervisory Activities -­‐ Ph.D. 2013 - present
2013 - present
2013 - present
Thomas Zumbrunn, ETH Zürich, “Cruciate-preserving arthroplasty” (co-supervision with
MIT).
William Enns-Bray, ETH Zürich, “What predisposes a hip to fracture?”
Fabio D'Isidoro, ETH Zürich, “Video fluroscopic evaluation of hip joint kinematics”.
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2013 - present
2012 - present
2012 - present
2012 - present
2011 - present
2010 - present
2010 - present
2009 - present
2009 - 2013
2009 - 2013
2008 - 2012
2007 - 2011
2005 - 2010
2006 - 2010
2005 - 2010
2005 - 2009
2004 - 2007
2003 - 2007
2005 - 2007
2003 - 2006
2000 - 2002
Olga Krupkova, ETH Zürich, “Anti-inflammatory therapy for disc degeneration”.
Patrik Wettenschwiler, ETH Zürich, “Ergonomics and biomechanics of load carrying” (cosupervision with EMPA, Zurich).
Dominika Ignasiak, ETH Zürich, “Effect of sarcopenia on spinal loading”.
Yabin Wu, ETH Zürich, “Cartilage lubrication mechanisms”.
Juri Steiner, ETH Zürich, “Optimisation of bone-implant fixation by microCT imaging and
simulation” (co-supervision with KU Leuven).
Il-Soo Koh, University of Bern / ETH Zürich, “Pathology specific biocements for spinal
trauma”.
Giacomo Marini, University of Bern / ETH Zürich, “Transduction of impact and vibration in
the IV disc”.
Jochen Walser / ETH Zürich, University of Bern, “Cartilage tissue engineering applications for
ENT surgery”.
René Widmer, University of Bern / ETH Zürich, “Simulation of biomaterial flow in trabecular
bone”.
Stefan Dudli, University of Bern / ETH Zürich, “Post-traumatic intervertebral disc degeneration
- an in vitro study on the etiopathogenesis”.
Alessandro Bertolo, University of Bern, “In vitro models of cell-based therapies for treatment of
degenerated human intervertebral discs” (co-supervision with GZI, Nottwil).
Patricia Welz, University of Bern, “Direct electrical stimulation of intervertebral disc tissue to
support solute transport and cell metabolism”.
Alireza Abouhossein, University of Bern, “A dynamic, non-linear multibody model to estimate
segmental forces in the lumbar spine” (co-supervision with EMPA, Zurich).
Svenja Illien-Jünger, University of Bern, “Use of intervertebral disc whole organ culture for
degenerative and regenerative studies” (co-supervision with AO Research Institute, Davos).
Arzu Tasci, University of Bern, “Determining appropriate loading patterns for avascular tissue
engineering”.
Salman Chegini, University of Bern, “Constituent-based tissue models for the simulation of hip
joint pathologies”.
Paul Hulme, University of Bern, “Micro-structural analysis of the mechanical behaviour of
thoracolumbar vertebrae before and after cement augmentation”.
Paul Thistlethwaite, University of Bern, “Methodology for practical image-based, dynamic, 3D
kinematic analysis of the lumbar spine”.
Bernice Jim, “In vitro models of intervertebral disc degeneration” (co-supervision with McGill
University, Montreal).
Jörg Krebs, University of Bern, “Pathophysiology of cardiovascular changes after cement and fat
embolism during vertebroplasty in an animal model”.
Anne Polikeit, University of Bern, “Finite element analysis of the lumbar spine: Clinical
applications”.
Supervisory Activities -­‐ M.Sc. and Diploma Thesis, M.Sc. Semester Project 2013
2013
2013
2012
2012
Ion Tripa, ETH Zürich, D-BIOL
Davide Boffa, ETH Zürich, D-ITET, “Mononuclear cells enhance inflammatory and catabolic
degenerative changes in the intervertebral disc after burst fracture”.
Domenica Brütsch, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “Mechanical and structural characterization of
augmented trabecular bone”.
Patrick Käppeli, University of Bern, “An in-vitro model for the characterisation of immiscible &
non-linear multiphase flow in porous media”.
Judith Roost, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “An investigation on the influence of cement
augmentation on the mechanical response of whole bone vertebrae – A finite element study”.
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2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2010 - 2011
2010 - 2011
2010
2010
2010
2009 - 2010
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2008 - 2009
2007 - 2008
2007 - 2008
2007 - 2008
2005 - 2006
2004 - 2005
2003 - 2004
2003
2003
2002
2001
Remo Affentranger, ETH Zürich, HMS, “Development of an experimental setup for imaging
and testing fracture fixation”.
Patrick Vogt, University of Bern, “Morphological determinants of hip instability”.
Nadine Wismer, ETH Zürich, HMS, “Characterization of electrospun biodegradeable scaffolds
for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering” (co-supervision).
Andreas Treuholz, University of Bern, “Diurnal variation of internal pore pressures in the
intervertebral disc”.
Gregor Spreiter, University of Bern, “Influence of kyphosis on spinal loading”.
Emmanuel Liechti, University of Bern, “Joint degeneration pattern in severe pincer
impingement and its implications for surgical therapy”.
Roger Mathys, University of Bern, “Simulation of the effects of different pilot helmets on the
neck during air combat”.
Philippe Lindenmann, University of Bern, “Finite element analysis of a prototype disc
prosthesis”.
Thomas Steiner, University of Bern, “Comparing a stochastic loading pattern to cyclic loading in
an in vitro testing of rabbit flexor digitorum profundus tendons” (co-supervision).
Michael Jäger, University of Bern, “Muscle PCSA and composition in the elderly”.
Patrik Stirnimann, University of Bern, “Determinants of the mechanical response of trabecular
bone-cement composite”.
Alexander Bürki, University of Bern, “Development and design of a test stand to investigate
orthopaedic saw blades”.
Patrik Christen, University of Bern, “Contact mechanics of a discrete fiber-reinforced cartilage
model”.
Fabian Steiner, University of Bern, “Biomechanics of Geriatric SCI” (co-supervision).
Michael Held, University of Bern, “In vitro evalution of the influence of pulsed electromagnetic
fields on bovone nucleus pulposus”.
Fabian Page, University of Bern, “Image-based analysis of disc prosthesis kinematics”.
Andreas Wenger, University of Bern, “Development and design of a new pedicle anchoring
system in combination with BoneWelding™”.
Reto Stucki, University of Bern, “Sensor for elderly people”.
René Widmer, University of Bern, “Simulation of biomaterial flow through porous trabecular
bone”.
Thomas Sommer, University of Bern, “Sonic fusion hybrid plate system”.
Prabitha Urwyler, University of Bern, “Biomechanical characterisation of nucleus/annulus repair
methods”.
James Boak, University of British Columbia, “Cervical spinal cord injury in the elderly” (cosupervision).
Anke Türger, Fachhochschule-Wilhelmshaven, “Mathematical simulation of the spinal facet
joints”.
Michael Nolte, Fachhochschule-Wilhelmshaven, “Electroosmotic effects in the intervertebral
disc”.
Wolf-Rüdiger Fritz, Fachhochschule-Wilhelmshaven, “Intervertebral disc swelling properties”.
Beat Mürner, Berner Fachhochschule, “Die Schwellungsdynamik der Zwischenwirbelscheibe
[The Swelling Behaviour of the Intervertebral Disc]”.
Florian Tolkmitt, Fachhochschule-Wilhelmshaven, “Kinematische Analyse von
Bandscheibenimplantaten [Kinematic Analysis of Disc Prostheses]”.
Hansjürg Roth, Berner Fachhochschule, “Ansteurung und Regelung der Servomotoren eines
Wirbelsäulen-Testapparates [Control and Regulation of a Servo-Motor Spine Testing Machine]”.
Florian Winkler, University of Bern (MedFac), “Anterior fixation in the osteoporotic spine: Cutout and pullout characteristics of implants”.
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2000 - 2001
Andreas Stern, Fachhochschule-Furtwangen, “Erstellen eines Finite Elemente Modells zur
Berechnung der Belastung einzelner Dentalimplantate im Unterkiefer [Creation of a finite
element model for the calculation of the loading of individual dental implants in the mandible]”.
Supervisory Activities -­‐ B.Sc. Project, Thesis and Internship 2013
Lukas Frey, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “Quantitative assessment of trunk muscle morphology
from MR image analysis”.
Jonas Widmer, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “Feasibility of using auxiliary electrodes for controlling
fibre deposition during electrospinning”.
Florian Bolliger, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “Development of an optoelectronic marker setup for
tracking positions and displacements of fracture fixation devices relative to the fixed bone”.
Laura Jenni, ETH Zürich, D-MATL, “The influence of trabecular bone anisotropy on the
mechanical outcome of bone augmentation”.
Jessica Crab, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “How does the loading direction influence primary
implant stability of orthopedic screws in trabecular bone?”.
Arno Römmeler, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “Trabecular level FE analysis of bone and bone
cement”.
Cyrill Schurter, ETH Zürich, D-MAVT, “Characterization of an injectable reinforced cement for
orthopaedic applications”.
2013
2013
2012
2012
2012
2012
2000 - 2011
Supervision of 10 IAESTE research internships (9 - 12 months)
Visiting Researchers 2013 - 2014
2011
2009 - 2010
2009
2008 - 2009
2005 - 2006
2004 - 2006
Amiraslan Eskandari, University of Iceland
Andrew Speirs, University of Ottawa.
Prof. Peter Cripton, University of British Columbia.
Robyn Newell, University of British Columbia.
James Boak, University of British Columbia.
Bernice Jim, McGill University.
Dr. med. Daniel Haschtmann, Charité, Berlin.
Generated Funding PR:
PA:
CA:
Peer-Review
Principal Applicant
Co-Applicant
Year
Source
Type
Project
2014 - 2015
AO Foundation,
Switzerland
PR
PA
“Biomechanical Determination of Target Properties
for an Annulus Repair Implant” Extension
2013 - 2014
CTI Switzerland
PR
PA
2013 - 2014
AO Foundation,
Switzerland
St. Josefs
Hospital Fund,
Iceland
PR
PA
PR
CA
“Mechanical and Biological Characterisation of a
Novel Fibre-Reinforced Bioceramic Cement for
Bone Augmentation ”
“Biomechanical Determination of Target Properties
for an Annulus Repair Implant” Extension
“What Predisposes a Hip to Fracture? A
Retrospective FE Hip Fracture Study Based on the
AGES-RS Data”
2013 - 2016
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2013
AO Spine
International,
Switzerland
PR
CA
AO Spine Research Network Exchange Award
2013 - 2014
CTI Switzerland
PR
CA
“Improvement of Implant Fixation in Osteoporotic
Bone through High-Resolution CT Imaging of
Microarchitecture and Finite Element Analysis”
2013 - 2018
European Union
FP7-NMP-2012LARGE-6
Swiss National
Science
Foundation
(SNF)
SNF
PR
PA
“LifeLongJoints— Silicon Nitride Coatings for
Improved Implant Function”
PR
CA
“What Predisposes a Hip to Fracture”
PR
CA
PR
PA
“Cell Therapy for Degenerative Disc Disease using
Injectable Microcarriers”
“Implications of Age-Related Muscle Loss
(Sarcopenia) for Spinal Posture, Loading and
Fracture Risk. ”
“Biomechanical Determination of Target Properties
for an Annulus Repair Implant. ”
“Development of a method for vibration stimulation
of stem cells.”
“Biomechanical evaluation and screening of
alternative implant integration methods.”
2012 - 2015
2012 - 2015
2011 - 2014
AO Spine
International,
Switzerland
2011 - 2013
PR
PA
PA
2010
AO Foundation,
Switzerland
Swiss Paraplegic
Research
N.N. Industry
2010
N.N. Industry
CA
2010
N.N. Industry
PA
2010
N.N. Industry
CA
2010
N.N. Industry
CA
2010
N.N. Industry
CA
2009 - 2013
SNF
PR
PA
2009 - 2012
SNF
PR
CA
“Evolution of in vitro intervertebral disc culture
systems; Two degrees of freedom loading (axial
compression and torsion) to study region-specific
and synergistic degenerative processes.”
2009
2009
N.N. Industry
N.N. Industry
CA
CA
“Biomechanical evalution of fixation plates.”
“Biomechanical evaluation and screening of implant
coatings for osseointegration.”
2009
CTI Switzerland
MedTech, Switzerland, “SPINAPOR2.”
2009 - 2013
European Union
FP7-PEOPLEITN-2008
PR
PA
PR
PA
2009
N.N. Industry
CA
2009 - 2012
SNF
PR
PA
“Investigation of post-traumatic intervertebral disc
degeneration in a novel full-organ disc / vertebra
culture model.”
2008 - 2012
European Union
FP7-ICT 2-5.3
N.N. Industry
PR
PA
CA
“VPHOP: The Osteoporotic Virtual Physiological
Human.” (Co-applicant, total budget 8’000’000€)
“Biomechanical evalution of LISS plates”
2010
2008
PA
“Biomechanical evaluation of orthopaedic screw
osseointegration.”
“Evaluation of stem cell isolation from adipose
tissue.”
“Biomechanical evaluation and screening of implant
surfaces for osseointegration.”
“Biomechanical evalution of a bioactive gel for the
treatment of large bone defects.”
“Biomechanical evaluation and screening of implants
for osseointegration.”
CO-ME National Research Program, Phase III,
Project 4.1, “Cartilage tissue engineering for ENT
applications.”
“SPINEFX: A University–Industry Network for the
Training of High-quality Multidisciplinary
Researchers to Deliver Enterprising, Cost-effective
Surgical Solutions for Spinal Disease and Traum.”
(Total network budget 2’967’000€)
“Performance of orthopaedic blades.”
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2008
AO Research
Foundation,
Switzerland
PR
CA
“Biomechanics of geriatric spinal cord injury”
2008
2008
SNF
SNF
PA
PR
PA
2007 - 2010
AO Spine
International,
Switzerland
N.N. Insustry
PR
PA
Support of ESB2008 congress.
“In vivo spinal motion analysis for effective patient
screening, diagnosis and follow-up in the treatment
of back pain.”
“Enhancing flow-induced solute transport in
intervertebal disc tissue through electrical
stimulation.”
“Biomechanical evaluation and screening of implant
coatings.”
Josephine ClarkFonds
University of
Bern, Medical
Faculty
SNF
PA
PR
CA
Re-Quip: “High resolution micro computer
tomograph.”
PR*
PA
CA
Biomechanics program grant.
2005 - 2009
AO Foundation,
Switzerland
Industry:
Thommen
Medical
SNF
PR
PA
2005 - 2009
SNF
PR
PA
CO-ME National Research Program, Phase II,
Project 9.5, “Mechanobiology and simulation for
tissue-engineering.”
CO-ME National Research Program, Phase II,
Project 7.2, “Validation and medical Applications.”
2005
2005
N.N. Industry
N.N. Industry
PA
PA
“Biomechanical testing of novel dental implants.”
“Evaluation of spinal fusion with growth factors.”
2005
2005
N.N. Industry
Industry: Doxa,
Sweden
Industry:
Synthes,
Switzerland
PA
PA
“Evaluation of fracture healing with growth factors.”
“Novel cements for augmentation.”
PA
“Vertebroplasty: Cardiovascular complications.”
2005
Industry:
Synthes,
Switzerland
PA
“Biomechanics of dynamic spinal fixation.”
2004 - 2007
CTI
PR
PA
2004 - 2007
SNF
NFP53
PR
PA
2004
Synos
Foundation,
Switzerland
PR
PA
“SPINAPOR – Application of the TISSUPOR
wound healing technology in the treatment of spinal
disorders.”
“In vivo spinal motion analysis for effective patient
screening, diagnosis and follow-up in the treatment
of back pain.”
“Femoro-acetabular impingement as an initiator of
joint degeneration.”
2003
AO Research
Foundation,
Switzerland
PR
CA
“Effect of vertebroplasty on bone and intervertebral
disc tissue.”
2003
ITI Foundation,
Switzerland
PR
CA
“Removal torque testing of the new SLA-2 implant
surface. A biomechanic and histomorphometric study
in miniature pigs.”
2003 - 2005
AO Spine
International,
Switzerland
PR
PA
“Bone augmentation for osteoporotic vertebral
fractures.”
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2005
CA
PA
Equipment grant.
General biology lab.
Equipment grant.
Tissue culture lab.
“Biomechanical evaluation and screening of implant
coatings.”
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2003 - 2005
2003
2002
AO Foundation,
Switzerland
PR*
PA
Biomechanics program grant.
Industry: Mathys
Medical
CTI
PA
“Biomechanical study on PEEK cages.”
PR
PA
PR
PA
“BoneWelding.”
* annual performance review
2002
AO Research
Foundation,
Switzerland
2001
Industry: DePuy,
France
CA
“Tuberosity fixation for traumatic humeral
fractures.”
2001
Industry:
WoodWelding,
Switzerland
Indutry: Stratec
Medical,
Switzerland
AO Research
Foundation,
Switzerland
PA
“BoneWelding: thermal and mechanical
characteristics at the bone / implant interface.”
PA
“Anterior fixation in the osteoporotic spine.”
PR
CA
“Changes to the local and global biomechanical
response of the spine following cement augmentation
in osteoporotic vertebrae.”
NSERC Canada
PD Fellowship
PR
PA
“Intervertebral disc fluid flow and mass transport.”
2001
2001
2000
“Development and validation of a three-dimensional
finite-element model of a human cervical spine
segment.”
Awards and Honours 2013
2012
2012
2011
2010
2009
2007
2006
2005
2003
2001
2000
2000
2000
1994
1992
1991
M.E. Müller Award for Best Abstract, “Joint degeneration pattern in severe pincer impingement
and its implications for surgical therapy”, E. Liechti et al., SGOT, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2013.
Taylor & Francis Best Poster Award, “An algorithm for modelling the fibre distribution of the
annulus fibrosus within arbitrarily-aligned meshes”, G. Marini et al., CMBBE, Berlin, Germany,
2012.
Simpleware Award for Best Presentation, “Patient-specific modelling of vertebroplasty: How can
we optimize the outcome of the treatment?”, R.P. Widmer et al., CMBBE, Berlin, Germany,
2012.
Medical Cluster Award, P. Stirnimann, M.Sc. thesis, “Determinants of the mechanical response
of trabecular bone-cement composite”.
Best Poster Award, “Effect Of short term torsion to the intervertebral disc: An organ culture
study”, S. Chan et al, ECM XI, Davos, 2010.
GRAMMER European Spine Journal Award, “Vertebral endplate trauma induces disc cell
apoptosis and promotes organ degeneration in vitro”, D. Haschtmann et al.
Forschungspreis (Research Award), “Sildenafil prevents cardiovascular changes after bone
marrow fat embolization in sheep”, J. Krebs et al., SGAR Congress, Interlaken, Switzerland
Scientific Poster Award, “Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: A systematic review of 69 clinical
studies”, P. Hulme et al., GRIBOI, Bern, Switzerland
KTI/CTI MedTech Award, “BoneWelding”
Outstanding scientific special poster, “Real-time structural analysis for preoperative surgical
planning”, S. Olsen et al., CAOS, Marbella, Spain
Biomechanica award for the paper, “Are adjacent vertebrae at risk following vertebroplasty?”,
S.J. Ferguson et al., Biomechanica IV, Davos, Switzerland
NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship
SGBT Scientific Award for PhD thesis, Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering
Queen's University Award for Outstanding Engineering Thesis
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship B
Queen’s University Graduate Award, McLaughlin Teaching Fellowship
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship A
Prof. Dr. Stephen Ferguson
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Review Activities for Institutions Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland
Workers' Compensation Board of BC, Canada
AO Foundation and AO Spine, Switzerland
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, Canada
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, United Kingdom
Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya, Spain
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
EPFL, Switzerland
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
University of British Columbia, Canada
Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Zürich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
McGill University, Canada
- funding grant applications
- funding grant applications
- funding grant applications
- funding grant applications
- funding grant applications
- funding grant applications
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
- thesis expertise
Review Activities for Journals Annals of Biomedical Engineering
ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Online
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Bone
Clinical Biomechanics
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Eng.
European Cells & Materials
European Journal of Oral Sciences
European Spine Journal
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
Journal of Anatomy
Journal of Biomechanics
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pain
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
Medical Engineering & Physics
Neurosurgery
Proceedings of Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Spine
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer, Editorial Board (2003-present)
- reviewer
- reviewer, Editorial Board (2011-present)
- reviewer
- reviewer, Editorial Board (2006 - 2010)
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer, Editorial Board (2011-present)
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
- reviewer
Co-Editor of two supplements of the European Spine Journal (2012)
Prof. Dr. Stephen Ferguson
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Membership in Professional Societies American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(1999 - present, Swiss Section Board Member 2006 - present)
AO Spine International (2003 - present)
American Standards for Materials Testing (2000 - 2006)
ASTM Subcommittee on Spinal Implants (2001 - 2006)
European Spine Society (2002 - present)
European Society of Biomechanics (2001 - present, Council member 2010 - present)
German Biomechanics Society (2002 - present)
The International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience: National Committee
(2004 - present)
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (2002 - 2014)
International Society of Biomechanics (2007 - 2014)
Orthopaedic Research Society (2000 - present)
Professional Engineers Ontario (1998 - present)
Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering
(2000 - present, Board member 2006 - present, Vice-President 2007, President 2008 - 2012, Treasurer 2012 - )
Other Professional Activities Member of AO Spine Research Network (2003 - present)
Leader of the Project “Soft Tissue Simulation” in the SNF CO-ME National Research Program (2006 - 2009)
Scientific Advisory Board member, Nano Bridging Molecules SA, Gland, Switzerland (2007 – 2012)
Research Consultant, Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland (2011 – present)
Member of Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine (CABMM) (2012 – present)
Member of Tissue Engineering for Drug Development competence center (2012 – present)
Member of ETH Materials Research Center (2012 – present)
Member of Committee for the Development of an Interfaculty M.Sc. Program for Biomedical Engineering,
University of Bern & University of Applied Science, Biel (2004 - 2011)
Member of PhD Advisory Committee “Biomedical Sciences” of the School of Graduate Studies, University of Bern
(2006 - 2011), Graduate School Mentor for 9 Ph.D. students
Member of the Habilitation Committee, D-HEST, ETH Zurich (2012 - present)
Member of the MSc HST Admission Committee, D-HEST, ETH Zurich (2013 - present)
AO Research Fund Review Board Member (2006 - 2011)
AO Research Fund Award Committee (2010 - present)
AO Research Review Commission Member (2011 - present)
Conference Chairman, GRIBOI 2006 (Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur les Biomatériaux Ostéoarticulaires Injectables), Bern, Switzerland
Eurospine Program Committee member (2007 - 2009)
Conference Chairman, ESB 2008 (European Society of Biomechanics; 700 participants), Lucerne, Switzerland
Conference Chairman, SSBE 2009 (Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering), Bern, Switzerland
Organizing Committee, BMT2010 (D-A-CH Societies for Biomedical Engineering), Rostock, Germany
Conference Chairman, SSBE 2011 (Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering), Bern, Switzerland
Workshop Chairman, SpineFX Bone Augmentation Workshop (GRIBOI), 2012, Uppsala, Sweden
Workshop Chairman, SpineFX Tissue Engineering Workshop, 2012, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Organizing Committee, BMT2013 (D-A-CH Societies for Biomedical Engineering), Graz, Austria
Organizing Committee, WCB2014 (World Congress of Biomechanics), Boston, USA
Patent Applications (WO/2007/056881) “Implant for sealing and/or healing a defect in an annulus of an intervertebral disc”, Ferguson,
Steffen, Aebi, Stoyanov, Bischoff, Billia.
(EU 07 112 645.2), “Imaging method for motion analysis”, Feilkas, Brundobler, Ferguson, Thistlethwaite.
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(EU 08 164 511.1), “Textile implant”, Ferguson, Bischoff.
Articles in Peer-­‐Reviewed Journals Web of Science citation report from 01.02.2014:
- 2'425 total citations
- 24 citations per article (average)
- h-index of 24
1. Speirs, A., Beaulé, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Frei, H.-P., “Stress distribution and consolidation in cartilage
constituents is influenced by cyclic loading and osteoarthritic degeneration”, Journal of Biomechanics, in press.
2. Ernst, S., Stübinger, S., Schüpbach, P., Sidler, M., Klein, K., Ferguson, S.J. and von Rechenberg, B.,
“Comparison of two dental implant surface modifications on implants with same macro design: An
experimental study in the pelvic sheep model”, Clinical Oral Implants Research, in press.
3. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Persistent degenerative changes in the intervertebral disc after
burst fracture in an in-vitro model mimicking physiological post-traumatic conditions”, European Spine Journal,
in press.
4. Osterhoff, G., Tiziani, S., Ferguson, S.J., Spreiter, G., Scheyerer, M.J., Spinas, G.-L., Wanner, G.A., Simmen,
H.-P. and Werner, C.M., “Mechanical testing of a device for subcutaneous internal anterior pelvic ring fixation
versus external pelvic ring fixation”, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, in press.
5. Helgason, B., Gilchrist, S., Ariza, O., Chak, J.D., Zheng, G., Widmer, R., Ferguson, S.J., Guy, P. and Cripton,
P.A. (2014) “Development of a balanced experimental-computational approach to understanding the mechanics
of proximal femur fractures”, Medical Engineering and Physics, in press.
6. Tiziani, S., Osterhoff, G., Ferguson, S.J., Spreiter, G., Scheyerer, M.J., Spinas, G.-L., Wanner, G.A., Simmen,
H.-P. and Werner, C.M.L., (2014) “Biomechanical comparison of different external fixation configurations for
posttraumatic pelvic ring instability.”, Advances in Orthopedic Surgery 2014, Article ID 360165.
7. Broeckx, S., Zimmerman, M., Crocetti, S., Suls, M., Mariën, T., Ferguson, S.J., Chiers, K., Duchateau, L.,
Franco-Obregón, A., Wuertz, K. and Spaas, J.H., (2014) “Regenerative therapies for equine degenerative joint
disease: A preliminary study.”, PLoS ONE 9(1): e85917.
8. López, A., Mestres, G., Karlsson, M., Engqvist, H., Ferguson, S.J., Persson, C. and Helgason, B., (2014)
“Compressive mechanical properties and cytocompatibility of bone-compliant, linoleic acid- modified bone
cement in a bovine model.”, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, in press.
9. Bertolo, A., Baur, M., Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J., Stoyanov, J.V., (2013) “Physiological testosterone levels
enhance chondrogenic extracellular matrix synthesis by male intervertebral disc cells in vitro, but not by
mesenchymal stem cells.”, The Spine Journal, in press.
10. Reber, K., Bürki, A., Vizcaino Reves, N., Stoffel, M., Gendron, K., Ferguson, S.J. and Forterre, F., (2013)
“Biomechanical evaluation of the stabilizing function of the atlantoaxial ligaments under shear loading: A canine
cadaveric study”, Veterinary Surgery 42:918–923.
11. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., (2013) “Severity and pattern of posttraumatic intervertebral disc
degeneration depends on the type of injury”, The Spine Journal, in press.
12. Wismer, N., Grad, S., Fortunato, G., Ferguson, S.J., Alini, M. and Eglin, D., (2013) “Biodegradable
electrospun scaffolds for annulus fibrosus tissue engineering: Effect of scaffold structure and composition on
annulus fibrosus cells in vitro”, Tissue Engineering Part A, in press.
13. Chan, S.C.W., Walser, J., Käppeli, P., Shamsollahi, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., (2013)
“Region specific response of intervertebral disc cells to complex dynamic loading: An organ culture study using
a dynamic torsion-compression bioreactor”, PLOS One, 8(8): e72489.
14. Stadlinger, B., Korn, P., Tödtmann, N., Eckelt, U., Range, U., Bürki, A., Ferguson, S.J., Kramer, I., Kautz, A.,
Schnabelrauch, M., Kneissel, M. and Schlottig, F., (2013) “Osseointegration of biochemically modified implants
in an osteoporosis rodent model”, European Cells and Materials, 25:326-40.
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15. Widmer, R.P., Lopez, A., Persson, C., Cristofolini, L. and Ferguson, S.J., (2013) “Numerical description and
experimental validation of a rheology model for non-Newtonian fluid flow in cancellous bone”, Journal of the
Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, in press.
16. Deiss, R., Bali, M.S., Doherr, M., Spreng, D., Rytz, U. and Ferguson, S.J., (2013) “In vitro biomechanical
testing of a micro external skeletal fixator”, Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology
(VCOT), 26(5).
17. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2013) “A comparison and verification of computational methods to
determine the permeability of vertebral trabecular bone”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers. Part H, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 227:617-28.
18. Bertolo, A., Mehr, M., Janner-Jametti, T., Graumann, U., Aebli, N., Baur, M., Ferguson, S.J., Stoyanov, J.V.,
(2013) “An in vitro expansion score for tissue-engineering applications with human bone marrow-derived
mesenchymal stem cells”, Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, in press.
19. Guterl, S.S., See, E., Blanquer, S.B.G., Pandit, A. Ferguson, S.J., Benneker, L.M., Grijpma, D.W., Sakai, D.,
Eglin, D., Alini, A., Iatridis, J.C. and Grad, S., (2013) “Challenges and strategies in the repair of ruptured
annulus fibrosus”, European Cells and Materials, 25:1-21.
20. Marini, G. and Ferguson, S.J., “Nonlinear numerical analysis of the structural response of the intervertebral
disc to impact loading”, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomededical Engineering, in press & epub
(2012).
21. Steiner, T., Bürki, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., (2012) “Stochastic amplitude-modulated
stretching of rabbit flexor digitorum profundus tendons reduces stiffness compared to cyclic loading but does
not affect tenocyte metabolism”, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 13:222.
22. Plecko, M., Lagerpusch, N., Andermatt, D., Frigg, R., Koch, R., Sidler, M., Kronen, P., Klein, K., Nuss, K.,
Bürki, A., Ferguson, S.J., Stoeckle, U., Auer, J.A. and von Rechenberg, B., (2013) “The dynamisation of
locking plate osteosynthesis by means of dynamic locking screws (DLS) – an experimental study in sheep”,
Injury, 44:1346–1357.
23. Helgason, B., Stirnimann, P., Widmer, R., Boger, A. and Ferguson, S.J., (2013) “Influence of cement stiffness
and bone morphology on the compressive properties of bone-cement composites in simulated vertebroplasty”,
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 101B:364–374.
24. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “On the interrelationship of permeability and structural parameters of
vertebral trabecular bone: A parametric computational study”, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and
Biomedical Engineering, 16:908-22.
25. Mathys, R. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “Simulation of the effects of different pilot helmets on neck loading
during air combat”, Journal of Biomechanics, 45:2362-2367.
26. Abouhossein, A., Weisse, B. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “Quantifying the center of rotation pattern in a
multibody model of the lumbar spine”, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, in
press & Epub (2012).
27. Plecko, M., Sievert, C., Andermatt, D., Frigg, R., Kronen, P., Stübinger, S., Nuss, K., Bürki, A., Ferguson, S.J.,
Stoeckle, U. and von Rechenberg, B., (2012) “Osseointegration and biocompatibility of different metal implants
- a comparative experimental investigation in sheep”, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 13:32.
28. Haschtmann, D., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J.V, (2012) “BMP-2 and TGF-beta 3 do not prevent
spontaneous degeneration in rabbit disc explants but induce ossification of the annulus fibrosus”, European
Spine Journal, 21(9):1724-33.
29. Hoerdemann, M., Gédet, P., Ferguson, S.J., Sauter-Louis, C. and Nuss, K., (2012) “In vitro comparison of LCDCP- and LCP-constructs in the femur of newborn calves - a pilot study”, BMC Veterinary Research, 8:139.
30. Plecko, M., Lagerpusch, N., Pegel, B., Andermatt, D., Frigg, R., Koch, R., Sidler, M., Kronen, P., Klein, K.,
Nuss, K., Gédet, P., Bürki, A., Ferguson, S.J., Stoeckle, U., Auer, J.A. and von Rechenberg, B., (2012) “The
influence of different osteosynthesis configurations with locking compression plates (LCP) on stability and
fracture healing after an oblique 45° angle osteotomy”, Injury, 43:1041–1051.
31. Bertolo, A., Mehr, M., Aebli, N., Baur, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J.V., (2012) “Influence of different
commercial scaffolds on the in vitro differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells to nucleus pulposus-like
cells”, European Spine Journal, 21(Suppl 6):S826-838.
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32. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “Fracture of the vertebral endplates but not
equienergetic impact load promotes disc degeneration in vitro”, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 30(5):809816.
33. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Ettinger, L.E., Stauffer, E. Goss, B. and Aebli, N., (2012) “Effect of vertebral cement
augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate on intervertebral disc and bone tissue”, Journal of Biomedical
Materials Research: B, 100(3):660-667.
34. Broggini, N., Tosatti, S., Ferguson, S.J., Schuler, M., de Wild, M., Textor, M., Bornstein, M.M., Chen, B.,
Hjorting-Hansen, E., Bosshardt, D.D. and Buser, D., (2012) “Evaluation of chemically modified modified SLA
(modSLA) implants biofunctionalized with integrin(RGD)- and heparin(KRSR)-binding peptides - a
biomechanic and histomorphometric study the maxilla of miniature pigs”, Journal of Biomedical Materials
Research: A, 100A(3):703-711.
35. Stadlinger, B., Ferguson, S.J., Eckelt, U., Mai, R., Lode, A.T., Loukota, R. and Schlottig, F., (2012)
“Biomechanical evaluation of a titanium implant surface conditioned by a hydroxide ion solution”, British
Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 50(1):74-79.
36. Vizcáıno Revés, N., Bürki, A., Ferguson, S.J., Geissbühler, U., Stahl, C. and Forterre, F., (2012), “Influence of
partial lateral corpectomy with and without hemilaminectomy on canine thoracolumbar stability: A
biomechanical study”, Veterinary Surgery, 41:228–234.
37. Chan, S.C.W., Ferguson, S.J. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., (2011) “The effects of dynamic loading on the
intervertebral disc - A review”, European Spine Journal, 20(11):1796-1812.
38. Chan, S.C.W., Ferguson, S.J., Wuertz, K. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., (2011) “Biological response of the
intervertebral disc to repetitive short term cyclic torsion”, Spine, 36(24):2021-2030.
39. Greco, M.K., Welz, P.M., Siegrist, M., Ferguson, S.J., Gallmann, P., Roubik, D.W. and Engel, M.S., (2011)
“Description of an ancient social bee trapped in amber using diagnostic radioentomology”, Insectes Sociaux,
58(4):487-494.
40. Knell, S.C., Bürki, A., Hurter, K., Ferguson, S.J. and Montavon, P.M., (2011) “Biomechanical comparison of
laminar spinal stabilization and ventral vertebral body plating of the L1-L2 segment in the dog - an in vitro
study”, American Journal of Veterinary Research, 72(12):1681-1686.
41. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., (2011) “Prior storage conditions and loading rate affect the in
vitro fracture response of spinal segments under impact loading”, Journal of Biomechanics, 44(13):2351-2355.
42. Helgason, B., Stirnimann, P., Widmer, R. and Ferguson, S.J., (2011) “Experimental and computational models
to investigate the effect of adhesion on the mechanical properties of bone-cement composites”, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 99(1):191-198.
43. Widmer, R. and Ferguson, S.J., (2011) “A mixed boundary representation to simulate the displacement of a
biofluid by a biomaterial in porous media”, Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133(5):051007.
44. Zheng, G., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2011) “Scaled, patient-specific 3D vertebral model reconstruction
based on 2D lateral fluoroscopy”, International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 6(3):
351-366.
45. Abouhossein, A., Weisse, B. and Ferguson, S.J., (2011) “A multibody modelling approach to determine load
sharing between passive elements of the lumbar spine”, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical
Engineering, 14(6): 427-437.
46. Tasci, A., Feguson, S.J. and Büchler, P., (2011) “Numerical assessment on the effective mechanical stimuli for
matrix-associated metabolism in chondrocyte-seeded constructs”, Journal of Tissue Engineering and
Regenerative Medicine, 5(3):210-219.
47. Bertolo, A., Tiede, T., Aebli, N., Baurc, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J.V., (2011) “Human mesenchymal
stem cell co-culture modulates the immunological properties of human intervertebral disc tissue fragments in
vitro”, European Spine Journal, 20(4):592-603.
48. Bertolo, A., Ettinger, L., Aebli, N., Haschtmann, D., Baur, M., Berlemann, U., Ferguson, S.J., Stoyanov, J.V.,
(2011) “The in-vitro effects of dexamethasone, insulin and triiodothyronine on degenerative human
intervertebral disc cells under normoxic and hypoxic conditions”, European Cells and Materials, (21):221-229.
49. Hägi, T.T., Enggist, L., Michel, D., Ferguson, S.J., Liu, Y. and Hunziker, E.B., (2010) “Mechanical insertion
properties of calcium-phosphate implant coatings”, Clinical Oral Implants Research, (11):1214-1222.
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50. Stübinger, S., Biermeier, K., Bächi, B., Ferguson, S.J., Sader, R. and von Rechenberg, B., (2010) “Comparison
of Er:YAG laser, piezoelectric, and drill osteotomy for dental implant site preparation: a biomechanical and
histological analysis in sheep”, Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 42(7):652-661.
51. Chegini, S. and Ferguson, S.J., (2010) “Time and depth dependent Poisson’s ratio of cartilage explained by an
inhomogeneous orthotropic fiber embedded biphasic model”, Journal of Biomechanics, 43(9):1660-1666.
52. Arbabi, E., Chegini, S., Tannast, M., Boulic, R., Ferguson, S.J. and Thalmann, D., (2010) “The penetration
depth method – a novel real time strategy for evaluating femoro-acetabular impingement”, Journal of
Orthopaedic Research, 28(7):880-886.
53. Jünger, S., Gantenbein, B., Grad, S., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J., Alini, M. and Ito, K., (2010) “The combined
effects of limited nutrition and high frequency loading on intervertebral discs with endplates”, Spine,
35(19):1744-1752.
54. Kozic, N., Weber, S., Gonzalez Ballester, M.A., Abdo, G., Rufenacht, D.A., Ferguson, S.J. and Reyes, M.,
(2010) “Automated cement segmentation in vertebroplasty using level sets”, Computer Aided Surgery, 15(13):49-55.
55. Stokes, I.A., Chegini, S., Ferguson, S.J., Gardner-Morse, M.G., Iatridis, J.C. and Laible, J.P. (2010) “Limitation
of finite element analysis of poroelastic behavior of biological tissues undergoing rapid loading”, Annals of
Biomedical Engineering, 38(5):1780-1788.
56. Ambrosetti-Giudici, S., Gédet, P., Ferguson, S.J., Chegini, S. and Burger, J. (2010) “Viscoelastic properties of
the ovine posterior spinal ligaments are strain dependent”, Clinical Biomechanics, 25(2):97-102.
57. Ambrosetti-Giudici, S., Pfenniger, A., Krenn, M.H., Piotrowski, W.P., Ferguson, S.J. and Burger, J. (2009)
“Surgical instrumentation for the in vivo determination of lumbar spinal segment stiffness and viscoelasticity”,
Medical Engineering and Physics, 31:1063-1068.
58. Hediger, K.U., Ferguson, S.J., Gedet, P., Busato, A., Forterre, F., Isler, S., Barmettler, R. and Lang, J. (2009)
“Biomechanical analysis of torsion and shear forces in lumbar and lumbosacral spine segments of
nonchondrodystrophic dogs”. Veterinary Surgery, 38:874-880.
59. Gédet, P., Haschtmann, D., Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., (2009) “Comparative biomechanical
investigation of a modular dynamic lumbar stabilization system and the Dynesys system”, European Spine
Journal, 18:1504-11.
60. Jünger, S., Gantenbein, B., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K. (2009) “Effect of limited nutrition on in situ
intervertebral disc cells under simulated physiological loading”, Spine, 34:1264-71.
61. Hulme, P.A., Boyd, S.K., Heini, P.F. and Ferguson, S.J. (2009) “Differences in endplate deformation of the
adjacent and augmented vertebra following cement augmentation”, European Spine Journal, 18:614-23.
62. Hofstetter, M., Gédet, P., Dhoerr, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Forterre, F. (2009) “Biomechanical analysis of the
three-dimensional motion pattern of the canine cervical spine segment C4-C5”, Veterinary Surgery, 38:49–58.
63. Chegini, S., Beck, M. and Ferguson, S.J., (2009), “The effects of impingement and dysplasia on stress
distributions in the hip joint during sitting and walking: A finite element analysis”, Journal of Orthopaedic
Research, 27:195-201.
64. Ferguson, S.J., Langhoff, J.D., Voelter, K., von Rechenberg, B., Scharnweber, D., Bierbaum, S.,
Schnabelrauch, M., Kautz, A.R., Frauchiger, V.M., Mueller, T.L., van Lenthe, G.H. and Schlottig, F., (2008)
"Biomechanical comparison of different surface modifications for dental implants", The International Journal
of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, 23:1037-1046.
65. Schwarz, F., Wieland, M., Schwartz, Z., Zhao, G., Rupp, F., Geis-Gerstorfer, J., Schedle, A., Broggini, N.,
Bornstein, M.M., Buser, D., Ferguson, S.J., Becker, J., Boyan, B.D. and Cochran, D.L., (2008) “Review:
Potential of chemically modified hydrophilic surface characteristics to support tissue integration of titanium
dental implants”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B - Applied Biomaterials, 88B:544-557.
66. Galbusera, F., Bellini, C.M., Zweig, T., Ferguson, S., Raimondi, M.T., Lamartina, C., Brayda-Bruno, M. and
Fornari, M., (2008) “Design concepts in lumbar total disc arthroplasty”, European Spine Journal, 17:1635-50.
67. Haschtmann D., Ferguson S.J. and Stoyanov J.V., (2008), “Apoptosis and gene expression of collagenases but
not gelatinases in rabbit disc fragment cultures”, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, 8:552-560.
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68. Loeffel, M., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Kowal, J.H., (2008), “Vertebroplasty: experimental
characterization of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement spreading as a function of viscosity, bone porosity,
and flow rate.” Spine, 33:1352-1359.
69. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V., Gédet, P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2008), “Vertebral endplate trauma induces disc
cell apoptosis and promotes organ degeneration in vitro”, European Spine Journal, 17:289-299.
2009 Grammer European Spine Journal Award Paper
70. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Hoerstrup, S.P., Goss, B.G., Haeberli, A. and Aebli, N., (2008) “Influence of bone
marrow fat embolism on coagulation activation in an ovine model of vertebroplasty”, Journal of Bone and
Joint Surgery-Am, 90:349-356.
71. Hulme, P.A., Ferguson, S.J. and Boyd, S.K., (2008) “Determination of vertebral endplate deformation under
load using micro-computed tomography”, Journal of Biomechanics, 41:78-85.
72. Hulme, P.A., Boyd, S.K., and Ferguson, S.J, (2007) “Regional variation in vertebral bone morphology and its
contribution to vertebral failure strength”, Bone, 41:946-957.
73. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Schawalder, P., (2007) “Ellbogendysplasie beim Hund, Finite-ElementeAnalyse. [Elbowdysplasia in the dog, Finite Element Analysis]”, Biomedizinische Technik / Biomedical
Engineering, 52:308–314.
74. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Nuss, K., Leskosek, B., Hoerstrup, S.P., Goss, B.G., Shaw, S. and Aebli, N., (2007)
“Plasma levels of endothelin-1 after pulmonary embolism of bone marrow fat”, Acta Anaesthesioly
Scandinavia, 51:1107–1114.
75. Beckmann, J., Ferguson, S.J., Gebauer, M., Luering, C., Gasser, B. and Heini, P., (2007) “Femeroplasty –
Augmentation of the proximal femur with a composite bone cement – feasibility, biomechanical properties and
osteosynthesis potential”, Medical Engineering and Physics, 29(7):755-764.
76. Krebs, K., Aebli, N., Goss, B., Sugiyama, S., Bardyn, T., Boecken, I., Leamy, P., Ferguson, S.J., (2007)
“Cardiovascular changes after pulmonary embolism from injecting calcium phosphate cement”, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research B: Applied Biomaterials, 82B:526-532.
77. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Nuss, K., Leskosek, B., Hoerstrup, S.P., Goss, B.G. and Aebli, N., (2007) “Sildenafil
prevents cardiovascular changes after bone marrow fat embolization in sheep”, Anesthiology, 107(1):75-81.
78. Gédet, P., Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., (2007) “Minimizing errors during in vitro testing of
multisegmental spine specimens: Considerations for component selection and kinematic measurement”,
Journal of Biomechanics, 40(8):1881-1885.
79. Krebs, J., Aebli, N., Goss, B.G., Wilson, K., Williams, R. and Ferguson, S.J., (2007) “Cardiovascular changes
after pulmonary cement embolism: An experimental study in sheep”, American Journal of Neuroradiology,
28(6):1046-1050.
80. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V., Ettinger, L.E., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2006) “Establishment of a
novel intervertebral disc / endplate culture model: analysis of an ex-vivo in-vitro whole-organ rabbit culture
system”, Spine, 31(25):2918-2925.
81. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V. and Ferguson, S.J., (2006) “Influence of diurnal hyper-osmotic loading on the
metabolism and matrix gene expression of a whole-organ intervertebral disc model”, Journal of Orthopaedic
Research, 24(10):1957-66.
82. Hulme, P., Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Berlemann, U., (2006) “Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: a systematic
review of 69 clinical studies”, Spine, 31(17):1983-2001.
83. Ferguson, S.J., Broggini, N., Wieland, M., de Wild, N., Rupp, F., Geis-Gerstorfer, J., Cochran, D.L. and Buser,
D., (2006) “Biomechanical evaluation of the interfacial strength of a chemically modified SLA titanium
surface”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A, 78(2):291-7.
84. Ferguson, S.J., Weber, U., von Rechenberg, B. and Mayer, J., (2006) “Enhancing the mechanical integrity of
the implant-bone interface with the BoneWelding® technology: Determination of quasi-static interfacial
strength and fatigue resistance”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B Applied Biomaterials, 77:1320.
85. Benninger, M.I., Seiler, G.S., Robinson, L.E., Ferguson, S.J., Bonél, H.M., Busato, A.R. and Lang, J., (2006)
“Effects of anatomic conformation on three-dimensional motion of the caudal lumbar and lumbosacral
portions of the vertebral column of dogs”, American Journal of Veterinary Research, 67:43-50.
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86. Ferguson, S.J., Visser, J.M.A. and Polikeit, A., (2006) “The long-term mechanical integrity of non-reinforced
PEEK-OPTIMA polymer for demanding spinal applications: experimental and finite-element analysis”,
European Spine Journal, 15:149-156.
87. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Bohner, M., Baroud, G., Steffen, T. and Heini, P.F., (2005) “Clinical measurements
of cement injection pressure during vertebroplasty”, Spine, 30:118-122.
88. Olsen, S., Ferguson, S.J., Sigrist, C., Fritz, W.-R., Nolte, L.-P., Hallermann, W. and Caversaccio, M., (2005) “A
novel computational method for real-time preoperative assessment of primary dental implant stability”, Clinical
Oral Implants Research, 16:53-9.
89. De Wilde, L.F., Berghs, B.M., Beutler, T., Ferguson, S.J. and Verdonk, R.C., (2004), “A new prosthetic design
for proximal humeral fractures: reconstructing the glenohumeral unit”, Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery,
13:373-80.
90. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2004) “Simulated influence of osteoporosis and disc degeneration
on the load transfer in a lumbar functional spinal unit”, Journal of Biomechanics, 37:1061-9.
91. Benninger, M.I., Seiler, G.S., Robinson, L.E., Ferguson, S.J., Bonél, H.M., Busato, A.R. and Lang, J., (2004)
“Three-dimensional motion pattern of the caudal lumbar and lumbosacral portions of the vertebral column of
dogs”, American Journal of Veterinary Research, 65:544-552.
92. Nogler, M., Polikeit, A., Wimmer, C., Brückner, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Krismer, M., (2004) “Primary stability
of a Robodoc implanted anatomical stem versus manual implantation”, Clinical Biomechanics, 19:123-29.
93. Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K. and Nolte, L.-P., (2004) “Fluid flow and convective transport of solutes within the
intervertebral disc”, Journal of Biomechanics, 37: 213-21.
94. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Orr, T.E., (2003) “The importance of the endplate for interbody
cages in the lumbar spine”, European Spine Journal, 12:556-61.
95. Ferguson, S.J. and Steffen, T., (2003) “Biomechanics of the aging spine”, European Spine Journal,
12(Suppl.2):97-103.
96. Baroud, G., Heini, P.F., Nemes, J., Bohner, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Steffen, T., (2003) “Biomechanical
explanation of adjacent fractures after vertebroplasty”, Radiology, 229:606-7.
97. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Orr, T.E., (2003) “Factors influencing stresses in the lumbar spine
after the insertion of intervertebral cages”, European Spine Journal, 12:413-20.
98. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2003) “The effect of cement augmentation on the load transfer in
an osteoporotic functional spinal unit; finite element analysis”, Spine, 28:991-6.
99. Morgenstern, W., Ferguson, S.J., Berey, S., Orr, T.E., and Nolte, L.-P., (2003) “Posterior thoracic
extrapedicular fixation: a biomechanical study”, Spine, 28:1829-35.
100.Baroud, G., Nemes, J., Ferguson, S.J. and Steffen, T., (2003) “Material changes in osteoporotic human
cancellous bone following infiltration with acrylic bone cement for a vertebral cement augmentation”,
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 6:133-139.
101.Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T., Ganz, R. and Ito, K., (2003) “An in vitro investigation of the acetabular labral seal
in hip joint mechanics”, Journal of Biomechanics, 36:171-78.
102.Ferguson, S.J., Winkler, F. and Nolte, L.-P., (2002) “Anterior fixation in the osteoporotic spine: cut-out and
pull-out characteristics of implants”, European Spine Journal, 11:527-34.
103.Berlemann, U., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Heini, P.F., (2002) “Adjacent vertebral failure following
vertebroplasty: a biomechanical evaluation”, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Br], 84-B:748-52.
104.Li, D., Ferguson, S.J., Beutler, T., Cochran, D.L., Sittig, C., Hirt, H.P., Buser, D., (2002) “Biomechanical
comparison of the sandblasted and acid-etched and the machined and acid-etched titanium surface for dental
implants”, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 60:325-32.
105.Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T. and Ito, K., (2001) “The material properties of the bovine acetabular labrum”,
Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 19:887-896.
106.Rincón, L., Schatzmann, L., Brunner, P., Stäubli, H.U., Ferguson, S.J., Oxland, T.R., and Nolte, L.-P., (2001)
“Design and evaluation of a cryogenic soft tissue fixation device - load tolerances and thermal aspects”, Journal
of Biomechanics, 34:393-98.
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107.Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T., Ganz, R. and Ito, K., (2000) “The influence of the acetabular labrum on hip joint
cartilage consolidation: a poroelastic finite element model”, Journal of Biomechanics, 33:953-960.
108.Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T., Ganz, R. and Ito, K, (2000) “The acetabular labrum seal: a poroelastic finite
element model”, Clinical Biomechanics, 15:463-468.
109.Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T. and Ito, K., (1999) “Three-dimensional computational reconstruction of mixed
anatomical tissues following histological preparation”, Medical Engineering and Physics, 21: 111-117.
110.Goslings, J.C., Ferguson, S.J., Perren, R.A. and Tepic, S., (1999) “Biomechanical analysis of dynamic external
fixation devices for the treatment of distal radial fractures”, Journal of Trauma, 46:407-412.
111.Bishop, N.E., Ferguson, S.J. and Tepic, S., (1996) “Porosity reduction in bone cement at the stem-cement
interface”, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery [Br], 78-B:349-56.
112.Ferguson, S.J., Wahl, D. and Gogolewski, S., (1996) “Enhancement of the mechanical properties of
polylactides by solid-state extrusion. II. Poly(L-lactide), Poly(L/D-lactide) and Poly(L/DL-lactide) “, Journal of
Biomedical Materials Research, 30:543-51.
113.Ferguson, S.J. Pichora, D.R. and Wyss, U., (1996) “Finite-element stress analysis of a hybrid fracture fixation
plate”, Medical Engineering and Physics, 18:241-50.
Peer-­‐Reviewed Conference Papers 1.
Spreiter, G., Heini, P.F., Galibarov, P., Dendorfer, S. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “Influence of kyphosis on
spinal loading”, Proceedings of the CMBBE, pp. 681-686.
2.
Helgason, B., Lindenmann, P., Studer, H., Reutlinger, C. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “A parameterized FE
model for simulating the influence of disc anatomy on the mechanical response of human intervertebral discs”,
Proceedings of the CMBBE, pp. 999-1004.
3.
Widmer, R.P., Helgason, B., and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “Patient-specific modelling of vertebroplasty: How
can we optimize the outcome of the treatment”, Proceedings of the CMBBE, pp. 333-338.
4.
Marini, G., Koh, I., Studer, H. and Ferguson, S.J., (2012) “An algorithm for modelling the fibre distribution
of the annulus fibrosus within arbitrarily-aligned meshes”, Proceedings of the CMBBE, pp. 699-704.
5.
Zheng, G., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson S.J., (2010) “2D/3D reconstruction of a scaled lumbar vertebral model
from a single fluoroscopic image”, Proceedings of the IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 1:4395-8.
6.
Arbabi, E., Chegini, S., Bolic, R., Ferguson, S.J. and Thalman, D., (2008) “Estimating hip joint contact
pressure from geometric features”, Workshop on 3D Physiological Human, Zermatt, Switzerland, December
1-4. Published in Recent Advances in the 3D Physiological Human, ed. Magnenat-Thalmann, N., Zhang, J.J. and
Feng, D.D., Springer, London, pp. 165 - 177.
Book Chapters
1.
Stal, D.N., Ferguson, S.J., Incavo, S.J. and Noble, P.C. (2013) “Biomechanics of the Natural Hip Joint”, in
Surgery of the Hip, eds. Berry, D.J. and Liebermann, J., Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
2.
Walser, J., Ferguson, S. J. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B. (2012) “Design of a Mechanical Loading Device to
Culture Intact Bovine Spinal Motion Segments under Multiaxial Motion”, in Replacing Animal Models: A Practical
Guide to Creating and Using Culture-Based Biomimetic Alternatives, ed. Davies, J., John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester,
UK.
3.
Beck, M., Chegini, S., Ferguson, S.J. and Hosalkar, H.S. (2012) “Mechanism of Femoracetabular
Impingement”, in Femoroacetabular Impingement, ed. Marín-Peña., Ó., Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
4.
Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J. (2008) “Spinal Instrumentation”, in Spinal Disorders – Fundamentals of
Diagnosis and Treatment, eds. Boos, N. and Aebi, M., Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
5.
Ferguson, S.J. (2008) “Biomechanics of the Spine”, in Spinal Disorders – Fundamentals of Diagnosis and Treatment,
eds. Boos, N. and Aebi, M., Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg.
6.
Ferguson, S.J. and Steffen, T. (2007) “Biomechanics of Spinal Stabilization”, in AOSpine Manual: Principles and
Techniques, eds. Aebi, M., Arlet, V. and Webb, J.K., Thieme, Stuttgart.
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7.
Morgenstern, W., Metz-Stavenhagen, P. and Ferguson, S.J., (2003) “Thoracic Pedicle Screws: Biomechanical
Considerations of the Extrapedicular Approach”, in Advances in Spinal Fusion: Molecular Science, Biomechanics and
Clinical Management, eds. Lewandros, K.-U., Wise, D.L., Tranto, D.J., Yaszmemski, M.J. and White, A.A.., CRC
Press.
Peer-­‐Reviewed Conference Abstracts 1.
Helgason, B., Benneker, L. and Ferguson, S.J., “Parametric simulation to define biomechanical targets for
annulus fibrosus repair”, Proceedings of the 60h Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New
Orleans, LA, USA, 2014.
2.
Speirs, A., Beaulé, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Frei, H.-P., “Degenerative changes in the biomechanical properties
of cartilage from cam-type femoroacetabular impingement deformities”, Proceedings of the 60h Annual
Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, New Orleans, LA, USA, 2014.
3.
Würtz, K., Kobayashi, H., Franco-Obregon, A., Krawczyk, K., Klasen, J., Egli, M., Sekiguchi, M., Konno, S.-I.
and Ferguson, S.J., “The effects of simulated microgravity on human intervertebral disc cells”, Proceedings of
the 15th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2013.
4.
Krupkova, O., Klasen, J., Ferguson, S.J. and Würtz, K., “The potential of epigallocatechin-3-gallate for the
treatment of painful intervertebral disc degeneration”, Proceedings of the 15th Annual Meeting of the
European Spine Society, Liverpool, United Kingdom, 2013.
5.
Vogt, P.J., Leunig, M., Zaltz, I. and Ferguson, S.J., “Morphological determinants of hip instability”,
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Leuven, Belgium, 2013.
6.
Koh, I., Marini, G., Vogt, P.J. and Ferguson, S.J., “Investigating the effect of vertebroplasty on complex
vertebral fractures”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering,
Leuven, Belgium, 2013.
7.
Marini, G. and Ferguson, S.J., “Simulating collagen phenotype and lamella stiffness distribution in the
intervertebral disc”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering,
Leuven, Belgium, 2013.
8.
Steiner, J.A., Ferguson, S.J. and van Lenthe, G.H., “Screw insertion has a negative impact on peri-implant
bone quality”, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Leuven,
Belgium, 2013.
9.
Liechti, E.F., Ferguson, S.J., Tannast, M., “Joint degeneration pattern in severe pincer impingement and its
implications for surgical therapy”, Proceedings of the 73rd meeting of the Schweizerische Gesellschaft für
Orthopädie und Traumatologie, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2013.
10. Walser, J., Caversaccio, M.D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Electrospinning auricular-shaped scaffolds for tissue
engineering”, Proceedings of BMT2013 (Drei-Länder-Tagung of D-A-CH Biomedical Engineering Societies),
Graz, Austria, 2013.
11. Torcasio, A., Engstrang, J., Engqvist, H., Persson, C. and Ferguson, S.J., “Does bone anisotropy influence the
mechanical outcome of augmentation?”, Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of
Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
12. Wu, Y. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of cartilage surface topography on intra-articular flow”, Proceedings of
the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
13. Malandrino, A., Lacroix, D., Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K., Hellmich, C. and Noailly, J., “Calculating the variability of
endplate permeability in the lumbar vertebra and influence on intervertebral disc mechanobiology”,
Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
14. Helgason, B., Gilchrist, S., Arizal, O., Chak, J.D., Zheng, G., Widmer, R.P., Ferguson, S.J., Guy, P. and
Cripton, P.A., “Balanced experimental-computational approach for understanding femur fracture mechanics”,
Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
15. Vogt, P.J., Leunig, M., Zaltz, I. and Ferguson, S.J., “Morphological determinants of hip instability”,
Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
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16. Cristofolini, L., Ferguson, S.J., Brandolini, N., Danesi, V. and Juszczyk, M.M., “Biomechanical investigation
of augmentation in the lumbar vertebrae”, Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of
Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
17. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Early physiological loading after endplate fracture induces
chronic degenerative changes in the adjacent disc in vitro”, Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European
Society of Biomechanics, Patras, Greece, 2013.
18. Jung, C., Spreiter, G., Ferguson, S.J. and Flury, M., “Primary biomechanical stability of patch augmented
double-row rotator cuff repair”, Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics,
Patras, Greece, 2013.
19. Marini, G., Huber, G., Berteau, J.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Nonlinear dynamic behaviour of the human
intervertebral disc”, Proceedings of the 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Patras,
Greece, 2013.
20. Badilatti, S.D., Widmer, R.P., Levchuk, A., Webster, D.J., Ferguson, S.J. and Müller, R.,“Bone adaptation
modeling for treatment planning in virtually augmented high-resolution human bones”, Proceedings of the 11th
International Symposium, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City,
Utah, USA, 2013.
21. Koh, I., Vogt, P.J. and Ferguson, S.J.,“Simulation of vertebroplasty for the stabilization of complex vertebral
fractures”, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and
Biomedical Engineering, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, 2013.
22. Malandrino, A., Lacroix, D., Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K., Hellmich, C. and Noailly, J.,“In silico determination of
the vertebral bony endplate permeability and its relation to intervertebral disc mechanobiology”, Proceedings
of the 11th International Symposium, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Salt
Lake City, Utah, USA, 2013.
23. Hakozaki, M., Klawitter, M., Kobayashi, H., Quero, L., Ospelt, C., Gay, S., Liebscher, T., Sekiguchi, M., Boos,
N., Ferguson, S.J. and Würtz, K., “Expression and regulation of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in human
intervertebral disc cells”, Proceedings of the Global Spine Congress, Hong Kong, China, 2013.
24. Chan, S.C., Walser, J., Käppeli, P., Shamsollahi, M.J., Ferguson, S.J., and Gantenbein-Ritter, B.,
“Mechanobiological study of the intervertebral disc under complex loading using a bi-axial mechanical loading
bioreactor”, Proceedings of the Global Spine Congress, Hong Kong, China, 2013.
25. Ignasiak, D., Spreiter, G., Heini, P.F. and Ferguson, S.J., “Hyperkyphosis and sarcopenia: risk factors for
segmental (over)loading?”, Proceedings of the Global Spine Congress, Hong Kong, China, 2013.
26. Krupkova, O., Klasen, J., Ferguson, S.J. and Wuertz, K., “Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) inhibits IL-1binduced inflammatory response of intervertebral disc cells by modulating p38 MAPK and JNK pathway
activity”, Proceedings of the Global Spine Congress, Hong Kong, China, 2013.
27. Stübinger, S., Mosch, I., Robotti, I., Sidler, M., Ferguson, S.J. and von Rechenberg, B., “Histological and
biomechanical characterization for additive manufactured porous screws”, Proceedings of the European
Association for Osseointegration, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2012.
28. Marini, G., Studer, H. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of the swelling pressure in a bottom-up description of
the intervertebral disc”, Proceedings of the 8th European Solid Mechanics Conference (EMSC), Graz, Austria,
2012.
29. Ferguson, S.J., “Predicting the Reduction of the Risk of Bone Fracture due to Interventional Treatment”,
Proceedings of the VPH2012 - Integrative Approaches to Computational Biomedicine, London, UK, 2012.
30. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Efficient modeling of non-Newtonian fluid flow properties in porous
structures”, Proceedings of the 18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Lisbon, Portugal,
2012.
31. Helgason, B., Stirnimann, P., Widmer, R.P., Boger, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “On the influence of cement
properties and bone morphology on the mechanical response of bone-cement composites”, Proceedings of the
18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012.
32. Helgason, B., Stirnimann, P., Widmer, R.P., Boger, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Validation of a computational
methods for predicting themechanical properties of bone-cement composites”, Proceedings of the 18th
Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012.
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33. Walser, J. and Ferguson, S.J., “Electrospinning of 3D constructs for ORL applications”, Proceedings of the
18th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Lisbon, Portugal, 2012.
34. Speirs, A., Beaulé, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Frei, H.-P., “Subchondral bone density affects cartilage tissue
stresses”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the COA/CORS, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 2012.
35. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Vertebroplasty: Dependency of the Subsequent Fracture Risk Reduction
on the Injection Location”, Proceedings of the 22nd Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials
(GRIBOI), Uppsala, Sweden, 2012.
36. Spreiter, G., Galibarov, P., Dendorfer, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of kyphosis on spinal loading”,
Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on CMBBE, Berlin, Germany, 2012.
37. Helgason, B., Lindenmann, P., Studer, H., Reutlinger, C. and Ferguson, S.J., “A parameterized FE model for
simulating the influence of disc anatomy on the mechanical response of human intervertebral discs”,
Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on CMBBE, Berlin, Germany, 2012.
38. Widmer, R.P., Helgason, B., and Ferguson, S.J., “Patient-specific modelling of vertebroplasty: How can we
optimize the outcome of the treatment”, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on CMBBE, Berlin,
Germany, 2012.
39. Marini, G., Koh, I., Studer, H. and Ferguson, S.J., “An algorithm for modelling the fibre distribution of the
annulus fibrosus within arbitrarily-aligned meshes”, Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on
CMBBE, Berlin, Germany, 2012.
40. Ferguson, S.J., Helgason, B., Widmer, R.P., Levchuk, A., Badilatti, S., Webster, D. and Müller, R., “Patientspecific pharmacological and interventional treatment planning”, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of
the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2012.
41. Ferguson, S.J., Liechti, E. and Tannast, M., “Joint degeneration pattern in severe pincer impingement and its
implications for surgical therapy”, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research
Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2012.
42. Speirs, A., Beaulé, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Frei, H.-P., “Subchondral bone density affects cartilage tissue
stresses”, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA,
USA, 2012.
43. Dudli, S., Ferguson, S.J. and Haschtmann, D., “The autoimmunogenicity of nucleus pulposus cells and
extracellular matrix”, Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San
Francisco, CA, USA, 2012.
44. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Etiopathlogy of post-traumatic intervertebral disc
degeneration”, Proceedings of the Symposium New Horizons in Intervertebral Disc Research, Philadelphia
Spine Research Society, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2011.
45. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “A statistical rheological model to characterise the flow of non-newtonian
biocements in porous media”, Proceedings of the 24th European Conference on Biomaterials, Dublin, Ireland,
2011.
46. Helgason, B., Stirnimann, P., Widmer, R.P., Boger, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Parameterized FE models to
predict the mechanical properties of bone-cement composites”, Proceedings of the 24th European Conference
on Biomaterials, Dublin, Ireland, 2011.
47. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Multi-scale modeling of vertebral trabecular bone permeability”,
Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Computational Biomechanics Ulm, Ulm, Germany, 2011.
48. Marini, G. and Ferguson, S.J., “Nonlinear finite element analysis of impact loading on intervertebral disc”,
Proceedings of the 17th International Symposium on Computational Biomechanics Ulm, Ulm, Germany, 2011.
49. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “A comparison of computational methods to determine the permeability of
vertebral trabecular bone”, Proceedings of the International Society of Bomechanics, Brussels, Belgium, 2011.
50. Marini, G. and Ferguson, S.J., “Simulating the response of the intervertebral disc to impact loading”,
Proceedings of the International Society of Bomechanics, Brussels, Belgium, 2011.
51. Steiner, F., Boak, J., Chak, J., Dvorak, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Cripton, P., “Biomechanics of geriatric spinal
cord injury: A three dimensional flexibility study using human cadaveric cervical spines”, Proceedings of the
Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society, St. Johns, Canada, 2011.
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52. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of electrical fields on IV disc cells in 3D culture”,
Proceedings of the Global Spine Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 2011.
53. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “On the interdependence of permeability and structural parameters of
vertebral trabecular bone: A parametric finite element study”, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the
Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2011.
54. Chan, S.C., Ferguson, S.J., Wuertz, K. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B. “Repetitive Torsion Activates Matrix
Remodeling in the Intervertebral Disc”, Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research
Society, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2011.
55. Stübinger, S., Ernst, S., Sidler, M., Schüpbach, P., Ferguson, S.J., Nuss, K. and von Rechenberg, B.,
“Biocompatibility testing of titanium dental implants in the pelvic model in sheep: comparison of two implant
surface modifications on implants with an identical shape and geometry”, Proceedings of the 57th Annual
Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Long Beach, CA, USA, 2011.
56. Walser, J. and Ferguson, S.J., “Rapid prototyping in cartilage tissue engineering”, Proceedings of BMT2010
(Drei-Länder-Tagung of D-A-CH Biomedical Engineering Societies), Rostock, Germany, 2010.
57. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V. and Ferguson, S.J., “In vitro ossification of rabbit intervertebral disc explants
induced by BMP-2 and TGF-β3”, Proceedings of the 12th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society,
Vienna, Austria, 2010.
58. Hördemann, M., Gédet, P., Sauter-Louis, C., Ferguson, S.J., Auer, J. and Nuss, K., “Comparison of LCP and
LC-DCP in a neonatal calf femora model”, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Scientific Meeting of the European
College of Veterinary Surgeons, Helsinki, Finland, 2010.
59. Helgason, B., Stirnimann, P. and Ferguson, S.J., “On the influence of adhesion on the mechanical response of
bone-cement composites”, Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Orthopaedics - EORS 2010,
Davos, Switzerland, 2010.
60. Helgason, B., Gilchrist, S., Chak, J., Ferguson, S.J., Guy, P. and Cripton, P.A., “Femoral neck fracture can
initiate through failure of the trabecular bone: Evidence from combined multi-scale FEA and impact
experiments”, Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Orthopaedics - EORS 2010, Davos,
Switzerland, 2010.
61. Gantenbein-Ritter, B., Chan, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Effect of short-term torsion to the intervertebral disc”,
World Forum for Spine Research - The Intervertebral Disc, Montreal, Canada, 2010.
62. Held, M., Ettinger, L., Welz, P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Nucleus pulposus cell response to pulsed electromagnetic
fields”, World Forum for Spine Research - The Intervertebral Disc, Montreal, Canada, 2010.
63. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Direct electrical stimulation of nucleus pulposus cells in culture”,
World Forum for Spine Research - The Intervertebral Disc, Montreal, Canada, 2010.
64. Helgason, B. and Ferguson, S.J., “Simulating the mechanical response of bone-cement composites”,
Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom,
2010.
65. Tasci, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Büchler, P., “Scaffold geometry affects the magnitude and pattern of mechanical
stimulation in tissue engineered constructs”, Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the European Society of
Biomechanics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2010.
66. Widmer, R. and Ferguson, S.J., “A pore network model to determine the intrinsic permeability of trabecular
bone”, Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom, 2010.
67. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Effects of electrical stimulation on nucleus pulposus cells”,
Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Edinburgh, United Kingdom,
2010.
68. Dudli, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Impact velocity and prior storage conditions affect the in vitro fracture
response of spinal segments”, Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics,
Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 2010.
69. Chan, S.C.W., Ferguson, S.J. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., “Torsion increases intervertebral disc cell survival in
organ culture”, Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Edinburgh, United
Kingdom, 2010.
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70. Bertolo, A., Aebli, N., Baur, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J.V., “Human mesenchymal stem cells
differentiation into intervertebral disc-like tissue: Comparison of different biodegradeable matrices”,
Proceedings of the eCM XI Congress, Davos, Switzerland, 2010.
71. Mehr, M., Bertolo, A., Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J.V., “The loss of differentiation potential of
human mesenchymal stem cells can be predicted by use of a set of senescence markers”, Proceedings of the
eCM XI Congress, Davos, Switzerland, 2010.
72. Dudli, S., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Burst fracture of the vertebral endplates but not equienergetic
impact load promotes in vitro disc degeneration”, Proceedings of the eCM XI Congress, Davos, Switzerland,
2010.
73. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Impact of exposing nucleus pulposus cells to direct current”,
Proceedings of the eCM XI Congress, Davos, Switzerland, 2010.
74. Chan, S.C.W., Ferguson, S.J., Wuertz, K. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., “Effect Of short term torsion to the
intervertebral disc: An organ culture study”, Proceedings of the eCM XI Congress, Davos, Switzerland, 2010.
Best poster award.
75. Ferguson, S.J. and Wenger, A., “Anomalous micro-architectural features in elderly vertebrae: MicroCT
observations”, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the
Lumbar Spine, Auckland, New Zealand, 2010.
76. Zheng, G., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Construction of a statistical shape model of lumbar vertebrae”,
Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine,
Auckland, New Zealand, 2010.
77. Held, M., Ettinger, L., Welz, P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) stimulation of
nucleus pulposus cells”, Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of
the Lumbar Spine, Auckland, New Zealand, 2010.
78. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Simulation of biomaterial flow through trabecular bone with intrinsic
permeability estimation”, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Computer Methods in
Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Valencia, Spain, 2010.
79. Held, M., Ettinger, L., Welz, P.M. and Ferguson, S.J., “Pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) stimulate
nucleus pulposus cell metabolism”, Proceedings of the 11th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society,
Warsaw, Poland, 2009.
80. Christen, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Chegini, S., “Contact mechanics of a discrete fiber-reinforced cartilage
model”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Bertinoro, Italy,
2009.
81. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Simulation of biomaterial flow through porous media”, Proceedings of the
4th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering, Bertinoro, Italy, 2009.
82. Chegini, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Depth and time dependent poisson ratio of cartilage explained by a fiber
embedded biphasic model”, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computational Bioengineering,
Bertinoro, Italy, 2009.
83. Mehr, M., Bertolo, A., Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J., “Set of senescence markers can be related to
the differentiation potential of human mesenchymal stem cells”, Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for Stem Cell Research, Barcelona, Spain, 2009.
84. Bertolo, A., Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J., “Influence of different scaffolds on chondrogenic
differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in vitro”, Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for Stem Cell Research, Barcelona, Spain, 2009.
85. Jünger, S., Grad, S., Gantenbein-Ritter, B., Lezuo, P., Alini, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Combined effects
of limited nutrition and high frequency loading on intervertebral discs”, Proceedings of the 36th Annual
Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Miami, FL, USA, 2009.
86. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Transport properties in intervertebral disc tissue: Diffusive and
electrically enhanced solute flow”, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the
Study of the Lumbar Spine, Miami, FL, USA, 2009.
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87. Welz, P., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Solute transport characteristics in intervertebral disc tissue with and
without the application of an electrical field”, Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic
Research Society, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2009.
88. Juenger, S., Gantenbein-Ritter, B., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J., Alini, M. and Ito, K., “The combined effects of
high frequency loading and limited nutrition on intervertebral discs”, Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting
of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 2009.
89. Tasci, A., Ettinger, L., Ferguson, S.J. and Büchler, P., “The role of agarose mechanical response on the matrix
synthesis of nucleus pulposus cells: A pilot study”, Proceedings of the ASME 2009 Summer Bioengineering
Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA, USA, 2009.
90. Bertolo, A., Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J. and Stoyanov, J.V., “In-vitro chondrogenic differentiation of human
mesenchymal stem cells in collagen type I, gelatin and chitosan scaffolds”, 5th Annual Meeting of the Swiss
Stem Cells Network, Geneva, Switzerland, 2009.
91. Langhoff, J.D., Müller, A., Mayer, J., Maspero, F., Bernhard, N., Gédet, P., Ferguson, S.J., Ringer, S., Kämpf,
K. and von Rechenberg, B., “A novel concept of anchoring permanent implants into bone”, Proceedings of
the 17th Annual Meeting of the European Association for Osseointegration, Warsaw, Poland, 2008.
92. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Diffusive and convective solute transport in intervertebral disc
tissue”, Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Lucerne, Switzerland,
2008.
93. Chegini, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “The role of collagen fibers in cartilage mechanics: A fiber‑embedded,
poroviscoelastic model”, Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Lucerne,
Switzerland, 2008.
94. Tasci, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Büchler, P., “Evaluation of a memory function to predict biosynthetic response
in cell-seeded constructs”, Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics,
Lucerne, Switzerland, 2008.
95. Gédet, P., Hofstetter, M., Forterre, F. and Ferguson, S.J., “Hypermobile cervical spine specimens as a
challenge for in vitro testing”, Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics,
Lucerne, Switzerland, 2008.
96. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J., Gédet, P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Intervertebral disc degeneration triggered by
traumatic impact loading: An in vitro model”, Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society of
Biomechanics, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2008.
97. Abouhossein, A., Ferguson, S.J., Weisse, B., Piskoty, G. and Affolter, C., “A nonlinear, dynamic, multi‑body
model of the lumbar spine”, Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics,
Lucerne, Switzerland, 2008.
98. Juenger, S., Gantenbein, B., Alini, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Effect of limited nutrition on intervertebral
disc cells under “Physiological” loading – A 21 day culture”, Proceedings of ECM IX, Musculoskeletal Trauma:
50 Years of AO Research, Davos, Switzerland, 2008.
99. Stoyanov, J., Gunasekera, K., Aebli, N. and Ferguson, S.J., “Selection and optimisation of in-vitro culture
conditions for human bone marrow stem cells used in intervertebral disc repair”, Proceedings of the 35th
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008.
100. Jünger, S., Gantenbein-Ritter, B., Alini, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Effect of limited nutrition on
intervertebral disc cells under ‘physiological’ loading”, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008.
101. Gédet, P., Hofstetter, M., Forterre, F. and Ferguson, S.J., “Limitations for testing hypermobile cervical spine
specimens in vitro”, Proceedings of 24th Annual Meeting of the Cervical Spine Research Society - European
Section, Geneva, Switzerland, 2008.
102. Jünger, S., Gantenbein, B., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Effect of limited nutrition on intervertebral
discs under cyclic loading in a seven day culture”, Proceedings of the 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic
Research Society, San Francisco, CA, USA, 2008.
103. Chegini, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Development and validation of a three dimensional physiologically based
fiber-embedded poro-viscoelastic cartilage model”, Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Porto, Portugal, 2008.
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104. Stoyanov, J.V., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Transplanting adipose tissue stem cells in a rabbit whole
organ in-vitro degenerative intervertebral disc model”, World Forum for Spine Research – The Intervertebral
Disc, Kyoto, Japan, 2008.
105. Jünger, S., Gantenbein, B., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Effect of limited nutrition on intervertebral
disc cells under cyclic loading in a whole organ culture”, World Forum for Spine Research – The Intervertebral
Disc, Kyoto, Japan, 2008.
106. Ferguson, S.J., Langhoff, J.D., Voelter, K., von Rechenberg, B., Hefti, T. and Schlottig, F., “Biomechanical
and histomorphological results of hydrophilic surface modification”, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Meeting
of the European Association for Osseointegration, Barcelona, Spain, 2007.
107. Tasci, A., Ettinger, L., Gedet, P., Ferguson, S.J., Büchler, P., “Determining mechanical properties of agarose
scaffolds for avascular tissue engineering”, European Society of Biomechanics Workshop 2007 - Finite
Element Modeling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, Dublin, Ireland, 2007.
108. Hulme, P.A., Boyd, S.K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Regional variation in vertebral bone morphology and its
contribution to vertebral fracture strength”, Proceedings of the 9th Annual Meeting of the European Spine
Society, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.
109. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V., Gédet, P. and Ferguson, S.J., “An in vitro model of post-traumatic
intervertebral disc degeneration”, Proceedings of the 9th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society,
Brussels, Belgium, 2007.
110. Ferguson, S.J., Stoyanov, J.V., Ettinger, L., Bischoff, B., Steffen, T. and Aebi, S., “The application of
biomaterials for tissue engineering in the intervertebral disc”, Proceedings of Biospine2, Leipzig, Germany,
2007.
111. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Luginbühl, M. and Aebli, N., “Sildenafil prevents cardiovascular changes after bone
marrow fat embolization in sheep”, Proceedings of the Congress of the SGAR, Schweizerische Gesellschaft für
Anästhesiologie und Reanimation (Swiss Society for Anaesthesiology and Reanimation), Interlaken,
Switzerland, 2007. Award paper.
112. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Fluoroscopy-based 3D kinematic analysis of the spine based on a
priori knowledge and motion contraints”, Proceedings of the 7th Annual Meeting of CAOS International,
Heidelberg, Germany, 2007.
113. Gédet, P., Haschtmann, D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Comparative biomechanical investigation of a new dynamic
lumbar stabilization system”, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study
of the Lumbar Spine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007.
114. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V., Gédet, P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Intervertebral disc/endplate trauma induces
apoptosis and initiates disc degeneration in-vitro”, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the International
Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007.
115. Jim, B., Ferguson, S.J. and Steffen, T., “Bovine coccygeal disc organ culture model – Improved cell viability
and activity using a novel disc preparation method”, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007.
116. Jünger, S., Gantenbein, B., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Effect of limited nutrition on in situ
intervertebral disc cells under ‘physiological’ loading”, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2007.
117. Chegini, S., Beck, M. and Ferguson, S.J., “Morphological variations of the femur head and acetabulum:
Femoro-acetabular impingement and dysplasia as possible initiators of cartilage degeneration”, Proceedings of
the ASME 2007 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Keystone, Colorado, USA, 2007.
118. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Nuss, K., Goss, B. and Aebli, N., “Sildenafil alleviates cardiovascular deterioration
after bone marrow fat embolism”, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research
Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.
119. Hulme, P.A., Boyd, S.K., Heini, P.F. and Ferguson, S.J., “Differences in endplate deflection of the adjacent
and augmented vertebra following cement augmentation”, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the
Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.
120. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Nuss, K., Goss, B. and Aebli, N., “Role of endothelin-1 and coagulation in the
development of cardiovascular deterioration after bone marrow fat embolism”, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual
Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.
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121. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “A new approach to fluoroscopy-based 3D kinematic analysis of the
spine based on a priori knowledge and natural contraints from continuous motion observation”, Proceedings
of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.
122. Krebs, J., Aebli, N., Goss, B., Sugiyama, S., Bardyn, T. and Ferguson, S.J., “Cardiovascular changes after
pulmonary embolism of calcium phosphate cement”, Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Meeting of the
Orthopaedic Research Society, San Diego, CA, USA, 2007.
123. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V. and Ferguson, S.J., “Apoptotic cell death in intervertebral discs following
endplate fracture - First results from a novel in-vitro rabbit disc / endplate trauma model”, Proceedings of
DGU (German Trauma Surgery Society), Berlin, Germany, 2006.
124. Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J., Goss, B.G., Williams, R. and Krebs, J., “Intervertebral disc degeneration after
vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006.
125. Aebli, N., Ferguson, S.J., Goss, B.G., Sugiyama, S., Williams, R., Bardyn, T. and Krebs, J., “Calcium
phosphate cement embolism causes pulmonary hypertension”, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Meeting of the
European Spine Society, Istanbul, Turkey, 2006.
126. Hulme, P.A., Boyd, S.K., Heini, P.F. and Ferguson, S.J., “The effect of cement augmentation on vertebral
endplate deformation determined using micro-CT”, Proceedings of the Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der
Deutschen, Österreichischen und Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Technik, Zurich,
Switzerland, 2006.
127. Gédet, P., Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Minimizing apparatus-related errors during in vitro testing
of multisegmental spine specimens”, Proceedings of the Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen,
Österreichischen und Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Biomedizinische Technik, Zurich, Switzerland, 2006.
128. Ferguson S.J., Weber, U. and Mayer, J., “BoneWelding® technology: Micro-scale finite element analysis of
load transfer at the implant-bone interface”, Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich,
Germany, 2006.
129. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V., Ettinger, L. and Ferguson S.J., “Establishment of an intervertebral disc
whole-organ culture model with intact endplates”, Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics,
Munich, Germany, 2006.
130. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of diurnal hyper-osmotic loading on the
metabolic activity and gene expression of a whole-organ intervertebral disc model”, Proceedings of the 5th
World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2006.
131. Gédet, P., Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Minimizing apparatus-related errors during in vitro testing
of multisegmental spine specimens”, Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich,
Germany, 2006.
132. Abouhossein, A., Weisse, B., Kovacs, G., Affolter, C. and Ferguson, S.J., “A detailed three-dimensional multibody simulation of the whole lumbar spine based on two different joint configurations”, Proceedings of the 5th
World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2006.
133. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “3D in vivo spinal motion analysis with fluoroscopy”, Proceedings of
the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2006.
134. Hulme, P., Boyd, S.K., Heini, P.F. and Ferguson, S.J., “Vertebral endplate deformation before and after
vertebral augmentation with polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) determined by micro-CT”, Proceedings of the
5th World Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2006.
135. Burger, J., Piotrowski, W., Ambrosetti, S., Krenn, M., Pfenniger, A., Stahel, A., Olsen, S., Ferguson, S.J.,
Loeffel, M. and Nolte, L.-P., “Smart surgical instrument for spinal interventions”, Proceedings of the 5th World
Congress of Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2006.
136. Ambrosetti, S., Burger, J., Piotrowski, W., Krenn, M., Pfenniger, A., Kowal, J., Ferguson, S.J., Ebert, L. and
Nolte, L.-P., “Smart distractor for spinal surgery”, Proceedings of the 6th Annual Conference of the
International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Montreal, Canada, 2006.
137. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Goss, B. and Aebli, N., “Degenerative changes of intervertebral discs after
vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the
Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, 2006.
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138. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of diurnal hyper-osmotic loading on the
metabolism of a whole-organ intervertebral disc model”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, 2006.
139. Stoyanov, J.V., Ettinger, L., Berlemann, U. and Ferguson, S.J., “The in vitro effects of dexamethasone ,
insulin and triodothyronine on degenerative human intervertebral disc cells and comparison with bovine
model”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar
Spine, Bergen, Norway, 2006.
140. Hulme, P.A., Heini, P.F., Persson, T., Spengler, H., Björklund, K., Hermansson, L. and Ferguson, S.J.,
“Mechanical evaluation of a bioactive calcium aluminate cement for perccutaneous cement augmentation of
vertebral fractures”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the
Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, 2006.
141. Gédet, P., Thistlewaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Minimizing errors during in vitro testing of multisegmental
spine specimens: Considerations for apparatus design and experimental protocol”, Proceedings of the 33rd
Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, 2006.
142. Krebs, J., Aebli, N., Goss, B., Sugiyama, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Cardiovascular changes after pulmonary
cement embolism during spine augmentation”, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the International
Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Bergen, Norway, 2006.
143. Chegini, S., Beck, M. and Ferguson, S.J., “Femero-acetabular impingement as a possible initiator of cartilage
degeneration”, Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and
Biomedical Engineering, Côte d’Azur, France, 2006.
144. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J.V., Ettinger, L., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Establishment of a novel
whole organ intervertebral disc / endplate culture model and influence of hyper-osmolarity”, Proceedings of
the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Chicago, IL, USA, 2006.
145. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Goss, B.G. and Aebli, N., “Degenerative changes of intervertebral discs after
vertebroplasty in sheep”, Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society,
Chicago, IL, USA, 2006.
146. Hulme, P.A., Heini, P.F., Persson, T., Spengler, H., Björklund, K., Hermansson, L. and Ferguson, S.J.,
“Mechanical evaluation of a bioactive calcium aluminate cement for percutaneous cement augmentation of
vertebral fractures”, Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Chicago,
IL, USA, 2006.
147. Hulme, P.A., Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J. and Berlemann, U., “Vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty: A systematic
review of 69 clinical studies”, Proceedings of the 16th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials
(GRIBOI), Bern, Switzerland, 2006. Best poster award.
148. Hulme, P.A., Heini, P.F., Persson, T., Spengler, H., Björklund, K., Hermansson, L. and Ferguson, S.J.,
“Mechanical evaluation of a bioactive calcium aluminate cement for vertebral body augmentation”,
Proceedings of the 16th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials (GRIBOI), Bern, Switzerland,
2006.
149. Krebs, J., Ferguson, S.J., Goss, B.G. and Aebli, N., “Effects of vertebral bone augmentation on intervertebral
discs”, Proceedings of the 16th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials (GRIBOI), Bern,
Switzerland, 2006.
150. Krebs, J., Aebli, N., Goss, B.G., Sugiyama, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Cardiovascular consequences of pulmonary
cement embolism”, Proceedings of the 16th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials (GRIBOI),
Bern, Switzerland, 2006.
151. Olsen, S., Higgins Ni Chinnéide, A., Fritz, W.-R. and Ferguson, S.J. “Re-swelling degenerate intervertebral
discs by percutaneous Injection: an in-vitro investigation”, Proceedings of ECM VI/SRNI: Spinal Motion
Segment: From Basic Science to Clinical Application, Davos, Switzerland, 2005.
152. Haschtmann, D., Stoyanov, J., Ettinger, L., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J. “Establishment of an in-vitro
whole organ intervertebral disc / endplate culture model ”, Proceedings of ECM VI/SRNI: Spinal Motion
Segment: From Basic Science to Clinical Application, Davos, Switzerland, 2005.
153. Giannitsios, D., Ferguson, S.J., Heini, P.F., Baroud, G. and Steffen, T. “High cement viscosity reduces
leakage risk in vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of ECM VI/SRNI: Spinal Motion Segment: From Basic Science to
Clinical Application, Davos, Switzerland, 2005.
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154. Giannitsios, D., Ferguson, S.J., Heini, P.F., Baroud, G., Aebi, M. and Steffen, T. “High cement viscosity
reduces leakage risk in vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for
the Study of the Lumbar Spine, New York, N.Y., USA, 2005.
155. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “3D in-vivo kinematic measurement of the spine with fluoroscopy”,
Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, New
York, N.Y., USA, 2005.
156. Olsen, S., Higgins Ni Chinnéide, A., Fritz, W.-R. and Ferguson, S.J. “Re-swelling degenerate intervertebral
discs by percutaneous Injection: an in-vitro investigation”, Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the
Orthopaedic Research Society, Washington, DC, USA, 2005
157. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “A minimally invasive system for dynamic, 3D, in-vivo kinematic
measurement of the spine”, Proceedings of the 5th Combined Meetings of the Orthopaedic Research Societies
of Canada, USA, Japan and Europe, Calgary, Canada, 2004.
158. Giannitsios, D., Ferguson, S.J., Heini, P.F., Baroud, G. and Steffen, T., “High cement viscosity reduces
leakage risk in vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 5th Combined Meetings of the Orthopaedic Research
Societies of Canada, USA, Japan and Europe, Calgary, Canada, 2004.
159. Ferguson, S.J., Visser, J.M.A. and Polikeit, A., “Biomechanic characterisation of peek-optima under simulated
physiologic conditions”, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, 'SHertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2004.
160. Thompson, R.E., Gédet, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Efficacy of traditional spinal parameters measured
from dynamic spinal tests”, Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, 'SHertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2004.
161. Polikeit, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Finite element analysis of a peek-optima intervertebral cage”, Proceedings of
the 14th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, 'S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, 2004.
162. Ferguson, S.J., Tolkmitt, F. and Nolte, L.-P., “Kinematic analysis of intervertebral disc prostheses”,
Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, 'S-Hertogenbosch, The
Netherlands, 2004.
163. Polikeit, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Finite element analysis of a PEEK-OPTIMA intervertebral cage”,
Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine,
SpineWeek, Porto, Portugal, 2004.
164. Thompson, R., Gédet, P., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “Efficacy of traditional spinal parameters measured from
dynamic spinal tests”, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the
Lumbar Spine, SpineWeek, Porto, Portugal, 2004.
165. Ferguson, S.J., Krebs, J., Bohner, M., Baroud, G., Steffen, T. and Heini, P.F., “In vivo cement injection
pressure during vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 14th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials
(GRIBOI), Limoges, France, 2004.
166. Ferguson, S.J., Krebs, J., Bohner, M., Baroud, G., Steffen, T. and Heini, P.F., “Clinical measurements of
cement injection pressure during vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic
Research Society, San Francisco, California, USA, 2004.
167. Olsen, S., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P., Hallermann, W. and Caversaccio, M., “Experimental validation of realtime analysis to assess micromotion in implantology”, Proceedings of the 50th Annual Meeting of the
Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, California, USA, 2004.
168. Polikeit, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Finite element analysis of a PEEK-Optima intervertebral cage”, Proceedings
of the 6th International Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering,
Madrid, Spain, 2004.
169. Olsen, B., Fritz, W., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P., Hallermann, W. and Caversaccio, M., “Real-time finite
element analysis for planning in implantology: Theory and experiments”, Proceedings of the 6th International
Symposium on Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Madrid, Spain, 2004.
170. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “The effect of vertebroplasty on the load transfer in an
osteoporotic functional spine unit”, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society,
Prague, Czech Republic, European Spine Journal, 12(Suppl.1): S59, 2003.
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171. Berlemann, U., Franz, T., Ferguson, S.J. and Heini, P.F., “Kyphoplasty for osteporotic vertebral fractures –
results and stability after one year”, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society,
Prague, Czech Republic, European Spine Journal, 12(Suppl.1): S51, 2003.
172. Olsen, S., Ferguson, S.J., Sigrist, C., Pappas, I., Nolte, L.-P. and Caversaccio, M., “Real-time structural analysis
for preoperative surgical planning”, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Marbella, Spain, 2003.
173. Polikeit, A., Nogler, M., Wimmer, C., Brückner, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Krismer, M., “Initial stability of an
anatomical stem – ROBODOC versus manual implantation”, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the
International Society for Computer Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery, Marbella, Spain, 2003.
174. Olsen, S., Ferguson, S.J., Sigrist, C., Pappas, I., Nolte, L.-P., Hallermann, W. and Caversaccio, M., “An expert
system for implant dentistry including preoperative structural assessment”, Proceedings of the European
Symposium on Integrated Systems in Dental Healthcare, Milano, Italy, 2003.
175. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Evaluation mono- oder bipedikulärer Zementierungstechniken
für osteoporotische Wirbelsäulenfrakturen”, Proceedings of the 3rd Biannual Meeting of the German Society of
Biomechanics, Munich, Germany, 2003.
176. Baroud, G., Beckman, L., Heini, P.F., Ferguson, S.J., and Steffen, T., “Clinical and laboratory analysis of the
pressure at injection in cement augmentation procedures”, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 2003.
177. Baroud, G., Heini, P.F., Bohner, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Steffen, T., “Drop in pressure at injection and
infiltration in vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 13th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials
(GRIBOI), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2003.
178. Heini, P.F., Beckmann, J. and Ferguson, S.J., “In vitro study on the reinforcement of the proximal femur with
cortoss bone cement”, Proceedings of the 13th Interdisciplinary Research Conference on Biomaterials
(GRIBOI), Baltimore, MD, USA, 2003.
179. Ferguson, S.J., Beutler, T. and Ito, K., “Vertebral endplate porosity as a determinant of intervertebral disc
compressive creep behaviour”, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society,
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2003.
180. Heini, P.F., Beckmann, J., Ferguson, S.J., Butscher, A. and Gasser, B., “Reinforcement of the proximal femur
with cortoss bone cement: an in vitro study”, Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic
Research Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 2003.
181. Beutler, T., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “The influence of endplate porosity on the compressive creep
behaviour of the intervertebral disc”, Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of the European Orthopaedic Research
Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.
182. Ferguson, S.J., Beutler, T., Lanci, T. and Torriani, L., “BoneWelding: Thermal and mechanical
characterisation of the bone / polymer interface”, Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of the European
Orthopaedic Research Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.
183. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Orr, T.E., “The importance of the endplate for intervertebral
cages in the lumbar spine: finite element analyses”, Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of the European
Orthopaedic Research Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.
184. Polikeit A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Bi- and unipedicular cement augmentation in an osteoporotic
functional spinal unit: finite element analyses”, Proceedings of the 12th Meeting of the European Orthopaedic
Research Society, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002.
185. Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K. and Nolte, L.P., “Fluid flow paths and convective solute transport within the
intervertebral disc: a computer simulation”, Proceedings of the 4th Annual Meeting of the European Spine
Society, Nantes, France, 2002.
186. Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K. and Nolte, L.P., “Computer simulation of molecular transport in the intervertebral disc
– convection vs. diffusion”, Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics,
Wroclaw, Poland, Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, 4(Suppl. 1), 2002.
187. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Bi- and unipedicular cement augmentation in an osteoporotic
functional spinal unit, finite element analysis”, Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the European Society of
Biomechanics, Wroclaw, Poland, Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics, 4(Suppl. 1), 2002.
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188. Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K. and Nolte, L.-P., “Convective molecular transport in the intervertebral disc”,
Symposium on Disc Degeneration, Proceedings of the 4th World Congress of Biomechanics, Calgary, Alberta,
Canada, 2002.
189. Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K., Nolte and L.-P., “Flow-induced convective transport of solutes within the
intervertebral disc”, Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of the
Lumbar Spine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 2002.
190. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “The effect of vertebroplasty on the load transfer in an
osteoporotic functional spinal unit, finite element analysis”, Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the
International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 2002.
191. Baroud, G., Falk, R., Ferguson, S.J., Heini, P.F. and Steffen, T., “Constitutive model and parameter
identification for the cement infiltration of osteoporotic vertebrae”, Pre-ORS Symposium, Dallas, Texas, USA,
2002.
192. Morgenstern, W., Ferguson, S.J., Berey, S., Brentnall, M., Orr, T.E. and Nolte,L.-P., “Posterior thoracic
extrapedicular fixation: a biomechanical study”, Proceedings of Biomechanica IV, Davos, Switzerland, Journal
of Biomechanics, 34(Suppl.1): S43, 2001.
193. Ferguson, S.J., Berlemann, U., Polikeit, A., Heini, P.F. and Nolte, L.-P., “Are adjacent vertebrae at risk
following vertebroplasty? ”, Proceedings of Biomechanica IV, Davos, Switzerland, Journal of Biomechanics,
34(Suppl.1): S10, 2001. Award Paper.
194. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “The effect of vertebroplasty on the load transfer in a functional
spinal unit”, Proceedings of Biomechanica IV, Davos, Switzerland, Journal of Biomechanics, 34(Suppl.1): S10,
2001.
195. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Orr, T.E., “The influence of the endplate for intervertebral cages
in the lumbar spine: finite element analyses”, Proceedings of Biomechanica IV, Davos, Switzerland, Journal of
Biomechanics, 34(Suppl.1): S65, 2001.
196. Morgenstern, W., Ferguson, S.J., Berey, S., Brentnall, M., Orr, T.E. and Nolte,L.-P., “Posterior thoracic
extrapedicular fixation: a biomechanical study”, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Spine
Society, Gotenburg, Sweden, European Spine Journal, 10(Suppl.1): S20, 2001.
197. Ferguson, S.J., Berlemann, U., Polikeit, A., Heini, P.F. and Nolte, L.-P., “Are adjacent vertebrae at risk
following vertebroplasty? ”, Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the European Spine Society, Gotenburg,
Sweden, European Spine Journal, 10(Suppl.1): S7, 2001.
198. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P. and Orr, T.E., “Veränderung der Lastübertragung in Wirbelkörpern
durch Zwischenwirbelkäfige“ Proceedings of the 2nd Biannual Meeting of the German Society of
Biomechanics, Freiburg, Germany, 2001.
199. Polikeit, A., Ferguson, S.J., Nolte, L.-P., and Orr, T.E., “The importance of the endplate for interbody cages
in the lumbar spine: finite element analyses”, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the International
Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2001.
200. Ferguson, S.J., Berlemann, U., Heini, P.F., Orr, T.E., and Nolte, L.-P., “Evaluation of adjacent segment
failure following vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the 47th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society,
San Francisco, California, USA, 2001.
201. Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T. and Ito, K., “The influence of the acetabular labrum on hip joint cartilage
consolidation”, Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Dublin, Ireland,
2000.
202. Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T. and Ito, K., “Material properties of the bovine acetabular labrum”, Proceedings of
the 46th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, Orlando, Florida, USA, 2000.
203. Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T. and Ito, K., “The functional role of the acetabular labrum: a finite element study”,
Proceedings of the 11th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Toulouse, France, Journal of
Biomechanics, 31(Suppl. 1):101, 1998.
204. Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T., and Ito, K., “An investigation of the functional role of the acetabular labrum
using a poroelastic fe-model”, Proceedings of the European Orthopaedic Research Society, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 81-B(Suppl 1):69, 1998.
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205. Ferguson, S.J., Bryant, J.T., and Ito, K., “The functional role of the acetabular labrum: a finite element study”,
Proceedings Biomechanica 97, Davos, Switzerland, 1997.
206. Ferguson, S.J., Wahl, D., and Gogolewski, S., "Enhancement of the mechanical properties of polylactides by
solid-state extrusion: Poly (L-Lactide), Poly (L/D- Lactide) and Poly (L/DL-Lactide)", Proceedings of the 5th
World Biomaterials Congress, Toronto, Ont ario, Canada, 1996.
207. Ferguson, S.J. and Wyss, U., “A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis of an Axially Flexible Fracture
Fixation Plate”, Proceedings of the 8th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics,
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1994.
Other Scientific Presentations 1.
Chan, S.C.W., Walser, J., Käppeli, P., Javad Shamsollahi, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Gantenbein-Ritter, B., “New
generation of biaxial mechanical loading bioreactor for intervertebral disc organ culture”, Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
2.
Ariza, O., Gilchrist, S., Guy, P., Ferguson, S.J., Cripton, P. and Helgason, B., “Explicit dynamic finite element
model of a femur fracture due to sideways fall”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for
Biomedical Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
3.
Roost, J., Helgason, B., Widmer, R.P., Cristofolini, L., Marangalou, J.H., van Rietbergen, B., Ito, K. and
Ferguson, S.J., “Validation of FE models for simulating the mechanical response of human vertebrae before
and after vertebroplasty”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical
Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
4.
Widmer, R.P., Helgason, B. and Ferguson, S.J., “Is vertebroplasty an efficient treatment pathway to stabilize
spinal fractures?”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering,
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
5.
Koh, I. and Ferguson, S.J., “Automated generation of finite element models incorporating inclusions with
random geometry”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering,
Lausanne, Switzerland, 2012.
6.
Walser, J., Caversaccio, M.D. and Ferguson, S.J., “Electrospun PCL scaffolds for ORL applications”, Annual
Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomaterials, Zürich, Switzerland, 2012.
7.
Wismer, N., Thoeny, S., Fortunato, G., Ferguson, S.J., Grad, S. and Eglin, D.,“Electrospun scaffolds for
annulus fibrosus repair. A scanning electron microscopy study”, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for
Biomaterials, Zürich, Switzerland, 2012.
8.
Robotti, P., Stübinger, S., Mosch, I., Ferguson, S.J. and von Rechenberg, B., “Histological and biomechanical
characterization of three different titanium surface modifications: an experimental in vivo study in sheep”,
Meet the Expert Meeting, Material and Surface Technology for Implants, Interlaken, Switzerland, 2012.
9.
von Salis, M., von Rechenberg, B., Ferguson, S.J., Buchini, S., Curno, R., Pechy, P. and Aronsson, B.-O.,
“SurfLink® dental implant: a novel implant surface for accelerated and improved bone healing”, Meet the
Expert Meeting, Material and Surface Technology for Implants, Interlaken, Switzerland, 2012.
10. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Statistical rheology modeling of biomaterials in porous media”,
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2011.
11. Dudli, S., Ferguson, S.J. and Haschtmann, D., “The autoimmunogenicity of nucleus pulposus cells and
extracellular matrix fragments”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical
Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2011.
12. Sigurardóttir, B., Bonaretti, S., Örlygsson, G., Sigurjónsson, Ó. E., Ferguson, S.J. and Helgason, B., “Are isoelastic femoral stems beneficial for secondary implant stability in cementless THA?”, Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2011.
13. Spreiter, G., Heini, P.F. and Ferguson, S.J., “Influence of kyphosis on spinal loading”, Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2011.
14. Marini, G. and Ferguson, S.J., “The influence of intervertebral disc shape on simulation of impact loading”,
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2011.
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15. Widmer, R.P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Simulation of biomaterial flow through porous trabecular bone”,
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2009.
16. Helgason, B. and Ferguson, S.J., “The use of generic fe-models to predict the apparent stiffness of bonecement composites”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering,
Bern, Switzerland, 2009.
17. Chan, S.C.W., Ferguson, S.J., Gantenbein-Ritter, B., “Bovine intervertebral disc explant preparation with
endplates for organ culture”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical
Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2009.
18. Jünger, S., Gantenbein-Ritter, B., Grad, S., Lezuo, P., Ferguson, S.J., Alini, M. and Ito, K., “The combined
effects of high frequency loading and limited nutrition on intervertebral discs with endplates”, Proceedings of
the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern, Switzerland, 2009.
19. Welz, P.M., Ito, K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Size and charge effects on diffusive solute transport in intervertebral
disc tissue”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern,
Switzerland, 2009.
20. Held, M., Ettinger, L., Welz, P.M. and Ferguson, S.J., “Pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) stimulation of
nucleus pulposus cells”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering,
Bern, Switzerland, 2009.
21. Tasci, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Büchler, P., “Von mises stress influence on the anabolic and catabolic response
of chondrocytes”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Bern,
Switzerland, 2009.
22. Chegini, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “The role of primary and secondary collagen fibers in cartilage biomechanics”,
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Muttenz, Switzerland,
2008.
23. Jünger, S., Gantenbein-Ritter, B., Alini, M., Ferguson, S.J. and Ito, K., “The effect of limited nutrition in
intervertebral discs: a 21 day in vitro culture”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for
Biomedical Engineering, Muttenz, Switzerland, 2008.
24. Abouhossein, A., Weisse, B. and Ferguson, S.J., “Towards a multi-body dynamic model of the lumbar spine
for estimation of segmental forces during daily activities”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss
Society for Biomedical Engineering, Muttenz, Switzerland, 2008.
25. Tasci, A., Ferguson, S.J. and Büchler, P., “Development of a biosynthetic model for extracellular matrix
production in cell seeded constructs”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical
Engineering, Muttenz, Switzerland, 2008.
26. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Feature based registration with a priori information for the dynamic,
3D motion analysis of the spine”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical
Engineering, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2007.
27. Hulme, P.A., Boyd, S.K. and Ferguson, S.J., “Regional variation in vertebral bone morphology and its
contribution to vertebral fracture strength”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for
Biomedical Engineering, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2007.
28. Chegini, S. and Ferguson, S.J., “Hip impingement and dysplasia as possible causes of acetabular cartilage
degeneration: A FEM approach”, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical
Engineering, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 2007.
29. Thistlethwaite, P.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “3D kinematic measurement of the spine with
fluoroscopy”,Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Lausanne,
Switzerland, 2005.
30. Polikeit, A., Visser, J.M.A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Mechanical Characterisation of a PEEK-OPTIMA Polymer
under Simulated Physiologic Conditions”, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering,
Zürich, Switzerland, 2004.
31. Polikeit, A. and Ferguson, S.J., “Finite Element Analysis of an Intervertebral Cage made from PEEKOPTIMA” Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Zürich, Switzerland, 2004.
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32. Ferguson, S.J., Ito, K. and Nolte, L.P., “Fluid flow paths and convective solute transport within the
intervertebral disc: a computer simulation”, Day of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland,
2002.
33. Polikeit, A., Nolte, L.-P. and Ferguson, S.J., “Bi- and Unipedicular Cement Augmentation in an Osteoporotic
Functional Spinal Unit”, Day of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, 2002.
Invited Lectures 1.
“Can We Engineer a Solution to Back Pain?”, Engineers Ireland / IMechE, Dublin, Ireland, 2014.
2.
“Why Preserve the Natural Joint”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2014.
3.
“Early Physiological Loading after Endplate Fracture Induces Chronic Degenerative Changes in the Disc”,
Second International Philadelphia Spine Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2013.
4.
“Grossmutters Kreuzstich und Spinnennetze: Wie sich Rückenerkrankungen mit neuartigen Biowerkstoffen
behandeln lassen”, Treffpunkt Science City - Materialien für den Körper, ETH Zürich, Zürich, 2013.
5.
“Preservation and Regeneration of Cartilaginous Tissues: From Simulation to de novo Synthesis”, SNF NCCR
Co-Me Closing Event, Zurich, Switzerland, 2013.
6.
“Endplate Fracture Induced Disc Degeneration: Inevitable or Avoidable?”, 3rd Meeting Neuro Spine, Swiss
Society of Neurosurgery, Bern, Switzerland, 2013.
7.
“Spine Biomechanics”, Biomechanics Course for Residents, Schulthess Klinik / ETH Zürich, Zürich,
Switzerland, 2013.
8.
“Intraarticular Femoroacetabular Impingement”, AO North America Symposium on Surgical Preservation of
the Hip, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 2013.
9.
“Mechanical Environment of the Hip”, AO North America Symposium on Surgical Preservation of the Hip,
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, 2013.
10. “Biomaterials and Surfaces for Joint Replacment”, Schulthess Klinik Continuing Eduation, Zürich,
Switzerland, 2012.
11. “Treating Spinal Fractures: Biomechanics, Biomaterials or Biology?”, 3rd CABMM Symposium, Zurich,
Switzerland, 2012.
12. “Treating Spinal Fractures: Biomechanics, Biomaterials or Biology?”, Institute for Biomedical Engineering,
ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012.
13. “Medical Technology for our Aching Backs”, World MedTech Forum, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2012.
14. “Membranes and Textiles for Intervertebral Disc Repair”, ETH Industry Day, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012.
15. “Spinal Fractures: Mechanical and Biological Perspectives”, TU Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2012.
16. “The Challenge of Spinal Fractures”, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan, 2012.
17. “Orthopaedic Technology for Healthy Ageing”, Inaugural Lecture, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2012.
18. “Bone Augmentation Research”, Synthes GmbH, Oberdorf, Switzerland, 2012.
19. “In Silico or In Vitro for Augmentation Studies: How, Why and When? ”, 22nd Interdisciplinary Research
Conference on Biomaterials (GRIBOI), Uppsala, Sweden, 2012.
20. “Load Patterns of the Hip: Severe Pincer Impingement and its Implications for Surgical Therapy”, Bernese Hip
Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2012.
21. “Biomaterials and Surfaces for Joint Replacment”, Schulthess Klinik Continuing Eduation, Zürich,
Switzerland, 2011.
22. “Does Spinal Trauma Induce Disc Degeneration?”, Workshop, REHA Schweiz Kongress, Bern, Switzerland,
2011.
23.
“Biomechanics of Vertebral Fractures, Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty”, Lecture and workshop, REHA
Schweiz Kongress, Bern, Switzerland, 2011.
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24. “Intervertebral Disc Degeneration and Regeneration”, AECoR-3 HU-ETHZ; Third Symposium on Academic
Exchange between Hokkaido University and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, 2011.
25.
“Spinal Loads and Motions” and “Mechanics of Osteoporotic Vertebrae”, Applied Biomechanics Learning
Center, DePuy Institue, Hamburg, Germany, 2011.
26. “Medical Engineering for our Aching Backs”, ETH Zürich Alumni Day, Zürich, Switzerland, 2011.
27. “Orthopaedic Technologies for an Ageing Population”, Schulthess Klinik Research Symposium, Zürich,
Switzerland, 2011.
28. “Biomechanics of the Spinal Unit and Fusion”, 17th Brussels International Spine Symposium, Brussels,
Belgium, 2010.
29. “The Broken Column: Causes, Consequences and Treatment of Spinal Fractures”, ETH-Zürich Colloquium
on Orthopaedic Technologies, Zürich, Switzerland, 2010.
30. “Bone Augmentation”, IASTED Biomed, Innsbruck, Austria, 2010.
31. “Consequences of a Torn Labrum”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2010.
32. “Geometric Simulation of SCFE”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2010.
33. “Stress Distribution in the Hip”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2010.
34. “The Biomechanics of Bone Augmentation”, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland, 2010.
35. “The Biomechanics of Bone Augmentation”, 22nd European Conference on Biomaterials, European Society
for Biomaterials, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2009.
36. “Spinal Trauma from Impact Loading Induces Intervertebral Disc Degeneration”, Third Switzerland-Japan
Workshop on Biomechanics (SJB 2009), Engelberg, Switzerland, 2009.
37. “The Science of Nuclear Replacement and Annular Repairs; Do They Work?”, Global Spine Congress, San
Francisco, California, USA, 2009.
38. “Biomechanics of Disc Degeneration”, Annual Meeting: Swiss Society of Neurosurgery, Lucerne, Switzerland,
2009.
39. “Biomechanics of Spine Fractures”, Swiss Spine Residents Course on Spinal Trauma, Bern, Switzerland, 2009.
40. “From Dysplasia to Impingement: Finite Element Analysis”, AO North America Symposium on Surgical
Preservation of the Hip, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, 2009.
41. “Role and Biomechanical Function of the Labrum”, AO North America Symposium on Surgical Preservation
of the Hip, Lake Tahoe, California, USA, 2009.
42. “Field effects in the intervertebral disc: Implications for solute transport and disc health”, AO Spine
Symposium on The Intervertebral Disc: From Basic Science to Clinical Application, Zürich, Switzerland, 2008.
43. “The Shift from Biomechanics to Mechanobiology”, IEEE Guest Lecture, Biel, Switzerland, 2008.
44. “Spine Research: From Biomechanics to Mechanobiology”, 3rd Congress of the Hellenic Society of
Biomechanics, Athens, Greece, 2008.
45. “Femeroacetabular Impingement”, ECM IX, Musculoskeletal Trauma: 50 Years of AO Research, Davos,
Switzerland, 2008.
46. “FE Analysis: From Dysplasia to Impingement”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2008.
47. “Spine Research: From Biomechanics to Mechanobiology”, 2nd Graduate School Symposium, University of
Bern, Switzerland, 2008.
48. “Nutritional Pathways and Solute Transport in the Intervertebral Disc”, World Forum for Spine Research –
The Intervertebral Disc, Kyoto, Japan, 2008.
49. “Modelling Solute Transport in the Intervertebral Disc”, Institution of Mechanical Engineers Symposium:
Material Properties for Finite Element Simulations – Getting it Right (Part II – Biomedical Applications),
London, England, 2007.
50. “Spine Research: Moving from Biomechanics to Mechanobiology”, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2007.
51. “The Function of the Labrum”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2007.
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52. “Finite Element Model of Femeroacetabular Impingement”, Bernese Hip Symposium, Bern, Switzerland, 2007.
53. “AO Spine Research Network: Global Collaboration to Address Disc Degeneration and Regeneration”, AO
Biotechnology Symposium: From basic research to clinical applications using biotechnology and
bioengineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.
54. “The Biomechanical Function of the Acetabular Labrum”, AO ASIF Symposium on Surgical Preservation of
the Hip, Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, 2006.
55. “How to Measure Spinal Motion”, Spine Surgery: Motion Preserving Techniques II, Zurich, Switzerland, 2005.
56. “Solute Transport in the Intervertebral Disc: Consequences for Disc Degeneration and Regeneration”, Annual
Meeting of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2005.
57. “Disc Nutrition”, AOSpine Continuing Medical Education, The Lumbar Intervertebral Disc: Current Concepts
in Research and Treatment, Davos, Switzerland, 2005.
58. “Biomechanical function of the acetabular labrum”, New Concepts in Hip Surgery, Bern, Switzerland, 2004.
59. “Current concepts on the biomechanical function of the acetabular labrum”, Synos International Symposium
on Impingement and Dysplasia of the Hip, Bern, Switzerland, 2004.
60. “Flow-induced convective transport of solutes within the intervertebral disc”, Institute of Biomechanics,
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, 2004.
61. “Cage Biomechanics and Biology”, The Future of Arthrodesis in Degenerative Disc Disease, Meiringen,
Switzerland, 2003.
62. “Current concepts on the biomechanical function of the acetabular labrum”, AO ASIF Bern Hip Symposium,
Mammoth Lakes, California, USA, 2003.
63. “Biomechanical effects of bone augmentation”, State of the Art in Vertebroplasty Meeting, RMS Foundation,
Bettlach, Switzerland, 2003.
64. “The virtual test bench: finite element analyses in orthopaedic biomechanics”, RMS Foundation, Bettlach,
Switzerland, 2002.
65. “Primary total hip and knee arthroplasties – a review of dilemmas and alternative choices. Cemented vs.
uncemented fixation”, 57th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and
Traumatology, Athens, Greece, 2001.
66. “Latest developments in computer assisted orthopaedic surgery”, 57th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic
Association of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Athens, Greece, 2001.
67. “Vertebroplasty: clinical and biomechanical considerations”, 57th Annual Meeting of the Hellenic Association
of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Athens, Greece, 2001.
Communications Shizas, C. and Ferguson S.J., (2012), “Editor's preface: Why a Swiss supplement?”, European Spine Journal, 21
Suppl 6:S727-8
Wilke H.-J. and Ferguson S.J., (2012), “Editor's preface: The science of intervertebral disc replacement.”, European
Spine Journal, 21 Suppl 5:S575-6.
Abouhossein, A., Weisse, B., and Ferguson, S.J., (2011) Response to “A multibody modeling approach to determine
load sharing between passive elements of the lumbar spine” by , Computational Methods in Biomechanics and
Biomedical Engineering, in press.
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Knochenkino”, Schweiz Med Forum 9(33):574-575.
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augmentation techniques”, Clinical Biomechanics 20:551-2; author reply 522.
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labrum on hip joint cartilage consolidation: a poroelastic finite element model” by Mann, R.W., Journal of
Biomechanics, 35:147-152.
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element model.” by Mann, R.W., Clinical Biomechanics, 16:820-823.
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erstmalig in 3D.”
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subsequently covered extensively in local, national and German media.
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