Representative XROMM Publications

Camp, A.L., T.J. Roberts, and E.L. Brainerd. (2015). Swimming muscles power suction feeding in largemouth bass. PNAS early edition. Published article.

Kambic, R.E., Roberts, T.J. and Gatesy, S.M. (2015). Guineafowl with a twist: asymmetric limb control in steady bipedal locomotion. Journal of Experimental Biology. 218: 3836-3844. Published article.

Camp, A.L. and E.L. Brainerd. (2014). Role of axial muscles in powering mouth expansion during suction feeding in largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). Journal of Experimental Biology, 217, 1333-45. Published article.

Falkingham, P.L. and S.M. Gatesy. (2014). The birth of a dinosaur footprint: Subsurface 3D motion reconstruction and discrete element simulation reveal track ontogeny. PNAS early edition. Published article.

Kambic, R.E., Roberts, T.J. and Gatesy, S.M. (2014). Long-axis rotation: a missing degree of freedom in avian bipedal locomotion. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 2770-2782. Published article.

Nowroozi, B.N. and E.L. Brainerd. (2014). Importance of mechanics and kinematics in determining the stiffness contribution of the vertebral column during body-caudal-fin swimming in fishes. Zoology (Jena), 117, 28-35. Published article.

Baier, D.B. and S.M. Gatesy. (2013). Three-dimensional skeletal kinematics of the shoulder girdle and forelimb in walking Alligator. Journal of Anatomy, 223, 462-73. Published article.

Baier, D.B., S.M. Gatesy, and K.P. Dial. (2013). Three-Dimensional, High-Resolution Skeletal Kinematics of the Avian Wing and Shoulder during Ascending Flapping Flight and Uphill Flap-Running. PLoS ONE , 8(5): e63982. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063982. Published article.

Gidmark, N.J., N. Konow, E. LoPresti, and E.L. Brainerd. (2013). Bite force is limited by the force-length relationship of skeletal muscle in black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus. Biology Letters, 9:20121181. Published article. Press release. Fish Bite Force project page.

Miranda, D.L., M.J. Rainbow, J.J. Crisco, and B.C. Fleming. (2013). Kinematic differences between optical motion capture and biplanar videoradiography during a jump-cut maneuver. Journal of Biomechanics, 46(3):567-573.
Published article. Soft Tissue Artifact project page.

Nowroozi, B. and E.L. Brainerd. (2013). X-ray motion analysis of the vertebral column during the startle response in striped bass, Morone saxatilis. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 2833-2842. Published article.

Astley, H.C. and T.J. Roberts (2012). Evidence for a vertebrate catapult: elastic energy storage in the plantaris tendon during frog jumping. Biology Letters, 8(3):386-389. Published article. Press release.

Miranda, D.L., P.D. Fadale, M.J. Hulstyn, R.M. Shalvoy, J.T. Machan, and B.C. Fleming. (2012). Knee Biomechanics during a Jump-Cut Maneuver: Effects of Gender and ACL Surgery. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. [Epub ahead of print].
Published article. Jump Cut project page.

Gidmark, N.J., K.L. Staab, L.P. Hernandez, and E.L. Brainerd. (2012). Flexibility in starting posture drives flexibility in kinematic behavior of the kinethmoid-mediated premaxillary protrusion mechanism in a cyprinid fish, Cyprinus carpio. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215: 2262-2272. Published article.

Miranda, D.L., J.B. Schwartz, A.C. Loomis, E.L. Brainerd, B.C. Fleming, and J.J. Crisco. (2011). Static and Dynamic Error of a Biplanar Videoradiography System Using Marker-Based and Markerless Tracking Techniques. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, 133(12): 121002, 1-8. Published article.

Dawson, M.M., K.A. Metzger, D.B. Baier, and E.L. Brainerd. (2011). Kinematics of the quadrate bone during feeding in Mallard ducks. Journal of Experimental Biology 214 2036-2046. Published article. Duck Feeding project page.

Brainerd, E.L., D.B. Baier, S.M. Gatesy, T.L. Hedrick, K.A. Metzger, S.L. Gilbert, and J.J. Crisco. (2010). X-ray Reconstruction of Moving Morphology (XROMM): precision, accuracy and applications in comparative biomechanics research. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A. 313A: 262–279. Published article.

Gatesy, S.M., D.B. Baier, F.A. Jenkins, and K.P. Dial. (2010). Scientific rotoscoping: a morphology-based method of 3-D motion analysis and visualization. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Part A. 313A: 244–261. Published article.

Baier, D.B., S.M. Gatesy, and K.P. Dial. (2009). Forelimb skeletal kinematics of chukar partridges (Alectoris chukar) during wing-assisted incline running and ascending flight. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl 1): e8. Published abstract (PDF,65KB).

Clifford, A.B. (2009). The evolution of unguligrady and forefoot mechanics in even-toed ungulates. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl 1): e33. Published abstract (PDF,65KB).

Gatesy, S.M. and R.E. Kambic. (2009). Long-Axis Rotation: A missing range of motion in dinosaur functional analysis. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29(Suppl 3): 124A. Published abstract (PDF,71KB).

Gidmark, N.J., K.L. Staab, L.P. Hernandez, and E.L. Brainerd. (2009). XROMM analysis of 3D skeletal movement during premaxillary protrusion in common carp. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl 1): e62. Published abstract (PDF,65KB).

Metzger, K.A., D.B. Baier, A. Lin, C.J. Harper, and S.W. Herring. (2009). XROMM analysis of mastication in miniature pigs. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49(Suppl 1): e115. Published abstract (PDF,65KB). Pig Feeding project page.

Miranda, D.L., M.J. Rainbow, E.L. Brainerd, and B.C. Fleming. (2008). In Vivo Method for Tracking 3D Kinematics of the Healthy and Anterior Crucial Ligament Transected Goat Knee Joint: A Preliminary Study. In Proceedings of the 34th Annual Northeast Bioengineering Conference. Published article (PDF,500KB).

Keefe, D.M., T.M. O'Brien, D.B. Baier, S.M. Gatesy, E.L. Brainerd, and D.H. Laidlaw. (2008). Exploratory Visualization of Animal Kinematics Using Instantaneous Helical Axes. Computer Graphics Forum. 27(3): 863-870. Published article (PDF,3MB).

Jenkins, F.A., Jr, Dial, K.P. and Goslow, G.E., Jr. (1988). A cineradiographic analysis of bird flight: the wishbone in starlings is a spring. Science. 241: 1495-1498. Published article.