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Three-dimensional evaluation of the transverse rotator cuff muscle's resultant force angle in relation to scapulohumeral subluxation and glenoid vault morphology in nonpathological shoulders

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Matthieu Boubat, Patrick Goetti

Background: Static posterior subluxation of the humeral head (SPSH) results in glenohumeral osteoarthritis. Treatment strategies for SPSH with or without resulting osteoarthritis remain challenging. There is growing interest in evaluating the rotator cuff ...

Mosby-Elsevier2024

Age- and sex-specific normative values of bone mineral density in the adult glenoid

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Philippe Büchler, Alain Farron, Frédéric Vauclair, Patrick Goetti

The objective of this study was to determine the normative bone mineral density (BMD) of cortical and trabecular bone regions in the adult glenoid and its dependence on the subject's age and sex. We analyzed computed tomography (CT) scans of 441 shoulders ...

WILEY2022

Association of the Posterior Acromion Extension with Glenoid Retroversion: A CT Study in Normal and Osteoarthritic Shoulders

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Frédéric Vauclair, Patrick Goetti

Posterior eccentric glenoid wear is associated with higher complication rates after shoulder arthroplasty. The recently reported association between the acromion shape and glenoid retroversion in both normal and osteoarthritic shoulders remains controversi ...

MDPI2022

Five-year outcomes of anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty with posterior augmented glenoid implants in Walch B2 and B3 glenoids

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Patrick Goetti

E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD2022

Glenoid bone strain after anatomical total shoulder arthroplasty: In vitro measurements with micro-CT and digital volume correlation

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Yasmine Boulanaache

Glenoid implant loosening remains a major source of failure and concern after anatomical total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA). It is assumed to be associated with eccentric loading and excessive bone strain, but direct measurement of bone strain after aTSA i ...

2020

Reduction of scapulohumeral subluxation with posterior augmented glenoid implants in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty: Short-term 3D comparison between pre- and post-operative CT

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Patrick Goetti

Background: Failure rates in anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) are higher in case of asymmetric glenoid bone loss secondary to posterior wear, and in persistent static posterior subluxation of the humeral head (PSH). ...

ELSEVIER MASSON, CORP OFF2020

Deep learning for the rapid automatic quantification and characterization of rotator cuff muscle degeneration from shoulder CT datasets

Alexandre Terrier, Philippe Büchler, Alain Farron, Elham Taghizadeh

Objectives This study aimed at developing a convolutional neural network (CNN) able to automatically quantify and characterize the level of degeneration of rotator cuff (RC) muscles from shoulder CT images including muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration. M ...

SPRINGER2021

Muscle co-contraction in an upper limb musculoskeletal model: EMG-assisted vs. standard load-sharing

Dominique Pioletti, Philippe Müllhaupt, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Matteo Mancuso, Ehsan Sarshari

Estimation of muscle forces in over-actuated musculoskeletal models involves optimal distributions of net joint moments among muscles by a standard load-sharing scheme (SLS). Given that co-contractions of antagonistic muscles are counterproductive in the n ...

2021

Feasibility of an alternative method to estimate glenohumeral joint center from videogrammetry measurements and CT/MRI of patients

Dominique Pioletti, Philippe Müllhaupt, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Matteo Mancuso, Ehsan Sarshari

Videogrammetry is commonly used to record upper limb motions. However, it cannot track the glenohumeral joint center (GH). GH is required to reconstruct upper limb motions. Therefore, it is often estimated by separately measuring scapular motions using sca ...

2021

Automated CT bone segmentation using statistical shape modelling and local template matching

Alexandre Terrier, Philippe Büchler, Alain Farron, Elham Taghizadeh

Accurate CT bone segmentation is essential to develop chair-side manufacturing of implants based on additive manufacturing. We herewith present an automated method able to accurately segment challenging bone regions, while simultaneously providing anatomic ...

2019

A Robotic Glenohumeral Simulator for Investigating Prosthetic Implant Subluxation

Kamiar Aminian, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Matteo Mancuso, Arash Arami

Total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA) is an effective treatment for glenohumeral (GH) osteoarthritis. However, it still suffers from a substantial rate of mechanical failure, which may be related to cyclic off-center loading of the humeral head on the glenoid. ...

2019

Posterior Acromial Extent Predicts Glenoid Version in Normal and Osteoarthritic Shoulders

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron

E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD2019

A statistical shape model to predict the premorbid glenoid cavity

Alexandre Terrier, Philippe Büchler, Alain Farron, Steve Michel Berger, Daniel Abler

Background: This study proposes a method for inferring the premorbid glenoid shape and orientation of scapulae affected by glenohumeral osteoarthritis (OA) to inform restorative surgery. ...

MOSBY-ELSEVIER2018

Variability of the acromion index and critical shoulder angle: computed tomography evaluation in 500 non-osteoarthritic shoulders

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Frédéric Vauclair, Patrick Goetti

E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD2018

Acromion index and supraspinatus muscle degeneration are positively correlated in patients undergoing reverse shoulder arthroplasty

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Valérie Hélène Emilie Malfroy Camine

E M H SWISS MEDICAL PUBLISHERS LTD2018

Cement stress predictions after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty are correlated with preoperative glenoid bone quality

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Raphaël Rodolphe Obrist

Hypothesis: We hypothesized that biomechanical parameters typically associated with glenoid implant failure after anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) would be correlated with preoperative glenoid bone quality. Methods: We developed an objective aut ...

Elsevier2017

A simulation framework for humeral head translations

Dominique Pioletti, Philippe Müllhaupt, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Ehsan Sarshari

Humeral head translations (HHT) play a crucial role in the glenohumeral (GH) joint function. The available shoulder musculoskeletal models developed based on inverse dynamics however fall short of predicting the HHT. This study aims at developing a simulat ...

2017

A semi-automated quantitative CT method for measuring rotator cuff muscle degeneration in shoulders with primary osteoarthritis

Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Julien Ston, Antoine Dewarrat

Background: Rotator cuff muscle degeneration is an important parameter to consider when planning shoulder arthroplasty. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that rotator cuff muscle degeneration is correlated with scapulohumeral subluxation in patients planned for ...

Elsevier Masson2017

Effects of glenoid inclination and acromion index on humeral head translation and glenoid articular cartilage strain

Dominique Pioletti, Alexandre Terrier, Alain Farron, Christoph Anselm Engelhardt

Previous clinical studies have reported associations between glenoid inclination (GI), the acromion index (AI), and the critical shoulder angle (CSA) on the one hand and the occurrence of glenohumeral osteoarthritis and supraspinatus tendon tears on the ot ...

Elsevier2017

Heightened clinical utility of smartphone versus body-worn inertial system for shoulder function B-B score

Kamiar Aminian, Alain Farron, Cyntia Duc, Brigitte Jolles-Haeberli

The B-B Score is a straightforward kinematic shoulder function score including only two movements (hand to the Back + lift hand as to change a Bulb) that demonstrated sound measurement properties for patients for various shoulder pathologies. However, the ...

2017