This laboratory is founded by professor Cheng-Kung Cheng in 1995 at Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Yang Ming University. The Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory (OBL) strives for educating and training Orthopaedic Biomechanics expertise, and to improve the quality of research and development in Taiwan. OBL has collaborated with the Biomechanics Research Laboratory of MacKay Memorial Hospital and the Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology of Veterans General Hospital-Taipei clinically.

Moreover, the laboratory has formed a team of the academic scholars and multidisciplinary research resources and successfully received a grant of special project grant at the end of last year from Ministry of Economic Affairs, aiming to carry out a comprehensive research and development program in artificial joint prostheses and expand Taiwan industry in the biomechanical field. To promote the international cooperation, we arrived at a joint proposal with University of Calgary, Canada, to NSC for excellence grant of international research team cooperation, extending the international recognition of our team with a new stop.

Currently, seven doctor degrees and thirty-three master degrees have been graduated through this lab, combine with nine PH.D. students and twenty-three master degrees students are still studying in this lab.

Projects on going：

【01】Development of Artificial Joint Prostheses
【02】Research Extension of Biomedical and Medicine
【03】Research Data Archive, Department of Health, The Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
【04】Investigation of biomechanical role and stress response in tissue and cell of femoral neck
【05】Project of Multifunctional Adjuvant Equipment Resource Development in 2004
【06】The Biomechanical Analysis of conservative total hip prostheses under animal model for minimal invasive hip surgery
【07】Comparision of biomechanics between cervical laminectomy and laminoplasty by finite element analysis

Researches on going ：

【01】Safe zone of the tibiofemoral joint under malposition of total knee prosthesis: the effect of surgical instrument, canal geometry of femur, and the stress analysis of bone-prosthesis interface

【02】Influences of fluid shear stress on osteoblasts, osteocytes, and chondrocytes derived from osteoporotic and osteoarthritic patients

【03】The cellular and molecular mechanisms of mechanical responses in bone cells: from genomes to diseases

【04】Kinematics of knee joint at high flexion angles: A simulation study

【05】A new modular proximal femoral component design in revision total hip arthroplasty

【06】Dynamic change of anteroposterior diameter of cervical spinal canal and cord in passive flexion-extension motion

【07】A biomechanical study of the unilateral intermediate screw in the short segment pedicular fixation for unstable thoracolumbar burst fractures

【08】The effects of quadriceps contraction onpatellofemoral alignment: A computed tomography study

【09】The role of vastus medialis obliquus in repositioning the patella: A dynamic computed tomography study

【01】Self-developed Spinal Fixator

Anterial End-Plate Fixato, Posterior Fixator

【02】Self-developed Test Equipment

Hip simulator x2 Single Station Knee Simulator x1, Six Station Knee Simulator x1

【03】Computer

Pentium PC , Notebook

【04】Other Major Equipments

CAD/CAM: Roland Digital Group PNC-3000 CAMM-3
Material Testing System: MTS Bionix 858, Mini Bionix 858 II
Transmission Electron Microscope: JEM-1200EX II
Scanning Electron Microscope: HITACHI S-3500N
Stereo-microscope: Leica Mz6
Digital Imaging System: Leica/DC300/Im1000
Foot Pressure Measurement System: NOVEL GmbH Pedar mobile
Microhardness Tester: FUTURE Tec Fr-1E
Precision Diamond Saw: BUEHLER isomet 5000
Digital Grinding/Polishing Machine: BUEHLER vector LC & phoenix Beta
Automatic Mounting Press: BUEHLER simplimet 1000
Human Motion Analysis System: VICON system ( include: video camera x6, force plate x3, cooperate with faculty of Physical therapy, NYMU)
Electrophoresis system for western blot: Bio-Red
Others: LCD projector x2, DigitalViedio Camera x2, Digital Camera x3(Fuji Mx2700, Minolta DimAge7i), Digital Plate x1 (Numonics), Laser Color Printer x1(EPSON-C8600)
Dimension SST 3D Printer CNC machine (SINGA ML-870) Human Motion Analysis System: VICON system ( include: video camera x6, Force Plate x3, cooperate with faculty of Physical therapy, NYMU)
Multifunction Data acquisition device- NI USB-6251 x1, NI USB-6008 x1 Four axis motion control card- NI PCI-7344 3D Reverse Engineering device- Starcam FW-3 Others:

 

【05】Self-developed Software

Software for 3-D human joint force analysis

【06】Finite Element Software

ANSYS(7.0)、ABAQUS(6.6)、I-DEAS(Master Series 6.0/7.0)、Marc
Mentat(2006)

【07】Other Software

Optimas、Matlab、Mathematica、Photoshop、ADAMS、Media Cybernetics、Reference Manager、PhotoImpact、Core Draw、Solid Work、Pro Engineerin

【01】Conduct strategic planning of future research directions

【02】Establish the personnel data bank

【03】Statistics analyze the research data

【04】Establish and maintain the website

【05】Hold panel discussions to promote Industry-Academy research collaboration

【06】Hold press conferences of National-typed research projects’results and document

【07】Recommend the reviewers of National-typed research projects with the Department of Engineering And Applied Science of NSC

【08】Support the promotion business of the Department of Engineering And Applied Science of NSC