Eric Thorhauer CV
Eric Thorhauer CV
12/2014
Eric
Thorhauer
Biodynamics
Laboratory
Department
of
Orthopaedic
Surgery
Department
of
Mechanical
Engineering
University
of
Pittsburgh
3820
South
Water
Street
Pittsburgh,
PA
15203
Phone:
(412)
215-7395
Email:
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2010
B.S.
in
Mechanical
Engineering,
University
of
Pittsburgh
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
2006-2010
Research
Assistant,
Biodynamics
Laboratory,
University
of
Pittsburgh
2009-2010
Research
Assistant,
Department
of
Mechanical
Engineering,
University
of
Pittsburgh
2010-Present
Research
Engineer,
Biodynamics
Laboratory,
University
of
Pittsburgh
RESEARCH
SUPPORT
2010-2015
R01
AR056630-01
(Co-Investigator)
NIH/NIAMS
Single-
vs.
Double-Bundle
ACL
Reconstruction:
A
Prospective
Randomized
Trial.
Project
evaluates
in
vivo
knee
kinematics
and
long-term
outcomes
after
ACL
reconstruction,
comparing
two
techniques
(randomized
clinical
trial).
PI:
Fu
F,
Irrgang
J,
Tashman
S
Updated
12/2014
MANUSCRIPTS
Published:
Anderst
WJ,
Thorhauer
ED,
Lee
JY,
Donaldson
WF,
Kang
JD.
Cervical
Spine
Bone
Mineral
Density
As
A
Function
Of
Vertebral
Level
And
Anatomic
Location.
Spine
Journal,
11(7)
:
659-67,
2011.
Hensler
D,
Working
ZM,
Illingworth
KD,
Thorhauer
ED,
Tashman
S,
Fu
FH.
Medial
Portal
Drilling:
Effects
On
The
Femoral
Tunnel
Aperture
Morphology
During
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction.
J
Bone
Joint
Surg
Am.
93
(22):
2063-71,
2011.
Hofbauer
M,
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
A,
Bey
M,
Tashman
S.
Altered
Tibiofemoral
Kinematics
in
the
Affected
Knee
and
Compensatory
Changes
in
the
Contralateral
Knee
After
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction.
American
Journal
of
Sports
Medicine.
42(11):
2715-21,
2014.
Tang
J,
Thorhauer
E,
Marsh
C,
Fu
FH,
Tashman
S.
Knee
Rotation
Influences
The
Femoral
Tunnel
Angle
Measurement
After
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction:
A
3-Dimensional
Computed
Tomography
Model
Study.
Knee
Surg
Sports
Traumatol
Arthrosc.
22(7):
1505-10,
2014.
In
Review:
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Validation
of
Combining
Dynamic
Stereo
X-ray
and
Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging
to
Estimate
In
Vivo
Knee
Cartilage
Contact.
Journal
of
Biomechanical
Engineering.
Submitted:
September
2014.
Ma
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Relationships
between
Static
Laxity
and
Dynamic
Knee
Function
after
ACL
Reconstruction.
Arthroscopy.
Submitted:
September
2014.
Fujimaki
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Murawski
C,
Sasaki
Y,
Tashman
S,
Fu
F.
A
Novel
Quantitative
In
Situ
Analysis
of
the
Human
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament.
American
Journal
of
Sports
Medicine.
Submitted:
October
2014.
Zheng
L,
Carey
R,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S,
Harner
C,
Zhang
X.
Three-Dimensional
In
Vivo
Tibiofemoral
Kinematics
During
Decline
Walking
After
Isolated
Medial
Or
Lateral
Meniscectomy.
Journal
of
Biomechanics,
Submitted:
October
2014.
Araki
D,
Thorhauer
E,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Validation
of
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Insertion
Site
Location
and
Area
Determination
Using
High-Resolution
3D
Isotropic
Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging.
Journal
of
Bone
and
Joint
Surgery.
Submitted:
November
2014.
Updated
12/2014
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
Tashman
S,
Anderst
W,
Thorhauer
E,
Bishop
J,
Fu
FH.
Knee
Flexion
Angles
Associated
with
Peak
ACL
Bundle
Lengths
During
Running.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2008.
Poster.
Anderst
W,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Functional
Joint
Space
Remains
Unchanged
Two
Years
After
ACL-
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2008.
Poster.
Anderst
W,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
A
Technique
for
Calculating
and
Mapping
Focal
Cartilage
Thickness.
American
Society
of
Biomechanics,
2008.
Poster.
Anderst
W,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Correlation
Between
Focal
Cartilage
Thickness
and
Femur
Cartilage
Contact
Regions
During
Running.
American
Society
of
Biomechanics,
2008.
Paper.
Anderst
W,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
In
Vivo
Knee
Cartilage
Contact
During
Downhill
Running.
American
Society
of
Biomechanics,
2009.
Paper.
Anderst
W,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Correlation
Between
Focal
Cartilage
Thickness
and
Femur
Cartilage
Contact
Regions
During
Running.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2009.
Paper.
Martin
D,
Kopf
S,
Goyal
K,
Thorhauer
E,
Baillargeon
E,
Tashman
S.
In
vivo
Knee
Kinematics
after
Medial
Meniscal
Root
Tear.
Orthropedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2009.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Miyawaki
M,
Illingworth
K,
Holmes
A,
Anderst
W.
Accuracy
of
Bone
and
Cartilage
Models
Obtained
from
CT
and
MRI.
American
Society
of
Biomechanics,
2010.
Poster.
Martin
D,
Kopf
S,
Baillargeon
E,
Thorhauer
E,
Harner
C,
Tashman
S.
Altered
Joint
Contact
Pathways
During
Double-leg
Squat
After
Medial
Meniscal
Root
Tear.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2010.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Anderst
W,
Donaldson
W,
Kang
J,
Lee
J.
Cervical
Spine
Bone
Mineral
Density
as
a
Function
of
Vertebral
Level
and
Anatomic
Location.
ASME
Summer
Bioengineering
Conference,
2011.
Paper.
Lorenz
S,
Thorhauer
E,
Kopf
S,
Martin
D,
Fu
FH,
Tashman
S.
The
Native
Anteromedial
And
Posterolateral
Bundles
Of
The
ACL
Are
Not
Isometric
During
Squatting:
In
Vivo
Kinematic
Observations.
International
Society
of
Arthroscopy,
Knee
Surgery,
and
Orthopaedic
Sports
Medicine
Congress,
2011.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Anderst
W,
Donaldson
W,
Kang
J,
Lee
J.
Cervical
Spine
Bone
Mineral
Density
as
a
Function
of
Vertebral
Level
and
Anatomic
Location.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2011.
Paper.
Hensler
D,
Working
ZM,
Illingworth
KD,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S,
Fu
FH.
Influence
of
Difference
Variables
on
Femoral
Bone
Tunnel
Aperture
in
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2011.
Poster.
Updated
12/2014
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Tibiofemoral
Cartilage
Thickness
Following
ACL
Reconstruction.
American
Society
of
Biomechanics,
2012.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Anderst
W,
Tashman
S.
Effect
of
ACL
Reconstruction
on
Tibiofemoral
Cartilage
Contact
During
Downhill
Running.
American
Society
of
Biomechanics,
2012.
Paper.
Hensler
D,
Musahl
V,
Illingworth
KD,
Thorhauer
ED,
Tashman
S.
The
Function
Of
The
Two
Bundles
Of
The
Posterior
Cruciate
Ligament:
An
In-Vivo
Study
Using
Dynamic
Stereo
X-Ray
System
(DSX).
European
Federation
of
National
Associations
of
Orthopaedics
and
Traumatology
Congress,
2012.
Paper.
Araki
D,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S
Fu
F.
Correlation
Between
Posterior
Tibial
Slope
and
In-Vivo
Knee
Kinematics.
International
Society
of
Arthroscopy,
Knee
Surgery,
and
Orthopaedic
Sports
Medicine
Congress,
2013.
Poster.
Miyawaki
M,
Maeda
S,
Araujo
P,
Thorhauer
E,
Fujimaki
Y,
Middleton
K,
Irrgang
J,
Tashman
S,
Fu
F.
Measurement
of
Native
ACL
Tibial
Insertion
Site
Morphology-
A
Cadaveric
Study
Comparing
Arthroscopy,
2D
MRI,
and
3D
MRI.
International
Society
of
Arthroscopy,
Knee
Surgery,
and
Orthopaedic
Sports
Medicine
Congress,
2013.
Poster.
Fujimaki
Y,
Miyawaki
M,
Thorhauer
E,
Prisk
V,
Tashman
S.
In
Vivo
Kinematics
of
the
Ankle
During
Gait
Following
Reconstruction
for
Chronic
Ankle
Instability.
International
Society
of
Arthroscopy,
Knee
Surgery,
and
Orthopaedic
Sports
Medicine
Congress,
2013.
Paper.
Hensler
D,
Musahl
V,
Illingworth
KD,
Thorhauer
ED,
Tashman
S.
The
Function
Of
The
Two
Bundles
Of
The
Posterior
Cruciate
Ligament:
An
In-Vivo
Study
Using
Dynamic
Stereo
X-Ray
System
(DSX).
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2012.
Poster.
Araki
D,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Correlation
Between
Posterior
Tibial
Slope
and
In-vivo
Knee
Kinematics.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Paper.
Araki
D,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Tibial
Morphology
in
ACL-Injured
Patients:
3D-CT
Study.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Paper.
Abebe
ES,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Bilateral
Knee
Kinematics
Changes
in
Patients
Following
Unilateral
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Paper.
Tang
J,
Thorhauer
E,
Bowman
K,
Fu
FH,
Tashman
S.
In
Vivo
Posterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Elongation
in
Running
Activity
After
Anatomic
and
Non-anatomic
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Paper.
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
ES,
Gyory
J,
Hofbauer
M,
Tashman
S.
Tibiofemoral
Joint
Space
During
Hopping
Following
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
E,
Gyory
J,
Hofbauer
M,
Tashman
S.
Alterations
in
Tibiofemoral
Joint
Contact
During
Hop
Landing
Following
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Poster.
Updated
12/2014
Fujimaki
Y,
Maeda
S,
Middleton
K,
Thorhauer
E,
Miyawaki
M,
Araujo
P,
Irrgang
J,
Tashman
S,
Fu
F.
Size
Prediction
of
Quadriceps
Tendon
Autograft
for
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Poster.
Fujimaki
Y,
Miyawaki
M,
St.
Louis
K,
Grover
C,
Thorhauer
E,
Prisk
V,
Tashman
S.
In
Vivo
Kinematics
Of
The
Ankle
During
Gait
Following
Reconstruction
For
Chronic
Ankle
Instability.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Poster.
Schreiber
VM,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Differences
in
Ground
Reaction
Forces
During
Downhill
Running
after
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Injury:
Reconstruction
Versus
Conservative
Treatment.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Poster.
Miyawaki
M,
Maeda
S,
Araujo
P,
Fujimaki
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Middleton
KK,
Irrgang
J,
Tashman
S,
Fu
FH.
Measurement
of
Native
ACL
Tibial
Insertion
Site
Morphology:
A
Cadaveric
Study.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2013.
Poster.
Irvine
JN,
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
ES,
Tashman
S,
Harner
CD.
ACL
Reconstruction:
Is
There
a
Difference
in
Graft
Motion
for
BonePatellar
Tendon
Bone
versus
Hamstring
Autograft
at
6
Weeks
Post-Operatively?
American
Orthopaedic
Society
for
Sports
Medicine
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Paper.
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
ES,
Tashman
S.
Outcomes
In
Knee
Joint
Running
Kinematics
Following
Non-Anatomic
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction:
A
Comparison
Of
Three
Surgical
Methods.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
ES,
Tashman
S.
In
Vivo
Dynamic
Behavior
of
the
Native
and
Reconstructed
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
During
Running.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Abebe
ES,
Araki
A,
Ma
Y,
Tashman
S.
Can
Clinical-Grade
MRI
Scans
Reliably
Detect
Native
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Insertion
Sites?
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Ma
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Relationships
Between
Static
Laxity
and
Dynamic
Knee
Function
After
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Paper.
Fujimaki
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Murawski
C,
Sasaki
Y,
Smolinski
P,
Tashman
S,
Fu
FH.
Quantitative
In
Situ
Analysis
of
the
Human
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
and
Midsubstance
Cross
Sectional
Area.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Abebe
ES,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S.
Misplacement
of
ACL
Graft
Tunnels:
An
In
Vivo
Comparison
of
Double-
Bundle,
Single-Bundle
Transtibial
and
Single-Bundle
Anteromedial
Portal
Drilling
Approaches.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Updated
12/2014
Araki
D,
Thorhauer
E,
Tashman
S,
Fu
FH.
Validation
of
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Insertion
Site
Location
and
Area
Determination
Using
High-Resolution
3D
Isotropic
Magnetic
Resonance
Imaging.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Araki
D,
Thorhauer
E,
Fu
FH,
Tashman
S.
Side-to-side
Differences
in
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Insertion
Site
Area
and
Location
Assessed
Using
a
Three-dimensional
Laser
Scanner.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
Abebe
ES,
Irvine
J,
Thorhauer
E,
Harner
C,
Tashman
S.
The
Influence
of
Graft
Type
on
Graft-Tunnel
Motion
During
Gait
After
Hamstring
or
Bone-Patellar
Tendon-Bone
Autograft
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2014.
Poster.
OHara-Plotnik
R,
Thorhauer
E,
Sivaprakasam
A,
Irrgang
J,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Gait
Is
a
Poor
Task
Choice
for
Identifying
Kinematic
Deficits
After
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Poster.
Nishizawa
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Irrgang
J,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Relationships
Between
Clinical
Laxity
Measurement
and
Dynamic
Knee
Kinematics
After
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Poster.
Nishizawa
Y,
Thorhauer
E,
Irrgang
J,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Relationships
Between
Femoral
Tunnel
position
and
Dynamic
Knee
Function
After
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Poster.
Manmohan
R,
Kurapati
N,
Thorhauer
E,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S,
Irrgang
J.
Quantitative
MRI-T2
Mapping
of
Articular
Cartilage
following
Anatomic
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction:
Relationship
to
Patient
Reported
Measures
of
Symptoms,
Activity,
and
Participation.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Nishizawa
Y,
Irrgang
J,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Factors
Affecting
Femoral
Tunnel
Morphology
and
Bone
Block
Healing
after
ACL
Reconstruction.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Fujimaki
Y,
OHara-Plotnik
R,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
In
situ
Analysis
of
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Shape
and
Morphology.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Poster.
Thorhauer
E,
Sass
K,
Sivaprakasam
A,
Irrgang
J,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Changes
in
Tibiofemoral
Gait
Kinematics
Are
Associated
with
Regional
Cartilage
Morphological
Changes.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Paper.
Thorhauer
E,
Sass
K,
Sivaprakasam
A,
Irrgang
J,
Fu
F,
Tashman
S.
Alterations
in
In
Vivo
Knee
Cartilage
Contact
After
Anterior
Cruciate
Ligament
Reconstruction
and
Correlations
to
Clinical
Outcomes.
Orthopedic
Research
Society
Annual
Meeting,
2015.
Paper.
Updated
12/2014
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