Annegret Mündermann, Ph.D.

 

CEO

Advanced Biomechanics Research Ltd.

 

Research Fellow

School of Physiotherapy

Otago University


Phone:    650-488-4663

Email:      anne.muendermann@gmail.com

 

 

 

Degrees

2002       Ph.D. in Medical Science / Biomechanics
University of Calgary, Canada 

 

1998       ‘Staatsexamen’ in Mathematics and Sports Science
University of Konstanz, Germany

 

Courses

*       ME289 - BME Research Seminar - Fall 2006

*       ME389 – Biomechanical Engineering Seminar – Spring 2007

 

 

Research Interests

*       Musculoskeletal biomechanics

*       Knee osteoarthritis and other degenerative joint diseases

*       Prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries

*       Joint loading during activities of daily living

*       Tissue and cell loading under physiological conditions

*       Age-related mechanical and biological changes in cartilage

*       Mechanical and biological consequences of obesity

*       Primary and secondary joint loading in patients following arthroplasty

*       Development of prevention and rehabilitation therapies for diseases of the musculoskeletal system

 

 

Recent Peer-reviewed Publications

Erhart J.C., A. Mündermann, B. Elspas, N.J. Giori, and T.P. Andriacchi (in press) A variable-stiffness shoe lowers the knee adduction moment in subjects with symptoms of medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Journal of Biomechanics.

Mündermann A., C.O. Dyrby, D.D. D’Lima, C.W. Colwell, and T.P. Andriacchi (in press) In vivo knee loading characteristics during activities of daily living as measured by an instrumented total knee replacement. Journal of Orthopaedic Research.

Mündermann A., J.L. Asay, L. Mündermann, and T.P. Andriacchi (2008) Implications of increased medio-lateral trunk sway for ambulatory mechanics. Journal of Biomechanics 41(1): 165-170.

Fisher D.S., C.O. Dyrby, A. Mündermann, E. Morag, and T.P. Andriacchi (2007) In healthy subjects without knee osteoarthritis, the peak knee adduction moment influences the acute effect of shoe interventions designed to reduce medial compartment knee load. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 25(4): 540-546.

Andriacchi T.P. and A. Mündermann (2006) The role of ambulatory mechanics in the initiation and progression of knee osteoarthritis. Current Opinion in Rheumatology 18(5): 514–518.

Mündermann A., J.M. Wakeling, B.M. Nigg, R.N. Humble, and D.J. Stefanyshyn (2006) Foot orthoses affect frequency components of muscle activity in the lower extremity. Gait & Posture 23(3): 295-302.

Mündermann A., C.O. Dyrby, and T.P. Andriacchi (2005) Secondary gait changes in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis: Increased load at the ankle, knee and hip during walking. Arthritis and Rheumatism 52(9): 2835-2844.

All published articles on Pubmed.

 

 

Books and Book Chapters

Andriacchi T.P. and A. Mündermann (2006) A model for understanding the pathomechanics of osteoarthritis in aging. In: P. Michael Conn (Editor), Handbook of Models for Human Aging. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam. Chapter 77: 923-936.

 

 

Recent Abstracts and Presentations

Liphardt A.M., N. Baecker, A. Mündermann, S. Koo, T.P. Andriacchi, J. Zange, H. Kleinoeder, J. Mester, and M. Heer. The potential of whole body vibration training to integratively counteract the effects of 14-days of immobilization. In: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Congress of the European College of Sports Science, Estoril, Portugal, July 2008.

Erhart J.C., A. Mündermann, S. Koo, B. Merrick, A. Deagon, N.J. Giori, and T.P. Andriacchi. Regional cartilage thinning occurs first in the walking weight bearing regions of the femur in medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. In: Proceedings of the ASME 2008 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC2008), Marco Island, FL, June 2008.

Mündermann A., J.L. Asay, and T.P. Andriacchi (2008) Unloading mechanism in the more affected side during stair ascent in bilateral knee osteoarthritis: Implications for the less affected knee. In: Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists Conference, Dunedin, NZ, April 2008.

Asay J.L., A. Mündermann, and T.P. Andriacchi. Patients with knee osteoarthritis adapt stair climbing patterns  to reduce quadriceps demand during stair climbing. Accepted for presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, San Francisco, CA, March 2008.

Mündermann A., J.L. Asay, and T.P. Andriacchi (2007) Disease severity influences trunk sway and knee loading during walking in patients with medial compartment knee OA. In: Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Stanford, CA, August 2007.

Mündermann A., P. Gupta, S. Corazza 1, V. Camomilla, C.O. Dyrby, and T. P. Andriacchi (2007) Sensitivity of functional hip joint center location to body mass index, movement pattern and marker cluster. Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Stanford, CA, August 2007.

Erhart J., A. Mündermann, L. Mündermann, and T.P. Andriacchi (2007) A mechanism to reduce the knee adduction moment during walking. Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, Stanford, CA, August 2007.

Dyrby C.O., J. Erhart, L. Worthen-Chaudhari, D.D’Lima, C. Colwell, A. Mündermann, and T.P. Andriacchi (2007) In vivo knee loading measured by an instrumented total knee replacement during activities of daily living. Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, CA, August 2007.

Erhart J.C., C.O. Dyrby, B. Elspas, A. Mündermann, N.J. Giori, and T.P. Andriacchi (2007) Short and long-term reductions in knee adduction moment in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis with a variable-stiffness walking shoe. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, February 2007, San Diego, CA, Trans. Orthop. Res. Soc. 53: 694.

Mündermann A., S. Koo, L. Worthen-Chaudhari, W.J. Maloney, and T.P. Andriacchi (2006)  A potential mechanical pathway for the initiation of osteoarthritis in the obese population. In: Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, September 2006, Blacksburg, VA.

DeMarre J.L., L. Mündermann, T.P. Andriacchi, and A. Mündermann (2006) A mechanism to lower the knee adduction moment during walking: Gait retraining as intervention for knee OA. In: Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, September 2006, Blacksburg, VA.

Mündermann L., A. Mündermann, S. Corazza, A.W. Chaudhari, and T.P. Andriacchi (2006) Phasing of trunk motion is critical for the efficacy of gait retraining aimed to reduce knee loads. In: Proceedings of the 30th Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics, September 2006, Blacksburg, VA.

Liphardt A.M., A. Mündermann, S. Koo, N. Bäcker, J. Zange, J. Mester, M. Heer (2006) Changes in cartilage morphology of the knee after 14-days of bed rest. In: Proceedings of the 36th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, July 2006, Beijing, China.

Liphardt A.M., N. Bäcker, A. Mündermann, S. Koo, T.P. Andriacchi, J. Zange, J. Mester, and M. Heer (2006) The potential of vibration training to affect the response of muscle, bone and cartilage during short term bed rest. Invited Paper. In: Proceedings of the 5th World Congress of Biomechanics, August 2006, Munich, Germany.

Mündermann, L., S. Corazza, A. Mündermann, T. Lin, A.M. Chaudhari, and T.P. Andriacchi (2006) Gait retraining to reduce medial compartment load at the knee assessed using markerless motion capture. 52th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March 2006, Chicago, IL, Trans. Orthop. Res. Soc. 52.

Liphardt A.M., A. Mündermann, N. Bäcker, J. Mester, and M. Heer (2006) Serum COMP concentration is sensitive to a 14-day bed rest intervention. 52th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society, March 2006, Chicago, IL, Trans. Orthop. Res. Soc. 52.