Moshe Solomonow, PhD

Professional Titles

• Director Bioengineering & Musculoskeletal Disorders Research Lab

Research Interests

The Musculoskeletal Disorders Laboratory (MDL) is actively pursuing the systemic identification of human movement in health while performing daily living functions, work, and sports as well as the syndrome developed upon injury to one or more components of the anatomy. The understanding of the nature of the interaction between bones, ligaments, discs, tendons, muscles and cartilage, and neural components via spinal networks is of paramount interest to sound orthopaedic practice as it allows optimal design of surgery with follow-up rehabilitation, physical therapy, orthotics, prosthetics and life style changes for maximal benefits of the patients.

Publications

• D’Ambrosia, P., King, K., Davidson, B., Zhou, B.H., Yun, L., Solomonow, M. (2010) Pro-inflammatory cytokines expression increases following low- and high-magnitude cyclic loading of lumbar ligaments. Eur. Spine J., 19:1330-1339.
• Pinski, S.E., King, K.B., Davidson B.S., Zhou, B.H., Lu, Y., Solomonow, M. (2010) High-frequency loading of lumbar ligaments increases proinflammatory cytokines expression in a feline model of repetitive musculoskeletal disorder. Spine J., Dec;10(12):1078-85. Epub 2010 Oct 12.
• Solomonow. (2010) Challenging the cumulative injury model: positive effects of greater body mass on disc degeneration. Spine J., 10:26-31.
• Solomonow. (2011) Time dependent Spine Stability: The wise old man and the six blind elephants. Clin. Biomech. (Bristol, Avon). Mar;26(3):219-28. Epub 2010 Dec 3.

Professional Memberships

• International Society of Biomechanics, Member

Practice Locations

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Orthopaedic Research, Other (0001)