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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For developing methods and models used to control costs and injuries associated with manual work in industry.
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

William S. Marras is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the field of Medicine, with significant contributions to several specialized subfields including Pharmacology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

The key topics explored in their work cover diverse areas such as musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, spine and intervertebral disc pathology, spinal fractures and fixation techniques, management of metastatic bone disease, medical imaging and analysis, muscle activation and electromyography studies, and stroke rehabilitation and recovery.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Neural and biomechanical tradeoffs associated with human-exoskeleton interactions, 2021, Applied Ergonomics
  • Toward an artificial intelligence-assisted framework for reconstructing the digital twin of vertebra and predicting its fracture response, 2022, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  • A digital twin for simulating the vertebroplasty procedure and its impact on mechanical stability of vertebra in cancer patients, 2022, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  • A physiological and biomechanical investigation of three passive upper-extremity exoskeletons during simulated overhead work, 2021, Ergonomics
  • Postoperative Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Spinal Metastasis and Predictors of Local Control, 2020, Neurosurgery

The scientist frequently published in the following venues:

  • Clinical Biomechanics
  • Pain Medicine
  • Applied Ergonomics
  • International Journal for Numerical Methods in Biomedical Engineering
  • Ergonomics

They have collaborated often with fellow researchers including Prasath Mageswaran, Eric C. Bourekas, Jonathan S. Dufour, Eric B. Weston, and Ehud Mendel.

Awards received by William S. Marras include being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2012, election as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2009 for developing methods and models used to control costs and injuries associated with manual work in industry, and a Fellowship of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) awarded in 1999.

Best Publications

  • The role of dynamic three-dimensional trunk motion in occupationally-related low back disorders. The effects of workplace factors, trunk position, and trunk motion characteristics on risk of injury.

    W S Marras;S A Lavender;S E Leurgans;S L Rajulu

  • Biomechanical risk factors for occupationally related low back disorders

    Marras Ws;Lavender Sa;Leurgans Se;Fathallah Fa

  • Occupational low back disorder causation and control.

    William S Marras

  • A comprehensive analysis of low-back disorder risk and spinal loading during the transferring and repositioning of patients using different techniques

    W. S. Marras;K. G. Davis;B. C. Kirking;P. K. Bertsche

  • Cost-benefit of muscle cocontraction in protecting against spinal instability.

    Kevin P. Granata;William S. Marras

  • Occupational risk factors associated with soft tissue disorders of the shoulder: a review of recent investigations in the literature

    Carolyn M. Sommerich;James D. Mcglothlin;William S. Marras

  • The influence of psychosocial stress, gender, and personality on mechanical loading of the lumbar spine.

    W S Marras;K G Davis;C A Heaney;A B Maronitis

  • Interventions, Controls, and Applications in Occupational Ergonomics

    William S. Marras;Waldemar Karwowski

  • Female and male trunk geometry: size and prediction of the spine loading trunk muscles derived from MRI.

    W.S. Marras;M.J. Jorgensen;K.P. Granata;B. Wiand

  • Wrist motions in industry

    W S Marras;R W Schoenmarklin

  • An EMG-assisted model of loads on the lumbar spine during asymmetric trunk extensions

    K.P. Granata;W.S. Marras

  • Spine loading characteristics of patients with low back pain compared with asymptomatic individuals.

    William S. Marras;Kermit G. Davis;Sue A. Ferguson;Benjamin R. Lucas

  • A literature review of low back disorder surveillance measures and risk factors.

    SA Ferguson;WS Marras

  • The influence of trunk muscle coactivity on dynamic spinal loads.

    Kevin P. Granata;W. S. Marras

  • A biomechanical assessment and model of axial twisting in the thoracolumbar spine.

    W. S. Marras;K. P. Granata

  • Spine loading during trunk lateral bending motions

    W.S. Marras;K.P. Granata

  • Three-dimensional motion model of loads on the lumbar spine: II. model validation

    William S. Marras;Carolyn M. Sommerich

  • Variation in spinal load and trunk dynamics during repeated lifting exertions.

    K.P. Granata;W.S. Marras;K.G. Davis

  • The development of an EMG-assisted model to assess spine loading during whole-body free-dynamic lifting

    William S Marras;Kevin P Granata

  • A stochastic model of trunk muscle coactivation during trunk bending.

    Gary A. Mirka;William S. Marras

Frequent Co-Authors

Waldemar Karwowski
Waldemar Karwowski University of Central Florida
Jacek M. Zurada
Jacek M. Zurada University of Louisville
Thomas M. Best
Thomas M. Best University of Miami
Sue Leurgans
Sue Leurgans Rush University Medical Center
Sara J. Czaja
Sara J. Czaja Cornell University
Alex Burdorf
Alex Burdorf Erasmus University Rotterdam
Peter A. Hancock
Peter A. Hancock University of Central Florida
Margareta Nordin
Margareta Nordin New York University
Francesco S. Violante
Francesco S. Violante University of Bologna
Nancy J. Cooke
Nancy J. Cooke Arizona State University

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