Publications

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Refereed Journal Publications

  1. Lievers WB. Visualizing academic descendants using modified Pavlo diagrams: Results based on five researchers in biomechanics and biomedicine. Quant Sci Stud. 2022;3(3):489-511. doi:10.1162/qss_a_00205
  2. Sun H, Ferasat K, Nowak P, Gravell L, Gaffran N, Anderson C, Sirola T, Pintar P, Lievers WB, Kim IY, Pilkey K, Béland LK. Implementing a non-local lattice element method in the open-source large-scale atomic/molecular massively parallel simulator. Model Simul Mater Sci Eng. 2022;30:054001. doi:10.1088/1361-651X/ac6b4a
  3. Lamarche BA, Thomsen JS, Andreasen CM, Lievers WB, Andersen TL. 2D size of trabecular bone structure units (BSU) correlate more strongly with 3D architectural parameters than age in human vertebrae. Bone. 2022;160:116399. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2022.116399
  4. Goggins KA, Chadefaux D, Tarabini M, Arsenault M, Lievers WB, Eger T. Four degree-of-freedom lumped parameter model of the foot-ankle system exposed to vertical vibration from 10 to 60 Hz with varying centre of pressure conditions. Ergonomics. 2021;64(8):1002-1017. doi:10.1080/00140139.2021.1891298
  5. Bennison MBM, Pilkey AK, Lievers WB. Evaluating a theoretical and an empirical model of “side effects” in cancellous bone. Med Eng Phys. 2021;94:8-15. doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2021.05.022
  6. Bennison MBM, Pilkey AK, Lievers WB. Misalignment error in cancellous bone apparent elastic modulus depends on bone volume fraction and degree of anisotropy. J Biomech Eng. 2021;143(2):021005. doi:10.1115/1.4047679
  7. Hogue M, Fairgrieve SI, Lievers WB. Stabbing angle alters peak force and work during sharp force trauma of porcine ribs. Forensic Sci Int. 2020;314:110373. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2020.110373
  8. Goggins KA, Oddson BE, Lievers WB, Eger TR. Anatomical locations for capturing magnitude differences in foot-transmitted vibration exposure, determined using multiple correspondence analysis. Theor Issues Ergonomic Sci. 2020;21(5):562-576. doi:10.1080/1463922X.2020.1731623
  9. Gaudet JR, Lievers WB, Fairgrieve SI. Development and commissioning of an instrumented pneumatic device to simulate blunt- and sharp-force trauma. Forensic Sci Int. 2020;307:110123. doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.110123
  10. Lievers WB, Goggins KA, Adamic P. Epidemiology of foot injuries using National Collegiate Athletic Association data from the 2009-2010 through 2014-2015 seasons. J Athl Train. 2020;55(2):181-187. doi:10.4085/1062-6050-560-18
  11. Goggins KA, Tarabini M, Lievers WB, Eger TR. Standing centre of pressure alters the vibration transmissibility response of the foot. Ergonomics. 2019;62(9):1202-1213. doi:10.1080/00140139.2019.1626490
  12. Goggins KA, Tarabini M, Lievers WB, Eger TR. Biomechanical response of the human foot when standing in a natural position while exposed to vertical vibration from 10-200Hz. Ergonomics. 2019;62(5):644-656. doi:10.1080/00140139.2018.1559362
  13. Morton JJ, Bennison M, Lievers WB, Waldman SD, Pilkey AK. Failure behaviour of rat vertebrae determined through simultaneous compression testing and micro-CT imaging. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2018;79:73-82. doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.11.021
  14. LeClair B, O’Connor PJ, Podrucky S, Lievers WB. Measuring the mass and center of gravity of helmet systems for underground workers. Int J Indust Ergon. 2018;64:23-30. doi:10.1016/j.ergon.2017.10.001
  15. Lievers WB, Frimenko RE, McCullough KA, Crandall JR, Kent RW. Etiology and biomechanics of midfoot (Lisfranc) injuries in athletes. Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2015;43(2-3):213-238. doi:​​10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v43.i2-3.60
  16. Lievers WB, Adamic PF. Incidence and severity of foot and ankle injuries in men’s collegiate American football. Orthop J Sports Med. 2015;​3(5):​2325967115581593. doi:​10.1177/2325967115581593
  17. Kent RW, Lievers WB, Riley PO, Frimenko RE, Crandall JR. Etiology and biomechanics of tarsometatarsal injuries in professional football players: A video analysis Orthop J Sports Med. 2014;​2(3):​2325967114525347. doi:​10.1177/2325967114525347
  18. Lievers WB. Manuscript processing times are negatively correlated with journal impact factors. Can J Inform Lib Sci. 2013;​37(4):​225-236. doi:​10.1353/ils.2013.0022
  19. Lievers WB, Kent RW. Patient-specific modelling of the foot: automated hexahedral meshing of the bones. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Eng. 2013;16(12):1287-1297. doi:​10.1080/10255842.2012.668538
  20. Frimenko RE, Lievers WB, Riley PO, Park JS, Hogan MV, Crandall JR, Kent RW. Development of an injury risk function for first metatarsophalangeal joint sprains. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2013;45(11):2144-2150. doi:​10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182994a10
  21. Riley PO, Kent RW, Dierks TA, Lievers WB, Frimenko RE, Crandall JR. Foot kinematics and loading of professional athletes in American football-specific tasks. Gait Post. 2013;38(4):563-569. doi:​10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.03.034
  22. Lievers WB, Frimenko RE, Crandall JR, Kent RW, Park JS. Age, sex, causal and injury patterns in tarsometatarsal dislocations: a literature review of over 2000 cases. Foot. 2012;22(3):117-124. doi:​10.1016/j.foot.2012.03.003
  23. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK. Characterizing the frequency of repeated citations: the effects of journal, subject area, and self-citation. Inform Process Manag. 2012;48(6):1116-1123. doi:​10.1016/j.ipm.2012.01.009
  24. Frimenko RE, Lievers WB, Coughlin MJ, Anderson RB, Crandall JR, Kent RW. Etiology and biomechanics of first metatarsophalangeal joint sprains (turf toe) in athletes. Crit Rev Biomed Eng. 2012;40(1):43-61. doi:​10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v40.i1.30
  25. Salzar RS, Lievers WB, Frimenko RF, et al. Fracture tolerance of the patellofemoral joint in frontal knee impacts of 75 and 35 year old males. Int J Crashworthiness. 2011;16(4):397-409. doi:​10.1080/13588265.2011.596676
  26. Lievers WB, Poljsak AS, Waldman SD, Pilkey AK. Effects of dehydration-induced structural and material changes on the apparent modulus of cancellous bone. Med Eng Phys. 2010;​32(8):​921-925. doi:​10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.06.001
  27. Lievers WB, Petryshyn AC, Poljsak AS, Waldman SD, Pilkey AK. Specimen diameter and “side artifacts” in cancellous bone evaluated using end-constrained elastic tension. Bone. 2010;​47(2):​371-377. doi:​10.1016/j.bone.2010.03.024
  28. Lievers WB, Waldman SD, Pilkey AK. Minimizing specimen length in elastic testing of end-constrained cancellous bone. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2010;​3(1):​22-30. doi:​10.1016/j.jmbbm.2009.02.001
  29. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK. Matrix-erosion tessellation:​ comparing particle clustering measures extracted from three-dimensional vs two-dimensional images. Metall Mater Trans. 2009;​A40(1):​36-45. doi:​10.1007/s11661-008-9689-9
  30. Lievers WB, Lee V, Arsenault SM, Waldman SD, Pilkey AK. Specimen size effect in the volumetric shrinkage of cancellous bone measured at two levels of dehydration. J Biomech. 2007;​40(9):​1903-1909. doi:​10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.09.002
  31. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK, Lloyd DJ. Using incremental forming to calibrate a void nucleation model for automotive aluminum sheet alloys. Acta Mater. 2004;​52(10):​3001-3007. doi:​10.1016/j.actamat.2004.03.002
  32. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK. An evaluation of global thresholding techniques for the automatic image segmentation of automotive aluminum sheet alloys. Mater Sci Eng. 2004;​A381(1-2):​134-142. doi:​10.1016/j.msea.2004.04.002
  33. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK, Lloyd DJ. The influence of iron content on the bendability of AA6111 sheet. Mater Sci Eng. 2003;​A361(1-2):​312-320. doi:​10.1016/S0921-5093(03)00535-5
  34. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK, Worswick MJ. The co-operative role of voids and shear bands in strain localization during bending. Mech Mater. 2003;​35(7):​661-674. doi:​10.1016/S0167-6636(02)00275-2

Data sets

  1. Lievers WB. Replication data for: Visualizing academic descendants using modified Pavlo diagrams: Results based on five researchers in biomechanics and biomedicine. Borealis, 2022. doi:​10.5683/SP3/MDGUTK
  2. Bennison M, Pilkey K, Lievers B. Replication data for: Misalignment error in cancellous bone apparent elastic modulus depends on bone volume fraction and degree of anisotropy. Scholars Portal Dataverse, 2020. doi:​10.5683/SP2/CUMELO
  3. Lievers B, Lichty E. Figures from: Etiology and biomechanics of midfoot (Lisfranc) injuries in athletes. Scholars Portal Dataverse, 2019. doi:​10.5683/SP2/WQSI0N

Book chapters

  1. Salzar RS, Lievers WB, Bailey AM, Crandall JR. Leg, foot, and ankle injury biomechanics. In:​ Yoganandan N, Nahum AM, Melvin JW, eds. Accidental Injury:​ Biomechanics and Prevention. 3rd ed. New York:​ Springer;​ 2015:​​499-547. doi:​​10.1007/978-1-4939-1732-7_18

Conference Items

  1. Goggins KA, Chadefaux D, Tarabini M, Lievers WB, Arsenault M, Eger TE. Modeling of the foot-ankle system innatural standing position using a four degree-of-freedom lumped parameter model. 8th American Conference on Human Vibration. June 23-25, 2021 (online due to COVID). [PDF]
  2. Goggins KA, Oddson BE, Lievers WB, Arsenault M, Eger TE. Identifying landmarks for foot-transmitted vibration measurement based on two data analysis methods. 8th American Conference on Human Vibration. June 23-25, 2021 (online due to COVID). [PDF]
  3. Lamarche BA, Thomsen JS, Andreasen CM, Andersen TL, Lievers WB. Changes with age in the trabecular bone structural units (BSU) of the lumbar spine. Oral presentation at the Northern Research Health Conference (NHRC2020) Conference. October 2, 2020;​ Sudbury, ON (online due to COVID). https://youtu.be/YYdS_wzDYSM
  4. Lamarche BA, Thomsen JS, Andreasen CM, Andersen TL, Lievers WB. Trabecular bone structural units (BSU) in the lumbar spine decrease in size with age and bone volume fraction. Poster presented at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR2020) Conference. September 11-15, 2020;​ Seattle, WA (online due to COVID). [PDF]
  5. Bennison MBL, Pilkey AK, Lievers WB. Decrease in elastic modulus of cancellous bone due to misalignment depends on bone volume fraction and degree of anisotropy. Paper presented at the 16th Ontario Biomechanics Conference (OBC2019). March 8-10, 2019;​ New Tecumseh, ON. [PDF]
  6. Goggins KA, Lievers WB, Eger TR. Anatomical locations for capturing magnitude and frequency differences in foot-transmitted vibration exposure. Paper presented at the 16th Ontario Biomechanics Conference (OBC2019). March 8-10, 2019;​ New Tecumseh, ON. [PDF]
  7. Heney A, Lievers WB, Pilkey AK. Effect of fatigue-induced microdamage on the compressive properties of trabecular bone. Paper presented at the 16th Ontario Biomechanics Conference (OBC2019). March 8-10, 2019;​ New Tecumseh, ON. [PDF]
  8. Hogue MA, Fairgrieve SI, Lievers WB. Blade angle affects the peak force and work associated with sharp-force trauma. Paper presented at the 16th Ontario Biomechanics Conference (OBC2019). March 8-10, 2019;​ New Tecumseh, ON. [PDF]
  9. Goggins KA, Oddson BE, Lievers WB, Eger T. Anatomical locations for capturing magnitude differences in foot-transmitted vibration. Paper presented at the 49th Annual Conference of the Association of Canadian Ergonomists & 6th Conference of Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health (ACE-CROSH2018). October 15-18, 2018;​ Sudbury, ON.
  10. Driver MG, Lievers WB, Pilkey AK. Load sharing of cancellous and cortical bone in rat vertebrae under uniaxial compression determined using finite element analysis (FEA). Poster presented at the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR2018) Conference. September 28-October 1, 2018;​ Montreal, QC. [PDF]
  11. Goggins K, Tarabini M, Lievers B, Eger T. Resonant frequency identification at 24 locations on the foot when standing in a natural upright position during vertical vibration exposure. Proceedings of the 7th American Conference on Human Vibration (ACHV2018). June 13-15, 2018;​ Seattle, WA:52-53. [PDF]
  12. Goggins K, Tarabini M, Lievers B, Eger T. Standing centre of pressure alters the virbation transmissibility response of the foot. Proceedings of the 7th American Conference on Human Vibration (ACHV2018). June 13-15, 2018;​ Seattle, WA:33-34. [PDF]
  13. Gaudet J, Lievers WB, Fairgrieve S. The Bone Impactor: An instrumented device for simulating blunt- or sharp-force trauma. Poster presented at the 2017 International Association of Forensic Sciences Conference (IAFS 2017). August 21—25, 2017; Toronto, Canada. [PDF]
  14. Morton JJ, Bennison M, Lievers WB, Waldman SD, Pilkey AK. In-situ micro-computed tomography imaging of rat vertebrae tested under uniaxial compression. Invited presentation at the 29th Canadian Materials Science Conference (CMSC 2017). June 20—23, 2017; Ottawa, Canada.
  15. Goggins K, Tarabini M, Corti F, Lievers B, Eger T. Resonant frequency identification at the foot when standing in a natural upright position during vertical vibration exposure. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Whole Body Vibration (WBV2017). June 19–21, 2017;​ Gothenburg, Sweden:85-86. [PDF]
  16. Riley PO, Kent RW, Dierks TA, Lievers WB, Frimenko RE, Crandall JR. Stiffness of the first MTP joint in athletic activities. Proceedings of the 2014 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury. September 10–12, 2014; Dublin, Ireland:225-226. http://www.ircobi.org/wordpress/downloads/irc14/pdf_files/30.pdf
  17. Frimenko RE, Lievers WB, Riley PO, Crandall JR, Kent RW. A method to induce navicular‐cuneiform/cuneiform‐first metatarsal sprain in athletes. Proceedings of the 2012 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Injury. September 12-14, 2012; Dublin, Ireland:265-276. http://www.ircobi.org/wordpress/downloads/irc12/pdf_files/35.pdf
  18. Frimenko R, Lievers WB, Riley P, et al. The development of a method to induce injurious hyperextension of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. Poster presented at: 35th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB). Long Beach, CA, August 10–13, 2011. http://www.asbweb.org/conferences/2011/pdf/137.pdf
  19. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK, Worswick MJ, Lloyd DJ, An “elastic predictor-normal corrector” implementation of the kinematic hardening Gurson-Tvergaard-Needleman equations. Proceedings of Plasticity 2002. Aruba, January 3–9, 2002.
  20. Lievers WB, Bissoon S, Pilkey AK, Worswick MJ, Jain M, Lloyd DJ. Effect of damage on the bendability of AA6111 aluminum automotive sheet. Proceedings of Plasticity 2000. Whistler, BC, July 17–21, 2000.
  21. Lievers WB, Pilkey AK, Worswick MJ, Jain M, Lloyd DJ. Incorporating void damage into numerical predictions of AA6111 sheet bendability. Proceedings of CIM’99. Quebec City, QC, August 22–26, 1999.

Supervised theses

  1. Hogue M. Effects of blade angle on the force and work during sharp force trauma of porcine ribs [Master’s Thesis]. Laurentian University: Sudbury, ON: 2022. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3851
  2. Lamarche BA. Morphometric changes with age in human trabecular bone structural units (BSU) of the lumbar spine [Master’s Thesis]. Laurentian University: Sudbury, ON: 2020. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3616
  3. Bennison MBL. The role of cancellous bone architecture in misalignment and side effect errors [Master’s Thesis]. Laurentian University: Sudbury, ON: 2020. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3426
  4. Heney AP. Effect of fatigue-induced microdamage on the compressive properties of bovine trabecular bone [Master’s Thesis]. Queen’s University: Kingston, ON: September 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/26684
  5. Goggins KA. Measuring and modelling human response to foot-transmitted vibration exposure [PhD thesis]. Laurentian University: Sudbury, ON; July 2019. https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/handle/10219/3332
  6. Driver MG. Finite element analysis of cortical shell contributions to apparent stiffness and the effect of vascular apertures in rat vertebrae under uniaxial compression [Master’s thesis]. Queen’s University: Kingston, ON; December 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/25900

Theses

  1. Lievers WB. Effects of Geometric and Material Property Changes on the Apparent Elastic Properties of Cancellous Bone [PhD thesis]. Kingston, ON:​ Queen’s University;​ April 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1788
  2. Lievers WB. Effect of Void Damage and Shear Band Development on the Bendability of AA6111 Automotive Aluminum Alloy Sheet [Master’s thesis]. Ottawa, ON:​ Carleton University;​ 2001. https://curve.carleton.ca/theses/26070
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