This page summarizes ideas and activities to promote Open Knee(s). The goal is to maximize community outreach for wide-spread use of Open Knee(s) along with encouragement for community contributions.

Online Presence

This section includes links to Open Knee(s) related information in online outlets such as Wikipedia, YouTube, etc.

Philanthropy

• Support for Open Knee(s) is possible through Cleveland Clinic philanthropy site:

• Crowdsourcing furthers knee joint research

Media Articles

• A story on Open Knee(s) has been published in Crain's Cleveland Business:

• Cleveland Clinic researcher is opening a new way of looking at knee

• by Chuck Soder
• Crain's Cleveland Business, February 24 - March 2, 2014
• A story on Open Knee(s) has appeared in one of Cleveland Clinic newsletters:

• Using crowdsourcing to revolutionize knee modeling

• Erdemir, A. And Jones, M. (2015) Open Knee(s) project: using crowdsourcing to harness community insight and clinical expertise to revolutionize knee modeling, Orthopaedic Insights (Winter 2014-2015), A Physician Newsletter from the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic.
• Open Knee(s) mentioned in an article in Biomedical Computation Review:

• SimTK ReLaunch

• Miller, K. (2016) Simtk relaunch: back at the cutting edge, Biomedical Comptutation Review (Spring 2016), published by Simbios, the NIH National Center for Physics-Based Simulation of Biological Structures.

Community Presentations

• Erdemir, A., Open Knee(s): a path towards open source virtual musculoskeletal joints, March 18, 2015, Departments of Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.

• https://simtk.org/svn/openknee/doc/mizzou_2015.pdf

• Erdemir, A., Open Knee(s): founding data for next generation knee models, Cleveland Clinic Orthopaedic Research Center Basic Science Day, June 5, 2015, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

• https://simtk.org/websvn/wsvn/openknee/doc/ccf-orc_2015.pdf

• Erdemir, A., Open Knee(s): open source modeling & simulation for in silico knee biomechanics, October 2, 2015, Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

• https://simtk.org/websvn/wsvn/openknee/doc/uef_2015.pdf

Community Discussions

• Open Knee - Generation 1 was promoted in Biomch-L forums:

• Open Knee - An Open Access Finite Element Representation of the Knee (v1 available)

• submitted by Ahmet Erdemir
• on January 1, 2011
• Community input for Open Knee(s) - Generation 2 specifications was requested in Biomch-L forums:

• Open Knee(s) - Generation 2: Your feedback and involvement

• submitted by Ahmet Erdemir
• on February 24, 2014
• Dissemination of image sets for Open Knee(s) - Generation 2 was promoted in Biomch-L forums:

• Imaging data for Open Knee(s) - Generation 2 specimens

• submitted by Ahmet Erdemir
• on April 22, 2015
• Dissemination of joint mechanics data sets for Open Knee(s) - Generation 2 was promoted in Biomch-L forums:

• Joint mechanics data for Open Knee(s) - Generation 2 specimens

• submitted by Ahmet Erdemir
• on October 30, 2015

Promotional Videos

Open Knee(s): Virtual Biomechanical Representations of the Knee Joint

-- aerdemir 2014-03-07 16:03:07 The following information was provided by Cara Sullivan for development of an introductory promotional video to share with the community.

Elements:

1. Introduction
2. Background
3. Appeal
4. Reward
5. Thank you

Script:

Creating a 3D model of the knee joint can help us better understand mechanisms of injury, the function of joint and tissues, the impact of pathogens and disease, and how to better plan surgical interventions [show existing models, scans, etc.]. Currently there are hundreds of finite element models of the knee available to the scientific community. What makes our different? The Open Knee project is proceeding with a completely open development and dissemination model- giving the opportunity for peer review, modification, and validation throughout the process[include images, videos of CCF, resources, different machines- robot, etc.]. Through a combination of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Robotic testing, we have been able to collect some data to incorporate into our model. Typical scenarios will be modeled in dynamic simulations to help further our understanding of the knee joint and knee kinematics. [**This would be a great place to include a video of our process, the set up, and maybe something running. This section would need more information to guide image collection**] Follow our progress on our project site: https://simtk.org/home/openknee. The project progress will be entirely visible through the site to allow for web-based collaboration. For more information on joining our team, of supporting our collaboration, please contact us through the project site.

Required Video Clips: suggested clips and images for discussion included in [] above.