Maury L. Hull, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Locations and Contact
Oak Park Research Center Building
Oak Park Research Center Building
2700 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Hull is a biomechanical engineer with expertise in orthopaedic biomechanics and musculoskeletal modeling and simulation of movement. Over the past 15 years, his research has focused on developing improved surgical procedures for treating knee injury and disease and specifically treating end-stage osteoarthritis using total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Since one goal of TKA is to restore function, he also develops new and improved methods including sensors and computational procedures for quantifying biomechanical variables such as kinematics and contact forces that characterize function of the tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joints.
Division
Orthopaedic Research
Undergraduate School
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA 1969
Medical School
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA 1970
Other School
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA 1975
Robert M. Nerem Education and Mentorship Medal, Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2021
Honorary Member of the Personalized Arthroplasty Society, 2020
Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UC Davis, 2012
Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society, 2010
H. R. Lissner Medal, Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (highest honor of the Division for career-level achievement), 2007
Sappey-Marinier E, Howell SM, Nedopil AJ, Hull ML. The Trochlear Groove of a Femoral Component Designed for Kinematic Alignment Is Lateral to the Quadriceps Line of Force and Better Laterally Covers the Anterior Femoral Resection Than a Mechanical Alignment Design. J Pers Med. 2022 Oct 16;12(10):1724. doi:10.3390/jpm12101724. PMID:36294863.
Niesen AE, Garverick AL, Howell SM, Hull ML. Low tibial baseplate migration 1 year after unrestricted kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty using a medial conforming implant design. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 Oct 6. doi:10.1007/s00167-022-07171-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID:36201009.
Niesen AE, Garverick AL, Howell SM, Hull ML. Error in maximum total point motion of a tibial baseplate is lower with a reverse-engineered model versus a CAD model using model-based radiostereometric analysis. J Biomech. 2022 Oct;143:111267. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2022.111267. Epub 2022 Aug 22. PMID:36087494.
Nedopil AJ, Dhaliwal A, Howell SM, Hull ML. A Surgeon That Switched to Unrestricted Kinematic Alignment with Manual Instruments Has a Short Learning Curve and Comparable Resection Accuracy and Outcomes to Those of an Experienced Surgeon. J Pers Med. 2022 Jul 16;12(7):1152. doi:10.3390/jpm12071152. PMID:35887649.
Niesen AE, Hull ML. Measurement Error Versus Repeated Measurements: A Guide Describing Two Methods for Computing Bias and Precision of Migration Measurements From Double Examinations Using Radiostereometric Analysis. J Biomech Eng. 2022 Jun 1;144(6):061011. doi:10.1115/1.4054375. PMID:35441232.
Hull ML, Nicolet-Petersen S, Saiz A, Delman C, Howell SM. Posterior rim loading of a low-conforming tibial insert in unrestricted kinematic alignment is caused by rotational alignment of an asymmetric baseplate designed for mechanical alignment. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2022 May 31. doi:10.1007/s00167-022-06994-5. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35641683.
Hull ML, Howell SM. Differences in Trochlear Morphology from Native Using a Femoral Component Interfaced with an Anatomical Patellar Prosthesis in Kinematic Alignment and Mechanical Alignment. J Knee Surg. 2022 May;35(6):625-633. doi:10.1055/s-0040-1716413. Epub 2020 Sep 14. PMID:32927493.
Hull ML. Errors in using fixed flexion facet centers to determine tibiofemoral kinematics increase fourfold for multi-radius femoral component designs with early versus late decreases in the radius of curvature. Knee. 2022 Mar;35:183-191. doi:10.1016/j.knee.2022.02.011. Epub 2022 Mar 30. PMID:35366617.
Delman CM, Ridenour D, Howell SM, Hull ML. The posterolateral upslope of a low-conforming insert blocks the medial pivot during a deep knee bend in TKA: a comparative analysis of two implants with different insert conformities. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2021 Aug 4. doi:10.1007/s00167-021-06668-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID:34350484.
Roth JD, Howell SM, Hull ML. Tibial forces are more useful than varus-valgus laxities for identifying and correcting overstuffing in kinematically aligned total knee arthroplasty. J Orthop Res. 2021 Jun;39(6):1271-1280. doi:10.1002/jor.24779. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID:32543736.
Simileysky A, Ridenour D, Hull ML. Circle-based model to estimate error in using the lowest points to indicate locations of contact developed by the femoral condyles on the tibial insert in total knee arthroplasty. J Biomech. 2021 May 7;120:110365. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110365. Epub 2021 Mar 9. PMID:33812082.