Donita Bylski-Austrow, PhD

Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Director, Biomechanics Research Laboratory, CCHMC

BSE: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 1978 (Mechanical Engineering)

MS: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 1981 (Bioengineering)

MSE: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 1983 (Applied Mechanics)

PhD: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, 1986 (Bioengineering)

Peer Reviewed Publications

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Glos, David L; Bonifas, Anne C; Carvalho, Max F; Coombs, Matthew T; Sturm, Peter F  (2015). Flexible growing rods: a pilot study to determine if polymer rod constructs may provide stability to skeletally immature spines. Scoliosis, 10 (Suppl 2) , S16More Information

Thawrani, Dinesh P; Glos, David L; Coombs, Matthew T; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Sturm, Peter F  (2014). Transverse process hooks at upper instrumented vertebra provide more gradual motion transition than pedicle screws. Spine, 39 (14) , E826-32More Information

Jain, Viral; Lykissas, Marios; Trobisch, Per; Wall, Eric J; Newton, Peter O; Sturm, Peter F; Cahill, Patrick J; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I  (2014). Surgical aspects of spinal growth modulation in scoliosis correction. Am Acad Orthop Surg Instructional course lectures, 63, 335-44

Coombs, Matthew T; Glos, David L; Wall, Eric J; Kim, Jay; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I  (2013). Biomechanics of spinal hemiepiphysiodesis for fusionless scoliosis treatment using titanium implant. Spine, 38 (23) , E1454-60More Information

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Glos, David L; Sauser, Frank E; Jain, Viral V; Wall, Eric J; Crawford, Alvin H  (2012). In vivo dynamic compressive stresses in the disc annulus: a pilot study of bilateral differences due to hemiepiphyseal implant in a quadruped model. Spine, 37 (16) , E949-56More Information

Glos, David L; Sauser, Frank E; Papautsky, Ian; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I  (2010). Implantable MEMS compressive stress sensors: Design, fabrication and calibration with application to the disc annulus. Journal of biomechanics, 43 (11) , 2244-8More Information

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Wall, Eric J; Glos, David L; Ballard, Edgar T; Montgomery, Andrea; Crawford, Alvin H  (2009). Spinal hemiepiphysiodesis decreases the size of vertebral growth plate hypertrophic zone and cells. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume, 91 (3) , 584-93More Information

Wall, Eric J; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Kolata, Ronald J; Crawford, Alvin H  (2005). Endoscopic mechanical spinal hemiepiphysiodesis modifies spine growth. Spine, 30 (10) , 1148-53More Information

Takeshita, Katsushi; Peterson, Erik T K; Bylski-Austrow, Donita; Crawford, Alvin H; Nakamura, Kozo  (2004). The nuchal ligament restrains cervical spine flexion. Spine, 29 (18) , E388-93More Information

Bylski-Austrow D.;Wall E.;Jain V.;Reynolds J.;Crawford A.;Thompson G.  (2016). Growth modulation techniques: Titanium clip-screw implant system (HemiBridge). The Growing Spine: Management of Spinal Disorders in Young Children, Second Edition, 769-781More Information

Kumar B.;Bylski-Austrow D.;Liu Y.  (12-01-2012). Finite element model of spinal hemiepiphysiodesis: Effect of contact conditions, initial conditions,. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 176, 99-103More Information

Bylski-Austrow D.;Wall E.;Glos D.;Ballard E.;Stringer K.;Crawford A.  (12-01-2006). Spinal hemiepiphysiodesis correlates with physeal histomorphometric gradients. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 123, 261-266

Bylski-Austrow D.;Glos D.;Sauser F.;Papautsky I.;Crawford A.;Wall E.  (12-01-2006). Bilateral intra-annular spinal compressive stresses in vivo. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 123, 398-403

Bylski-Austrow D.;Wall E.;Rupert M.;Roy D.;Crawford A.  (11-12-2001). Growth plate forces in the adolescent human knee: A radiographic and mechanical study of epiphyseal . Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics, 21 (6) , 817-823More Information

Bylski-Austrow D.I.;Wall E.J.;Kolata R.J.;Crawford A.H.  (12-01-1999). Endoscopic nonfusion spinal hemiepiphysiodesis: Preliminary studies in a porcine model. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 59, 270-273More Information

Wall E.J.;Bylski-Austrow D.I.;Shelton F.S.;Crawford A.H.;Kolata R.J.;Baum D.S.  (01-01-1998). Endoscopic discectomy increases thoracic spine flexibility as effectively as open discectomy: A mechanical study in a porcine model. Spine, 23 (1) , 9-16More Information

Bush-Joseph C.;Cummings J.;Buseck M.;Bylski-Austrow D.;Butler D.;Noyes F.;Grood E.  (07-01-1996). Effect of tibial attachment location on the healing of the anterior cruciate ligament freeze model. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 14 (4) , 534-541More Information

Holden J.;Grood E.;Korvick D.;Cummings J.;Butler D.;Bylski-Austrow D.  (01-01-1994). In vivo forces in the anterior cruciate ligament: Direct measurements during walking and trotting in. Journal of Biomechanics, 27 (5) , 517-519,521-526More Information

Bylski-Austrow D.;Ciarelli M.;Kayner D.;Matthews L.;Goldstein S.  (01-01-1994). Displacements of the menisci under joint load: An in vitro study in human knees. Journal of Biomechanics, 27 (4) , 421-431More Information

Bylski?Austrow D.I.;Malumed J.;Meade T.;Grood E.S.  (11-01-1993). Knee joint contact pressure decreases after chronic meniscectomy relative to the acutely meniscectomized joint: A mechanical study in the goat. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 11 (6) , 796-804More Information

Gibbons M.;Butler D.;Grood E.;Bylski?Austrow D.;Levy M.;Noyes F.  (03-01-1991). Effects of gamma irradiation on the initial mechanical and material properties of goat bone-patellar tendon-bone allografts. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 9 (2) , 209-218More Information

Bylski?Austrow D.;Grood E.;Hefzy M.;Holden J.;Butler D.  (07-01-1990). Anterior cruciate ligament replacements: A mechanical study of femoral attachment location, flexion angle at tensioning, and initial tension. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 8 (4) , 522-531More Information

Gilday, Sarah E; Schwartz, Mark S; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Glos, David L; Schultz, Lindsay; O  (2018). Observed Length Increases of Magnetically Controlled Growing Rods are Lower Than Programmed. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 38 (3) , e133-7More Information

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Glos, David L; Bonifas, Anne C; Carvalho, Max F; Coombs, Matthew C; Sturm, Peter F  (2016). Flexible growing rods: a biomechanical pilot study of polymer rod constructs in the stability of skeletally immature spines. Scoliosis and spinal disorders, 11, 39More Information

Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Glos, David L; Wall, Eric J; Crawford, Alvin H  (2018). Scoliosis vertebral growth plate histomorphometry: Comparisons to controls, growth rates, and compressive stresses. Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research SocietyMore Information

Bylski D.; Kriewall T.; Akkas N.; Melvin J.;  (1986). Mechanical behavior of fetal dura mater under large deformation biaxial tension. J Biomechanics, 19, 19-26More Information

Chenevert T.; Bylski D.; Carson P.; Meyer C.; Bland P.; Adler D.; Schmitt R.;  (1984). Ultrasonic computed tomography of the breast: Improvement of image quality by use of cross correlation time of flight and phase insensitive attenuation measurements. RadiologyMore Information

Kriewall T.; Akkas N.; Bylski D.; Melvin J.; Work B.;  (1983). Mechanical behavior of fetal dura mater under large axisymmetric inflation. J Biomechanical Engineering, 105, 71-76More Information

Carson P.; Scherzinger A.; Bland P.; Meyer C.; Schmitt R.; Chenevert T.; Bookstein F.; Bylski D.; Silver T.;  (1983). Ultrasonic Computed Tomography Instrumentation and Human Studies. In: Ultrasonic Examination of the Breast. New York: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., 187-199

Wall EJ.; Bylski-Austrow D.;  (2011). Growth Modulation Techniques for Non-Idiopathic Early Onset Scoliosis. In Non-Idiopathic Spine Deformities in Young Children. Springer, M. Yazici (Ed.), Part 4, 133-144More Information

Wall, Eric J; Jain, Viral V; Crawford, Alvin H; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Reynolds, Joseph E  (2019). Spine Growth Modulation in Early Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Prospective US FDA IDE Pilot Study of Titanium Clip-Screw Implant at Two to Five Years. Spine deformity, 7 (6) , 899-909More Information

Book Chapter

Wall, Eric J; Reynolds, Joseph E; Jain, Viral V; Bylski-Austrow, Donita I; Thompson, George H; Samuels, Paul J; Barnett, Sean J; Crawford, Alvin H (2017). Spine Growth Modulation in Early Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: Two-Year Results of Prospective US FDA IDE Pilot Clinical Safety Study of Titanium Clip-Screw Implant.. In Spine deformity. (pp. 314-324).

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