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ביו מכניקה של שרירי שלד, עיבוד אותות פיסיולוגיים. עבודות המחקר פורסמו בכתבי עת מדעיים בינלאומיים והוצגו בכנסים בחו"ל.

Peer reviewed papers

Ratnovsky A, Elad D, Zaretsky U, Shiner RJ. Assessment of global function of respiratory muscles. Physiological Measurements, 20: 37-51, 1999.

Ratnovsky A, Zaretsky U, Shiner RJ, Elad D. Integrated approach for in vivo evaluation of respirator muscles mechanics. Journal of Biomechanics, 36: 1771-1784, 2003.

Ratnovsky A, Elad D. Anatomical Model of the Human Trunk for Analysis of Respiratory Muscles Mechanics. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiolog, 148(3): 245-262, 2005.

Ratnovsky A, Kramer RM, Elad D. Breathing Power of Respiratory Muscles in Single-Lung Transplanted Emphysematic Patients Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 148(3): 263-273, 2005.

Ratnovsky A, Elad D, Izbicki G, Kramer RM. Mechanics of Respiratory Muscles in Single-Lung Transplant Recipients. Respiration, 73: 642-650, 2006

Perlovitch R., Gefen A., Elad D., Ratnovsky A., Kramer MR., Halpern P. Inspiratory Muscles Experience Fatigue Faster than the Calf Muscles during Treadmill Exercise. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology, 156(1): 61-8, 2007.

Ratnovsky A, An SS, Mellema M, Shore SA, Fredberg JJ. Airway smooth muscle proliferation and mechanics: effects of AMP kinase agonist. Mol Cell Biomech. 4(3): 143-157, 2007.

Ratnovsky A, Elad D, Halpern P. Mechanics of respiratory muscles. Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 163: 82-89, 2008.

Nadiv Y., Vachbroit R., Gefen A., Elad D., Zaretsky U., Moran D., Halpern P., Ratnovsky A. Evaluation of Fatigue of Respiratory and Lower Limb Muscles during Prolonged Aerobic Exercise. Accepted for publication in Journal of Applied Biomechanics.Ratnovsky, A., Carmeli, Y. N., Elad, D., Zaretsky, U., Dollberg, S., & Mandel, D. (2013).

Analysis of facial and inspiratory muscles performance during breastfeeding. Technology and Health Care.‏ 21: 511–520.

Books

Ratnovsky A, Halpern P, Elad D. Biomechanics of the Respiratory Muscles. In Biomedical Engineering and Design Handbook. Edited by Myer Kutz. McGraw Hill, NY, 2009.

Publications in writing

Eyal T., Kramer RM., Gavish B., Naftali S., Belchman Z., Ratnovsky A. "The impact of changing breathing pattern using the RESPeRATE on respiratory muscles performance", in writing. Wald SL., Mahl N., Kramer MR., Ratnovsky A. and Naftali S. Mechanical properties of different types of airway stents”, in writing.

Papers and abstracts - proceedings of conferences

Ratnovsky A, Elad D, Zaretsky U, Shiner RJ. "Global function of respiratory muscles". Proc. of the VII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering (MEDICON) of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering. Jerusalem, Israel, Sept. 17-21, 1995.

Ratnovsky A, Elad D, Zaretsky U, Shiner RJ. "Assessment of global function of respiratory muscles". Proc. of Experimental Biology '96, Washington, D.C., April 14-17, 1996 (The FASEB Journal, 10(3): A806, 1996).

Ratnovsky A, Elad D, Zaretsky U, Shiner RJ. "Mouth pressure as a measure of global function of respiratory muscles". Proc. of the World Cong. on Med. Phys. & Biomed. Eng., Nice, France, Sep. 14-19, p. 260, 1997, (Also, Med. & Biol., Eng. & Comput, Vol. 35 Suppl. I).

Ratnovsky A, Shiner RJ, Zaretsky U, Elad D. "Performance of individual groups of respiratory muscles". Proc. of the First Meeting of BMES & EMBS, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 13-16, 1999.

Ratnovsky A, Zaretsky, U, Shiner RJ, Elad D. "In vivo evaluation of respiratory muscles mechanics". Proc. of the 2001 Bioengineering Conference, Snowbird, Utah, U.S.A. June 25-July1, P. 637-8, 2001.

Ratnovsky A, Zaretsky U, Shiner RJ, Elad D. "In vivo evaluation of respiratory muscles mechanics". Proc. of the XVIIIth Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Zurich, Switzerland., July 8-13, P. 375, 2001.

Ratnovsky A, Zaretsky U, Elad D. "A realistic mechanical model of the human chest" wall. Proc. of the 4th World Cong. of Biomechanics, Calgary, Canada, August 4-9, 2002.

Elad D, Ratnovsky A, Zaretsky A. "Quantitative evaluation of respiratory muscles performance". Proc. of the 2nd European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Vienna, Austria, December 4-8, PP. 1596-7, 2002.

Anat Ratnovsky, Steven S. An, Mathew Mellema, Jeffrey J. Fredberg and Stephanie A. Shore. "Airway Smooth Muscle Mechanics, Remodeling and Proliferation: Effects of AICAR and Metformin" ITRE 2006 - 4th International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education, October 17-18, 2006, Tel Aviv, Israel, IEEE 2006.

Ratnovsky A, Nadiv Y., Vachbroit R., Gefen A., Elad D., Zaretsky U., Moran D., Halpern P. "Evaluation of Fatigue of Respiratory and Lower Limb Muscles during Prolonged Aerobic Exercise". The 31st Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME2010), Tel Aviv, June 2010.

Malihi. S, Ratnovsky A. "The influence of the bicycle pedal angles on lower limb muscles performance during riding” The 31st Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME2010), Tel Aviv, June 2010.

Harnoy A., Ratnovsky A. "Physical therapy chair". The 31st Israel Conference on Mechanical Engineering (ICME2010), Tel Aviv, June 2010Nadlin C.Y., Elad D., Zaretsky U., Dollberg D., Mandel D., Ratnovsky A. (2010)

"Analysis of Muscle Activity during Breastfeeding”, ISMBE Annual Conference, 27 April, David Intercontinental, Tel Aviv.Ratnovsky A, Nadlin C.Y., Zaretzky U., Mandel D., Dolberg S., Elad D.

"Facial versus inspiratory muscles activity during breastfeeding", BMES Annual Meeting, October, 2011, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.Wald SL., Mahl N., Kramer MR., Ratnovsky A. and Naftali S. Mechanical properties of different types of airway stents. ISMBE annual meeting, Afeka, Tel-Aviv, Israel, February 28, 2012.

Ratnovsky A, Nadlin C.Y., Zaretzky U., Mandel D., Dolberg S., Elad D. "Facial versus inspiratory muscles activity during breastfeeding" 2012 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, April 2012, Boston , Massachusetts, USA.Metzger A., Ratnovskya A.

A Reliable Device for Assessing Ankle Joint Torque and Range of Motion. (ICME2012) Tel Aviv, October 2012.

Wald SL., Mahl N., Kramer MR., Ratnovsky A. and Naftali S. Mechanical properties of different types of airway stents. (ICME2012) Tel Aviv, October 2012.

Ratnovsky A,. Mell N., Wald S., Kramer M.R., Naftali S. Mechanical Properties of Different Airway Stents. MEDICON 2013, IFMBE Proceedings, Vol. 41, p. 935 ff, Seville, Spain, 25-28 September 2013