In the area of human thermoregulation, my laboratory has investigated various designs and utilization protocols of clinically applicable convective-air warming or cooling therapies as well as novel evaporative cooling approaches. In addition, we have performed pilot studies using these approaches on humans. My laboratory has performed a number of biomedical design and outcomes projects on axial spinal unloading. More recently, we have evaluated the benefits of using this device to treat patients with scoliosis. Finally, via a grant from Minnesota Technology Inc., we helped SDI develop an unloading device for the cervical spine.
Prior hypothermia attenuates malignant hyperthermia in susceptible swine.
The evaluation of wound status using color image processing. Critical thresholds for pressure ulcer formation in a porcine model. Chloride conductance in mutant mouse muscle is subject to posttranscriptional gene dosage compensation. Hemodynamic and metabolic manifestations of acute endotoxin infusion in pigs with and without the malignant hyperthermia mutation. The effect of chronic dexamethasone-induced hyperglycemia, and its acute treatment with insulin, on brain glucose and glycogen concentrations in rats.