Jonas Rubenson

Associate Professor of Kinesiology

Jonas Rubenson

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Integrating experimental and modeling approaches to study gait and skeletal muscle function during locomotion in both health and disease/impairment. In particular, the relationship between in vivo muscle mechanics and metabolic energetics and mechanisms underlying locomotor adaptation and optimization.


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Walking Muscles Locomotion Energy Mechanics Muscle Tendons Running Birds Achilles Tendon Costs And Cost Analysis Gait Joints Extremities Metabolic Kinetics Musculoskeletal Plasticity Struthioniformes Growth Environment Fascia Dinosaurs Energy Metabolism Force

Most Recent Publications

An Implantable Variable Length Actuator for Modulating in Vivo Musculo-Tendon Force in a Bipedal Animal Model

Sean Thomas, Ravin Joshi, Bo Cheng, Huanyu Cheng, Michael C. Aynardi, Gregory S. Sawicki, Jonas Rubenson, 2023, on p. 8538-8543

Humans trade off whole-body energy cost to avoid overburdening muscles while walking

Kirsty McDonald, Joseph P. Cusumano, Andrew Hieronymi, Jonas Rubenson, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences on p. 11

Running birds reveal secrets for legged robot design

Jonas Rubenson, Gregory S. Sawicki, 2022, Science Robotics on p. eabo2147

Develpmental plasticity of locomotor economy in guinea fowl

Talayah Johnson, Kavya Katugam, Ian Dechene, Suzanne Cox, S Piazza, Jonas Rubenson, 2021, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY on p. E1154-E1155

Developmental plasticity of walking energetics and swing- phase mechanics in chronically limb-loaded fowl

Kavya Katugam, Talayah Johnson, Ian Dechene, Suzanne Cox, S Piazza, Jonas Rubenson, 2021, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY on p. E1161-E1162

Restricting jumping during growth does not alter energy storage capacity

Suzanne Cox, Adam DeBoef, Matthew Salzano, Kavya Katugam, S Piazza, Jonas Rubenson, 2021, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY on p. E167

Plasticity of the gastrocnemius elastic system in response to decreased work and power demand during growth

Suzanne Cox, A DeBoef, Adam De Boef, Matthew Salzano, Kavyasree Katugam, Stephen Piazza, Jonas Rubenson, 2021, Journal of Experimental Biology on p. jeb242694

Altering the Mechanical Load Environment During Growth Does Not Affect Adult Achilles Tendon Properties in an Avian Bipedal Model

Kavyasree Katugam, Suzanne Cox, Matthew Q. Salzano, Adam De Boef, Adam De Boef, T Neuberger, T Ryan, Michael W. Hast, S Piazza, Thomas Neuberger, Jonas Rubenson, Timothy M. Ryan, Stephen J. Piazza, 2020, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

Elastic System Shows No Plasticity to Different Functional Demands During Growth

Suzanne Cox, Adam DeBoef, Matthew Salzano, Kavya Katugam, S Piazza, Jonas Rubenson, 2020, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY on p. E303

Trabecular bone in the ankle of a rapid-growing avian bipedal model in response to locomotor inactivity

America Guerra, Nicholas Stephens, Suzanne Cox, Matthew Salzano, S Piazza, Jonas Rubenson, T Ryan, 2020, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY on p. 69

Most-Cited Papers

The Foot's Arch and the Energetics of Human Locomotion

Sarah M. Stearne, Kirsty A. McDonald, Jacqueline A. Alderson, Ian North, Charles E. Oxnard, Jonas Rubenson, 2016, Scientific Reports

The role of arch compression and metatarsophalangeal joint dynamics in modulating plantar fascia strain in running

Kirsty A. McDonald, Sarah M. Stearne, Jacqueline A. Alderson, Ian North, Neville J. Pires, Jonas Rubenson, 2016, PLoS One

Joint kinetics in rearfoot versus forefoot running: Implications of switching technique

Sarah M. Stearne, Jacqueline A. Alderson, Benjamin A. Green, Cyril J. Donnelly, Jonas Rubenson, 2014, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise on p. 1578-1587

Musculoskeletal modelling of an ostrich (Struthio camelus) pelvic limb: Influence of limb orientation onmuscular capacity during locomotion

John R. Hutchinson, Jeffery W. Rankin, Jonas Rubenson, Kate H. Rosenbluth, Robert A. Siston, Scott L. Delp, 2015, PeerJ

Inferring muscle functional roles of the ostrich pelvic limb during walking and running using computer optimization

Jeffery W. Rankin, Jonas Rubenson, John R. Hutchinson, 2016, Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Joint-level mechanics of the walk-to-run transition in humans

Neville J. Pires, Brendan S. Lay, Jonas Rubenson, 2014, Journal of Experimental Biology on p. 3519-3527

Cyclic mechanical stimulation rescues achilles tendon from degeneration in a bioreactor system

Tao Wang, Zhen Lin, Ming Ni, Christine Thien, Robert E. Day, Bruce Gardiner, Jonas Rubenson, Thomas B. Kirk, David W. Smith, Allan Wang, David G. Lloyd, Yan Wang, Qiujian Zheng, Ming H. Zheng, 2015, Journal of Orthopaedic Research on p. 1888-1896

Three dimensional microstructural network of elastin, collagen, and cells in Achilles tendons

Xin Pang, Jian Ping Wu, Garry T. Allison, Jiake Xu, Jonas Rubenson, Ming Hao Zheng, David G. Lloyd, Bruce Gardiner, Allan Wang, Thomas Brett Kirk, 2017, Journal of Orthopaedic Research on p. 1203-1214

The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs

P. J. Bishop, D. F. Graham, L. P. Lamas, J. R. Hutchinson, J. Rubenson, J. A. Hancock, R. S. Wilson, S. A. Hocknull, R. S. Barrett, D. G. Lloyd, C. J. Clemente, 2018, PLoS One on p. 1-40

Estimating physical activity energy expenditure with the kinect sensor in an exergaming environment

David Nathan, Du Q. Huynh, Jonas Rubenson, Michael Rosenberg, 2015, PLoS One