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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Special shoutout to my fellow Co-Chairs: 👏 @amandality.bsky.social – for leading the funding app + event planning 👏 Charles Day – for strong clinician buy-in at HFH 👏 Jane Manfredi – for bridging MSU Vet Med to MSK research

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

🙏 Thank you to: 🎤 Our bold, visionary speakers 🧠 Our engaged poster presenters 🤝 Everyone who showed up and leaned into the discussion

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

What. A. Day.💥 🦴The inaugural @henryfordhealth.bsky.social + @michiganstateu.bsky.social Musculoskeletal Research Retreat was an incredible success! 🤝~90 attendees from both institutions came together to build connections, share ideas, and spark collaboration. ➡️https://lnkd.in/eGK6VqNj

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Pumped to see our team’s work on early inflammatory changes following knee surgery take center stage at #ACSM25 today! 🧠🗣️🔥 We’re showcasing how ultrasound gives us a clearer view into joint health and recovery after ACLR. 🔬🦵📈 Just getting started 💪📊 #OA #sportsmed #ACLR #ultrasound

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

🚨 Now recruiting 2 PhD students @ MSU! Join a funded study investigating early arthritis after knee surgery using: – 🖥️ Ultrasound imaging – 🦵 Movement biomechanics – 🧠 Psychological & hormonal factors 📍: East Lansing, MI 📩: harkeym1@msu.edu | hartharv@msu.edu 📸 Flyer below 👇

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Can you improve this?? ✅While wireless and traditional ultrasound showed high reliability for cartilage thickness, ❌low reliability for echo-intensity persisted, even after pixel normalization.😕 ⚡This points to room for improvement in ultrasound tech! 📷Examples across scanners & normalization

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🏆 Wireless ultrasound is a game-changer! 🔬 Our new study in Osteoarthritis Imaging confirms that Clarius wireless ultrasound probes accurately measure knee cartilage thickness—comparable to traditional systems. 📊 A big step toward more accessible ultrasound technology! 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.os...

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

🦋 Hello from AIR Labs! 🧪 We study how movement impacts knee OA after injury. Our research focuses on: 🏋️‍♂️ Biomechanics 🏃 Physical Activity 🩻 Structural Changes 📊 Early Symptoms 👍Our goal? Early detection & prevention of OA. 😁Excited to share & connect! #Ultrasound #Osteoarthritis #ACL #KneeHealth

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Adding this post to the science🧪 feed! 🚨 Ultrasound + Bone Shape = New Research! 🚨 We developed a novel B-Score 🧮 using an ultrasound-based statistical shape model 🩻 to measure femoral bone shape post-ACLR 🦵 ✅ Accessible ✅ Accurate (92%!) ✅ Early detection potential 📖 LINK👉shorturl.at/lto3A

Development of SSM and B-Score Process. Overview of the process to develop the statistical shape model (SSM) and B-score. Bone Line Registration: Three ultrasound images from one knee are acquired and their cartilage segmented; the bone line is then extracted from the cartilage and normalized. Statistical Shape Modeling: PCA is performed to obtain shape feature scores for each bone line. Bone Shape Scoring: Bone line shape feature scores are projected onto the ACLR vector, resulting in the B-Score.

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

📈Bone Shape Comparison 🦵 🔍 Ultrasound-based B-Score captures subtle but significant differences in femoral trochlear bone shape: 🟦 Healthy = Deeper trochlear groove 🟥 ACLR = Flatter groove ✨ B-Score thresholds identify these changes with 99% shape variance explained ✅.

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

📊 B-Score Accuracy 🎯 We validated our ultrasound-based B-Score to classify femoral bone shape post-ACLR 🦵 ✅ 92% Accuracy 🏆 ✅ High Sensitivity (97%) 📈 ✅ Clear separation of ACLR (🔴) vs. Healthy (🔵). B-Score = a promising tool for detecting post-ACLR bone changes early!

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Matt Harkey, PhD @mattharkeyphd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

🚨 Ultrasound + Bone Shape = New Research! 🚨 We developed a novel B-Score 🧮 using an ultrasound-based statistical shape model 🩻 to measure femoral bone shape post-ACLR 🦵 ✅ Accessible ✅ Accurate (92%!) ✅ Early detection potential 📖 Full study 👉shorturl.at/lto3A

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