THE MANAFZADEH LAB
[IN REVIEW.] Nolan, F., Sieberer, J.§, Park, N.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Rainbow, M. J., Fulkerson, J. P., Clouthier, A. L. Whole-joint shape and positional changes in recurrent patellofemoral instability: a statistical shape analysis.
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[IN REVIEW.] Sieberer, J.§, McGinley, B., Manafzadeh, A. R., Lynch, J., Segal, N. A., Lewis, C. E., Fulkerson, J. P., Felson, D. T., Stefanik, J. The relation of patellofemoral lateral tracking metrics to knee pain: a Yale/MOST collaborative study.
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Montanez-Rivera, I.§, Touissant, S. L. D., Stoessel, A., Manafzadeh, A. R., Radespiel, U., Bruhn, V., Newbon, M., Nyakatura, J. Powerful or non-powerful? Revisiting pedal grasping in small arboreal mammals. iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.115913
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Sieberer, J.§, Park, N.§, Desroches, S.§, Brennan, K.§, Rancu, A.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Lewis, C. E., Segal, N. A., Lynch, J., Felson, D., Tommasini, S. M., Wiznia, D. H., Fulkerson, J. P. (2026). Breaking down Tibial Tuberosity to Trochlear Groove Distance into two components to enable patient-specific treatment strategies. Journal of ISAKOS. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jisako.2025.101025
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Fulkerson, JP, Park, N.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Glennon, A., Sieberer, J.§ (2025). Three-dimensional tibial tubercle transfer planning. Video Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/26350254251342819
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Park, N.§, Sieberer, J.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Lynch, J., Segal, N. A., Lewis, C. E., Guermazi, A., Roemer, F.W., Stefanik, J., Felson, D., Fulkerson, J. P. (2025). Measures of Patellofemoral Morphology Predict Risk of Local Cartilage Damage Progression: A Yale/MOST Study. American Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465251367716
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Sieberer, J.§, Park, N.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Tommasini, S. M., Wiznia, D. H., Yu, K., Fulkerson, J. P. (2025). The patellofemoral Entry Point – Transition Point (EP-TP) angle: digitization and reliability analysis. The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/23259671251343235
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Park, N.§*, Sieberer, J.§*, Manafzadeh, A. R., Franklin, C., Fulkerson, J. P. (2025). Three-dimensional analysis of patellar instability: a review of current concepts. Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review. https://doi.org/10.1097/JSA.0000000000000420
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Sieberer, J.§, Rancu, A.§, Park, N.§, Desroches, S.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Tommasini, S. M., Wiznia, D. H., Fulkerson, J. P. (2025). Patellar tilt calculation utilizing artifical intelligence on CT knee imaging. The Knee. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knee.2025.02.019
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Schindler, M., Flaum, B., Manafzadeh, A. R., Kamska, V., Rajan, K. C., Malagamba, M. J. R., Hu, R., Baum, D., Dean, M. (2025). Helmeted hornbill cranial kinesis: balancing mobility and stability in a high-impact joint. The Anatomical Record. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ar.25613
Manafzadeh, A. R., Gatesy, S. M., Nyakatura, J. A. Bhullar, B-A. S. (2025). Fibular reduction and the evolution of theropod locomotion. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08251-w
Park, N.§, Sieberer, J.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Hackbarth, R-M.§, Desroches, S.§, Ghankot, R.§, Lynch, J., Segal, N. A., Felson, D., Fulkerson, J. P. (2024). Investigating the reliability of semiautomated three-dimensional landmark placement on knee models to describe bone shape and alignment: a Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study (MOST). Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2024.101036
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Sieberer, J.§, Park, N.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Desroches, S.§, Brennan, K.§, McDonald, C., Tommasini S. M., Wiznia, D. H., Fulkerson, J. P. (2024). Visualization of trochlear dysplasia using three-dimensional curvature analysis in patients with patellar instability facilitates understanding and improves the reliability of the entry point to trochlear groove angle. Arthroscopy, Sports Medicine, and Rehabilitation. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asmr.2024.101010
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Sieberer, J.§, Park, N.§, Rancu, A.§, Desroches, S.§, Tommasini, S. M., Manafzadeh, A. R., Wiznia, D. H., Fulkerson, J. P. (2024). Analyzing the alignment error in Tibial Tuberosity-Trochlear Groove Distance (TT-TG) in clinical scans using 2D and 3D methods. American Journal of Sports Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/03635465241279852
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Schulz, A. K.*, Schwaner, M. J.*, Manafzadeh, A. R.* (2024). Five key strategies for organizing interdisciplinary scientific events to strengthen careers, collaborations, and creativity. Integrative and Comparative Biology, icae050. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icae050
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Manafzadeh, A. R., Gatesy, S. M., Bhullar, B-A. S. (2024). Articular surface interactions distinguish dinosaurian locomotor poses. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44832-z
Hatala, K. G., Gatesy, S. M., Manafzadeh, A. R., Lusardi, E. M., & Falkingham, P. J. (2024). A volumetric method for measuring the longitudinal arch of human tracks and feet. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24897
Young, M. W.§, Wilken, A. T., Manafzadeh, A. R., Schurr, A., Bastian, A., Dickinson, E., & Granatosky, M. C. (2023). The dual function of prokinesis in the feeding and locomotor systems of parrots. Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb.246659. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246659
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Merten, L.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Herbst, E. C., Amson, E., Tambusso, P. S., Arnold, P.*, & Nyakatura, J. A.* (2023). The functional significance of aberrant cervical counts in sloths: insights from automated exhaustive analysis of cervical range of motion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290: 20231592. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1592
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Manafzadeh, A. R. (2023). Joint mobility as a bridge between form and function. Journal of Experimental Biology, 226(Suppl_1), jeb245042. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.245042
Herbst, E. C.*, Manafzadeh, A. R.*, & Hutchinson, J. R. (2022). Multi-joint analysis of pose viability supports the possibility of salamander-like hindlimb configurations in the Permian tetrapod Eryops megacephalus. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(2), 139-151. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac083
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Manafzadeh, A. R., & Gatesy, S. M. (2022). Advances and challenges in paleobiological reconstructions of joint mobility. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62(5), 1369-1376. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac008
Gatesy, S. M., Manafzadeh, A. R., Bishop, P. J., Turner, M. L., Kambic, R. E., Cuff, A. R., & Hutchinson, J. R. (2022). A proposed standard for quantifying 3‐D hindlimb joint poses in living and extinct archosaurs. Journal of Anatomy, 241(1), 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13635
Manafzadeh, A. R., & Gatesy, S. M. (2021). Paleobiological reconstructions of articular function require all six degrees of freedom. Journal of Anatomy, 239(6), 1516-1524. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13513
Manafzadeh, A. R., Kambic, R. E., & Gatesy, S. M. (2021). A new role for joint mobility in reconstructing vertebrate locomotor evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(7), e2023513118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023513118
Manafzadeh, A. R. (2020). A practical guide to measuring ex vivo joint mobility using XROMM. Integrative Organismal Biology, 2(1), obaa041. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa041
Manafzadeh, A. R., & Gatesy, S. M. (2020). A coordinate-system-independent method for comparing joint rotational mobilities. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(18), jeb227108. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.227108
Laurence-Chasen, J. D., Manafzadeh, A. R., Hatsopoulos, N. G., Ross, C. F., & Arce-McShane, F. I. (2020). Integrating XMALab and DeepLabCut for high-throughput XROMM. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(17), jeb226720. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.226720
Weller, H. I.§, Olsen, A. M., Camp, A. L., Manafzadeh, A. R., Hernandez, L. P., & Brainerd, E. L. (2020). An XROMM study of food transport and swallowing in channel catfish. Integrative Organismal Biology, 2(1), obaa018. https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa018
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Bhullar, B. A. S.*, Manafzadeh, A. R.*, Miyamae, J. A., Hoffman, E. A., Brainerd, E. L., Musinsky, C., & Crompton, A. W. (2020). Reply to: Jaw roll and jaw yaw in early mammals. Nature, 582(7812), E9-E12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2364-z
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Tsai, H. P., Turner, M. L., Manafzadeh, A. R., & Gatesy, S. M. (2020). Contrast‐enhanced XROMM reveals in vivo soft tissue interactions in the hip of Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Anatomy, 236(2), 288-304. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13101
van Meer, N. M.§, Weller, H. I.§, Manafzadeh, A. R., Kaczmarek, E. B.§, Scott, B., Gussekloo, S. W., ... & Camp, A. L. (2019). Intra-oropharyngeal food transport and swallowing in white-spotted bamboo sharks. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(22), jeb201426. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.201426
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Bhullar, B. A. S.*, Manafzadeh, A. R.*, Miyamae, J. A., Hoffman, E. A., Brainerd, E. L., Musinsky, C., & Crompton, A. W. (2019). Rolling of the jaw is essential for mammalian chewing and tribosphenic molar function. Nature, 566(7745), 528-532. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-0940-x
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Manafzadeh, A. R., & Padian, K. (2018). ROM mapping of ligamentous constraints on avian hip mobility: implications for extinct ornithodirans. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1879), 20180727. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.0727