Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Williams, R.L. II, Burns, J.M., and Eland, D.C. The Virtual Haptic Back: A Simulation for Training in Palpatory Diagnosis, BMC Medical Education, 2008 (in Press).

Bajaj, K., Conatser, R.R., Howell, J.N., Williams, R.L. II. Repeated Palpatory Training of Medical Students on the Virtual Haptic Back, Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16,  James D. Westwood et al. (Eds.), IOS Press, 2008:8-13.

Howell, J.N., Williams, R.L. II, Conatser, R.R., Burns, J.M., and Eland, D.C. Training for Palpatory Diagnosis on the Virtual Haptic Back: Performance Improvement and User Evaluations, Journal of American Osteopathic Association, January 2008, Volume 108, Number 1:29-36.

Clark, B.C., Manini, T.M. SARCOPENIA ≠ DYNAPENIA. Green Banana ("outside the box") Article. Journals of Gerontology: Medical Sciences. (in Press).

Burns, J.M., Williams, R.L. II, Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Eland, D.C. Virtual Reality Simulation of Fascial Drag using the Phantom 3.0 Haptic Interface, 1st International Fascia Research Conference, October 2007, Boston, MA.

Williams, R.L. II, Ji, W., Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R. Device for Measurement of Human Tissue Properties In Vivo, ASME Journal of Medical Devices, September 2007 -- Volume 1, Issue 3, pp. 197-205.

Howell, J.N., Burns, J.M., Eland, D.C., Williams, R.L. II, Conatser, R.R. Student Achievement in a Virtual Reality Test of Palpatory Diagnosis, AOA Annual Convention, September 2007, San Diego, CA.

Morton, A.L., McGrew, A., Burns, J.M., Karadogan, E., Conatser, R., Howell, J.N. Foot Ankle Biomechanics: Effects of Manipulative Intervention on Plantar Fasciitis Subjects, AOA Annual Convention, September 2007, San Diego, CA.

Rockey, B.S., Streng, M., Ji, W., Conatser, R.R., Noyes, D., Howell, J.N., Burns, J.N. Positional Differences in Paraspinal Soft Tissue Compliance as Measured with the "Back Poker 7.0", AOA Annual Convention, September 2007, San Diego, CA.

Williams, R.L. II, Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R. Digital Human Modeling for Palpatory Medical Training with Haptic Feedback, in Handbook of Digital Human Modeling for Applied Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2007.

Monzon, A., Hemler, P.F., Nalls, M.A., Manini, T.M., Clark, B.C., Harris, T.B., McAuliffe, M.J. Segmentation of magnetic resonance images of the thighs for a new National Institutes of Health initiative. SPIE: Medical Imaging. 6212: 65123L, 2007.

Williams, R.L. II, Ji, W., Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R. In Vivo Measurement of Human Tissue Compliance, Digital Human Modeling Conference, Society of Automotive Engineers, June 12-14, 2007, Seattle, Washington.

Karadogan, E., Williams, R. L. II, Howell, J.N. and Conatser, R.R. A Stiffness Discrimination Experiment including Analysis of Palpation Forces and Velocities, Ohio University Student Creative Activity & Research Fair, May 2007, Athens, OH.

Chen, M.Y., Williams, R.L. II, Conatser, R.R., and Howell, J.N. Virtual Human Upper Body for Gross Motion Palpation Training, Ohio University Student Creative Activity & Research Fair, May 2007, Athens, OH.

Ji, W., Williams, R.L. II, Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R. Compliance Measurement & Analysis of Human Soft Tissue, Ohio University Student Creative Activity & Research Fair, May 2007, Athens, OH.

Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Williams, R.L. II, Burns, J.M., Eland, D.C. The Virtual Haptic Back: a Teaching Tool for Palpatory Diagnosis, Experimental Biology Annual Meeting, April 2007, Washington, DC.

Howell, J.N., Cabell, K.S., Chila, A.G., and Eland, D.C. Stretch Reflex and Hoffmann Reflex Responses to Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment in Subjects With Achilles Tendinitis, Journal of American Osteopathic Association, September 2006, Volume 106, Number 9:537-545.

Wynne, M.M., Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Burns, J.M., and Eland, D.C. Effect of Counterstrain on Stretch Reflexes, Hoffmann Reflexes, and Clinical Outcomes in Subjects with Plantar Fasciitis, Journal of American Osteopathic Association, September 2006, Volume 106, Number 9:547-556.

Streng, M., Rockey, B., Ji, W., Conatser, R., Burns, J., Howell, J.N. The Effect of Respiration on Paraspinal Muscle Compliance at T3, T7, and L4, Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine Research Day, September 29, 2006.

Chen, M.Y., Williams, R.L. II, Conatser, R.R., and Howell, J.N. The Virtual Movable Human Upper Body for Palpatory Diagnostic Training, 2006 Digital Human Modeling for Design & Engineering Conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers, July 4-6, 2006, Lyon, France 

Howell, J.N., Williams, R.L. II, Conatser, R.R., Burns, J.M., and Eland, D.C. The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): Detection of Compliance Differences, 2006 Digital Human Modeling for Design & Engineering Conference of the Society of Automotive Engineers, July 4-6, 2006, Lyon, France

Williams, R.L. II, Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Burns, J.M., and Eland, D.C. Palpatory training on The Virtual Haptic Back improves detection of compliance difference, Eurohaptics 2006

Howell, J.N., Williams, R.L. II, Conatser, R.R., Burns, J.M., and Eland, D.C. The Virtual Haptic Back (VHB): a Virtual Reality Simulation of the Human Back for Palpatory Diagnostic Training, Digital Human Modeling Symposium of the Society of Automotive Engineers, June 14-16, 2005, Iowa City, IA 

Howell, J.N. and Willard, F. Nociception: new understandings and their possible relation to somatic dysfunction and its treatment, Ohio Research and Clinical Review 15: 12-15, 2005 

Williams, R.L., Srivastava, M., Conatser, R.R. and Howell, J.N., Implementation and evaluation of a haptic playback system. Haptics-e (IEEE Robotics & Automation Society) 3/3: 2004 

Williams, R.L., Srivastava, M., Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Burns, J.M., Chila, A.G., and Eland, D.C., The virtual haptic back for palpatory training, The Sixth International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces (ICMI'04), October 13-15, 2004, State College, PA 

Holland, K.L., Williams, R.L., Conatser, R.R., Howell, J.N. and Cade, D.L., The implementation and evaluation of a virtual haptic back. Virtual Reality 7:94-102, 2004. 

R.L. Williams II, M. Srivastava, R.R. Conatser, Jr., and J.N. Howell, "The Virtual Haptic Back Project", Proceedings of the 2003 Image Society Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, July 14-18, 2003.

Eland, D.C., Singleton, T.N., Conatser, R.R., Howell, J.N., Pheley, A.M., Karlene, M.M., and Robinson, J.M., The “iliacus test”: new information for the evaluation of hip extension dysfunction. J. Am. Osteopath. Assn. 102:130-142, 2002

Chleboun, G.S., France, A.R., Crill, M.T., Braddock, H.K. Howell, J.N. In vivo measurement of fascicle length and pennation angle of the human biceps femoris muscle. Cells, Tissues and Organs 169:401-409, 2001.

Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Chleboun, G.S., Karapondo, D.L., and Chila, A.G., The effect of NSAIDs on recovery from exercise-induced injury. 2. Ibuprofen. J. Musculoskel. Pain 6: 69-83, 1998.

Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., Chleboun, G.S., Karapondo, D.L., and Chila, A.G., The effect of NSAIDs on recovery from exercise-induced injury. 1. Flurbiprofen. J. Musculoskel. Pain 6: 59-68, 1998.

Chleboun, G.S., Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., and Giesy, J.J., The relationship between muscle swelling and stiffness after eccentric exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc., 30:529-535, 1998.

Chleboun, G.S., Howell, J.N., Conatser, R.R., and Giesey, J.J., The relationship between elbow flexor volume and passive elastic stiffness. Clinical Biomechanics 12:383-392, 1997.

Chleboun, G.S., Howell, J.N., Baker, H., Ballard, T.N., Hallman, H.L., Perkins, L.E., Schauss, J.H., Graham, J.L. and Conatser, R.R. The effects of intermittent pneumatic compression on eccentric exercise-induced swelling, stiffness, and strength loss. Arch. Phys. Med. Rehab. 76:744-749, 1995.

Howell, J.N., Chleboun, G. and Conatser, R. Muscle stiffness, strength loss, swelling and soreness following exercise-induced injury in humans. J. Physiol. (Lond), 464:183-196 (1993).

Molea, D., Murcek, B., Blanken, C., Burns, R., Chila, A. and Howell, J. Evaluation of two manipulative techniques in the treatment of postexercise muscle soreness. J. Am. Osteopath. Assn. 87:477-483 (1987).

1985

Howell, J.N., Chila, A.G., Ford, G., David, D. and Gates T., An EMG study of elbow motion during postexercise muscle soreness. J. Appl. Physiol., 58:1713-1718 (1985).

Note: Prior to 2004 the Institute was known as the Somatic Dysfunction Institute.