Bruce A. MacWilliams

Bruce A. MacWilliams, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Orthopaedics , Adjunct - Physical Therapy & Athletic Training

Academic Office Information

Research Interests

  • Knee Joint Kinematics and Kinetics
  • Joint Simulation Techniques and Apparatus
  • Computational Modeling and Visualization Techniques for Biomechanical Analysis
  • Kinematic and Kinetic Measurement and Modeling of the Foot
  • Pediatric Gait Analysis

Research Statement

Research interests center around appications for pediatric gait analysis. These include developing new tools, models and techniques for movement analysis, the study of clincial gait pathologies, and clinical outcomes studies.

Education History

Postdoctoral Fellowship Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 PhD
Graduate Training Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 MS
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Fedorak GT, Dreksler H, MacWilliams BA, DAstous JL (2020). What Is the Cost of a "Cast Holiday" in Treating Children With Early Onset Scoliosis (EOS) With Elongation Derotation Flexion (EDF, "Mehta") Casting? J Pediatr Orthop, 40(8), 396-400. (Read full article)
  2. Fedorak GT, DAstous JL, Nielson AN, MacWilliams BA, Heflin JA (2019). Minimum 5-Year Follow-up of Mehta Casting to Treat Idiopathic Early-Onset Scoliosis. J Bone Joint Surg Am, 101(17), 1530-1538. (Read full article)
  3. Munger ME, Chen BP, MacWilliams BA, McMulkin ML, Schwartz MH (2019). Comparing the effects of two spasticity management strategies on the long-term outcomes of individuals with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy: a multicentre cohort study protocol. BMJ Open, 9(6), e027486. (Read full article)
  4. Stevens PM, Anderson L, MacWilliams BA (2017). Femoral shaft osteotomy for obligate outward rotation due to SCFE. Strategies Trauma Limb Reconstr, 12(1), 27-33. (Read full article)
  5. Harris MD, MacWilliams BA, Bo Foreman K, Peters CL, Weiss JA, Anderson AE (2017). Higher medially-directed joint reaction forces are a characteristic of dysplastic hips: A comparative study using subject-specific musculoskeletal models. J Biomech, 54, 80-87. (Read full article)
  6. MacWilliams BA, Stotts AK, Carroll KL, DAstous JL (2016). Utilization and efficacy of computational gait analysis for hamstring lengthening surgery. Gait Posture, 49, 394-397. (Read full article)
  7. MacWilliams BA, McMulkin ML, Davis RB, Westberry DE, Baird GO, Stevens PM (2016). Biomechanical changes associated with femoral derotational osteotomy. Gait Posture, 49, 202-206. (Read full article)
  8. Carroll KL, Schiffern AN, Murray KA, Stevenson DA, Viskochil DH, Toydemir R, MacWilliams BA, Roach JW (2016). The Occurrence of Occult Acetabular Dysplasia in Relatives of Individuals With Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip. J Pediatr Orthop, 36(1), 96-100. (Read full article)
  9. Chong DY, Macwilliams BA, Hennessey TA, Teske N, Stevens PM (2015). Prospective comparison of subtalar arthroereisis with lateral column lengthening for painful flatfeet. J Pediatr Orthop B, 24(4), 345-53. (Read full article)
  10. McMulkin ML, MacWilliams BA (2015). Application of the Gillette Gait Index, Gait Deviation Index and Gait Profile Score to multiple clinical pediatric populations. Gait Posture, 41(2), 608-12. (Read full article)
  11. MacWilliams BA, Rozumalski A, Swanson AN, Wervey R, Dykes DC, Novacheck TF, Schwartz MH (2014). Three-dimensional lumbar spine vertebral motion during running using indwelling bone pins. Spine (Phila Pa 1976), 39(26), E1560-5. (Read full article)
  12. Johnson BA, Salzberg C, MacWilliams BA, Shuckra AL, DAstous JL (2014). Plyometric training: effectiveness and optimal duration for children with unilateral cerebral palsy. Pediatr Phys Ther, 26(2), 169-79. (Read full article)
  13. Saraswat P, MacWilliams BA, Davis RB, DAstous JL (2014). Kinematics and kinetics of normal and planovalgus feet during walking. Gait Posture, 39(1), 339-45. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. MacWilliams BA, Stevens PM (2014). Re: Biomechanical comparison between 2 guided-growth constructs. [Letter to the editor]. J Pediatr Orthop, 34(4), 479-80. (Read full article)