Serena S. Hu

Research Interests

spine biomechanics including instrumentation, disc degeneration, regeneration,

Research Summary

My research interests are varied, but include patient outcomes, disc degeneration and regeneration, biomechanics of the spine, animal models of spine pain.

Selected Publications

Whyne CM, Hu SS, Lotz JC. Burst fracture in the metastatically involved spine: development, validation, and parametric analysis of a three-dimensional poroelastic finite-element model. Spine. 2003 Apr 1;28(7):652-60. 

Whyne CM, Hu SS, Lotz JC. Biomechanically derived guideline equations for burst fracture risk prediction in the metastatically involved spine. J Spinal Disord Tech. 2003, Apr;16(2): 180-5.

O'Neill CW, Liu JJ, Leibenberg E, Hu SS, Deviren V, Tay BK, Chin CT, Lotz JC.   Percutaneous plasma decompression alters cytokine expression in injured porcine intervertebral discs.  Spine J. 2004 Jan-Feb;4(1):88-98.

Puttlitz C M, Rousseau, M A, Xu Z, Hu S, Tay B K, Lotz J C. Intervertebral disc replacement maintains cervical spine kinetics. Spine 2004 Dec 15;29(24): 2809-14.

Bass, E.C., Nau, W.H., Diederich, C.J., Lindenberg, E., Shu, R., Pellegrino, R., Sutton, J., Attawia, M., He, S.S., Ferrier, W.T., Lotz, J.C., Intradiscal thermal therapy does not stimulate biologic remodeling in an in vivo model. Spine 2006 Jan 15;31(2):139-45.

Rousseau, M A, Bradford, D S, Bertagnoli, R, Hu, S S, Lotz, J C: Disc Arthroplasty Design Influences Intervertebral Kinematics and Facet Forces. Spine J. 2006 May-Jun;6(3):258-66, PMID: 16651219

Fang, A, Hu, S S, Endres, N, Bradford, D S: Risk Factors for Infection After Spinal Surgery. Spine. 2005 Jun 15;30(12):1460-5.