Adam Kositsky
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Technical Physics, Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology
Research interests:
- Structure and function of soft tissues in health and disease
- Neuromusculoskeletal consequences to tendon harvesting for orthopaedic procedures
- Development of new methodology for in vivo measurement of human soft tissue properties
- Comparative anatomy and biomechanics
Current collaborations:
- Aalborg University (DK)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Sapporo Medical University (JP)
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of Oulu (FI)
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville (US)
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (NL)
Research groups
Publications
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Relationships between human patellar tendon and tibial cartilage viscoelastic properties in osteoarthritic knees: an exploratory investigation
Kositsky, Adam; Linus, Awuniji; Stenroth, Lauri; Nippolainen, Ervin; Kröger, Heikki; Töyräs, Juha; Mäkelä, Janne TA; Liukkonen, Mimmi K; Tanska, Petri; Afara, Isaac O; Mononen, Mika E; Korhonen, Rami K. 2025. Journal of biomechanics. 189: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
The human patellar tendon is mechanically homogenous at its mid-substance
Kositsky, Adam; Stenroth, Lauri; Nippolainen, Ervin; Torniainen, Jari; Mäkelä, Janne TA; Paakkari, Petri; Paakkonen, Tommi; Kröger, Heikki; Töyräs, Juha; Afara, Isaac O; Korhonen, Rami K. 2025. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 163: A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Muscle Morphology Does Not Solely Determine Knee Flexion Weakness After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with a Semitendinosus Tendon Graft: A Combined Experimental and Computational Modeling Study
Kositsky, Adam; Stenroth, Lauri; Barrett, Rod S; Korhonen, Rami K; Vertullo, Christopher J; Diamond, Laura E; Saxby, David J. 2024. Annals of biomedical engineering. 52: 1313-1325 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Morphology of proximal and distal human semitendinosus compartments and the effects of distal tendon harvesting for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Kositsky, Adam; Maas, Huub; Barrett, Rod S; Kennedy, Ben; Stenroth, Lauri; Korhonen, Rami K; Vertullo, Chris J; Diamond, Laura E; Saxby, David J. 2023. Journal of anatomy. 243: 297-310 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Near-infrared spectroscopic assessment of patellar tendon mechanics
Kositsky, Adam; Torniainen, Jari; Stenroth, Lauri; Nippolainen, Ervin; Mäkelä, Janne TA; Paakkari, Petri; Kröger, Heikki; Töyräs, Juha; Korhonen, Rami K; Afara, Isaac O. 2023. abstract -
Patellar tendon and tibial cartilage viscoelastic properties are inversely related in osteoarthritic knees
Kositsky, Adam; Linus, Awuniji; Stenroth, Lauri; Mononen, Mika E; Nippolainen, Ervin; Kröger, Heikki; Töyräs, Juha; Mäkelä, Janne TA; Tanska, Petri; Afara, Isaac O; Korhonen, Rami K. 2023. Transactions of the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society abstract -
Semitendinosus structure and function in healthy and anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed individuals
Kositsky, Adam. 2023. Publications of the University of Eastern Finland. Dissertations in Science, Forestry and Technology G5 Doctoral dissertation (article) -
In vivo assessment of the passive stretching response of the bicompartmental human semitendinosus muscle using shear-wave elastography
Kositsky, Adam; Saxby, David J; Lesch, Kim J; Barrett, Rod S; Kröger, Heikki; Lahtinen, Olli; Diamond, Laura E; Korhonen, Rami K; Stenroth, Lauri. 2022. Journal of applied physiology. 132: 438-447 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Semitendinosus muscle morphology in relation to surface electrode placement in anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed and contralateral legs
Kositsky, Adam; Barrett, Rod S.; du Moulin, William; Diamond, Laura E.; Saxby, David J.. 2022. Frontiers in sports and active living. 4: . 959966 A1 Journal article (refereed), original research -
Semitendinosus proximal and distal compartment morphology after tendon harvesting for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Kositsky, Adam; Barrett, Rod; Maas, Huub; Kennedy, Ben; Vertullo, Christopher; Diamond, Laura; Saxby, David. 2022. abstract