List of Publications

This is a list of publications where I have presented issues relating to Biotensegrity. Several are book chapters or in non-medical publications, such as systems research bulletins, conference proceedings, etc, that make them difficult to find.

Levin SM. The icosahedron as a biologic support system; 1981; Houston. Alliance for Engineering in Medicine and Biology. p 404.

Levin SM. 1982. Continuous tension, discontinuous compression, a model for biomechanical support of the body. Bulletin of Structural Integration, Rolf Institute, Bolder:31-33.

Levin SM. The icosahedron as the three-dimensional finite element in biomechanical support. Proceedings of the Society of General Systems Research Symposium on Mental Images, Values and Reality. In: Dillon JR, editor; 1986 May 26-30, 1986; Philadelphia, U of P. Society of General Systems Research. p G14-26.

Levin SM. 1987. Theories about spinal loading. Spine 12(4):422-3.

Levin SM. The icosa-dynamical model for biomechanics—the space truss. In: Ledington PWJ, editor; 1989; Edenbergh. p 301-308.

Levin SM. 1990a. The Myofascial-Skeletal Truss: A Systems Science Analysis. In: Barnes J, editor. Myofascial Release - the search for excellence. Paoli: MFR Seminars. p 11-15.

Levin SM. The primordial structure. In: Banathy BH, Banathy BB, editors; 1990b; Portland. The International Society for the Systems Sciences. p 716-720.

Levin SM. 1990c. The space truss as a model for cervical spine mechanics—a systems science concept. In: Patterson JK, Burns L, editors. Back Pain - An International Review. Lancaster: Klewer Academic Publishers. p 231-238.

Levin SM. The tensegrity system in the pelvis and the hind quarter syndrome. In: Vleeming A, Mooney V, Snijders C, Dorman T, editors; 1992; San Diego. First Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Pack Pain and its Relation to the Sacroiliac Joints.

Levin SM. A new model for pelvic mechanics. In: Vossoughi J, editor; 1994 April 16-17, 1994; Washington, D.C. Engineering research Center, U of D.C.,. p 10085-1088.

Levin SM. 1995a. The Importance of soft tissues for structural support of the body. In: Dorman T, editor. Prolotherapy in the Lumbar Spine and Pelvis. Philadelphia: Hanley & Belfus. p 309-524.

Levin SM. 1995b. Regional variation in tensile properties and biomechanical composition of the human lumbar anulus fibrosus. Spine 20(9):1103-4.

Levin SM. The sacrum in three-dimentional space. In: Vleeming A, Mooney V, Snijders C, Dorman T, editors; 1995c; San Diego. 2nd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Pack Pain and its Relation to the Sacroiliac Joints. p 625-633.

Levin SM, editor. 1995d. The sacrum in three-dimentional space: Hanley & Belfus. 381-388 p.

Levin SM. 1997a. A different approach to the mechanics of the human pelvis: Tensegrity. In: Vleeming A, Mooney V, Dorman T, Snijders C, Stoeckart R, editors. Movement Stability & Low Back Pain. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone. p 157-167.

Levin SM. 1997b. Putting the shoulder to the wheel: A new biomechanical model for the shoulder girdle. Biomed Sci Instrum 33:412-7.

Levin SM. 1998a. A system science model for biomechanical construction. In: Marcus A, editor. Musculoskeletal Disorders. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books. p 127-131.

Levin SM. The tensegrity system and pelvic pain syndrome. In: Vleeming A, Mooney V, H T, Snijders C, Dorman T, editors; 1998b; Vienna. 3rd Interdisciplinary World Congress on Low Pack and Pelvic Pain. p 87-94.

Levin SM. Putting the shoulder to the tensegrity wheel: A new biomechanical model for the shoulder girdle. In: Veeger D, editor; 1999; Calgary. Dutch Shoulder group. p 19.

Levin SM. Mechanics of upside down; 2000a; Arlington. NSF.

Levin SM. 2000b. A paper by Jones et al. Alterations in the Young's modulus and volumetric properties of chondrocytes isolated from normal and osteoarthritic human cartilage (Journal of Biomechanics 32, 1999, 119-127). J Biomech 33(2):261, 263-4.

Levin SM. 2000c. Piriformis syndrome. Orthopedics 23(3):183-4.

Levin SM. Put the shoulder to the wheel: A new biomechanical model for the shoulder girdle. In: MechanoTransduction, Ribreau C, editors; 2000d; Paris. Societe biomechanique. p 131-136.

Levin SM. The tensegrity-truss as a model for spine mechanics. In: Karalis TK, editor; 2002a; Lemnos, Greece. ICMMB. p 317-320.

Levin SM. 2002b. The tensegrity-truss as a model for spine mechanics. Journal of Mechanics in Medicine and Biology 2(3 & 4):375-388.

Levin SM. 2003. Shear. MS word.

Levin SM. 2005. The scapula is a sesamoid bone. J Biomech 38(8):1733-4; author reply 1734-6.

Levin SM. 2006. Tensegrity: The new biomechanics. In: M H, R E, , editors. Textbook of Musculoskeletal Medicine. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p 69-80.

Levin SM. 2007. A Suspensory system for the sacrum in pelvic mechanics: Biotensegrity. In: A V, V M, R S, editors. Movement, Stability & Lumbopelvic Pain. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Chirchill Livingstone. p 229-238.

Levin SM, Knothe-Tate M. A New model for biologic constructs: The tensegrity icosahedron. In: Muller R, Gerber H, Stacoff A, editors; 2001; Zurich. Interrepro AG, Munchenstein.

Levin SM, Knothe-Tate M, Tensegrity: Are osteocytes "pre-tensed" to function? In: Muller R, Gerber H, Stacoff A, editors; 2001; Zurich. Interrepro AG, Munchenstein.