Müller, L., Tits, A., Weinkamer, R., Drion, P., Dall'Ara, E., Van Lenthe, G. H., & Ruffoni, D. (10 July 2023). Changes in subchondral bone microstructure and shape with age in tibial knee [Paper presentation]. 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Maastricht, Netherlands. |
Lew, A. J., Stifler, C. A., Tits, A., Schmidt, C. A., Scholl, A., Cantamessa, A., Müller, L., Delaunois, Y., Compère, P., Ruffoni, D., Buehler, M. J., & Gilbert, P. U. P. A. (July 2023). A Molecular-Scale Understanding of Misorientation Toughening in Corals and Seashells. Advanced Materials, 35 (28), 2300373. doi:10.1002/adma.202300373 |
Tits, A., Blouin, S., Rummler, M., Kaux, J.-F., Drion, P., Van Lenthe, G. H., Weinkamer, R., Hartmann, M. A., & Ruffoni, D. (31 March 2023). Bone-fibrocartilage crosstalk and osteocyte lacuno-canalicular network at the tendon-bone insertion [Paper presentation]. European Society of Biomechanics Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands. |
Delaunois, Y., Tits, A., Grossman, Q., Smeets, S., Malherbe, C., Eppe, G., van Lenthe, G. H., Ruffoni, D.* , & Compère, P.*. (2023). Design Strategies of the Mantis Shrimp Spike: How the Crustacean Cuticle Became a Remarkable Biological Harpoon? Natural Sciences. doi:10.22541/au.167199666.61851387/v1 * These authors have contributed equally to this work. |
Malerba, A., Tits, A., Volders, T., Vena, P., & Ruffoni, D. (2023). A COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE TENDON-TO-BONE INSERTION: THE ROLE OF TISSUE ANISOTROPY [Paper presentation]. 28th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, Maastricht, Netherlands. |
Tits, A. (2023). Attaching soft to hard: A multimodal correlative investigation of the tendon-bone interface [Doctoral thesis, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/298023 |
Müller, L., Tits, A., Plougonven, E., Drion, P., Dall'Ara, E., Léonard, A., Van Lenthe, H., & Ruffoni, D. (2022). Architecture of the trabecular bone between the metaphyseal and subchondral parts in the knee joint [Paper presentation]. 20th National Day of Biomedical Engineering, Bruxelles, Belgium. |
Müller, L., Tits, A., Plougonven, E., Drion, P., Dall'Ara, E., Van Lenthe, G. H., & Ruffoni, D. (2022). Differences between subchondral and trabecular bone microporosities beneath the bone-cartilage interface at the knee joint [Poster presentation]. 15th Congress of the International Society of Bone Morphometry, Odense, Denmark. |
Tits, A., Plougonven, E., Blouin, S., Hartmann, M. A., Kaux, J.-F., Drion, P., Fernandez, J., van Lenthe, G. H., & Ruffoni, D. (August 2021). Local anisotropy in mineralized fibrocartilage and subchondral bone beneath the tendon-bone interface. Scientific Reports, 11, 16534. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95917-4 |
Tits, A., & Ruffoni, D. (2021). Joining soft tissues to bone: Insights from modeling and simulations. Bone Reports. doi:10.1016/j.bonr.2020.100742 |
Tits, A., Varga, P., Volders, T., Kaux, J.-F., Plougonven, E., Fernandez, J., Drion, P., Van Lenthe, G. H., & Ruffoni, D. (October 2020). Local adaptation of bone micro-structure and canal network to tendon insertion investigated by image-based micro-FE simulations. Bone Reports, 13, 100392. doi:10.1016/j.bonr.2020.100393 |
Tits, A., Varga, P., KAUX, J.-F., Plougonven, E., Fernandez, J., Drion, P., Van Lenthe, G. H., & Ruffoni, D. (24 June 2020). Soft-to-hard biological interfaces: microstructural and micromechanical investigation of the tendon-bone attachment [Paper presentation]. European Calcified Tissue Society Digital Masterclass. |
Tits, A. (2018). Structural and mechanical analysis of Achilles tendon insertion into calcaneus [Master’s dissertation, ULiège - Université de Liège]. ORBi-University of Liège. https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/245186 |