Farzam Farahmand

Professor

Mechanical Engineering Department
Sharif University of Technology

 

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 farahmand AT sharif.edu

 

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 Azadi Ave, Tehran 11155-9567, Iran

Sharif University of Technology

 

  Djavad Mowafaghian Research Center for Intelligent Neuro-Rehabilitation Technologies

 

Research Center for Biomedical Technologies and Robotics

Research Interests:

Orthopaedics

Medical Robotics

Musculoskletal Modeling

Motion Analysis

Advanced Materials and Biomaterials

 

 Recent Publications (2016-2023):

  • Alimohammadi M, Mirzabozorg H, Farahmand F, Kim S, Baril C, Ploeg HL, Statistical distribution of micro and macro pores in acrylic bone cement- effect of amount of antibiotic content, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 106297, 2023.

  • Abedi A, Pourghazi F, Eslami M, Nabian MH, Ali-Mohammadi AM, Oryadi-Zanjani L, Farahmand F, An additively manufactured titanium tilting suture anchor: a biomechanical assessment on human and ovine bone specimens, Frontiers in Surgery, 10: 1195728, 2023.

  • Taheri A, Farahmand F, Bahraminasab M, Radially and axially graded cellular tibial stems for total knee replacement, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 108772, 2023.

  • Sadeghnejad S, Khadivar F, Esfandiari M, Amirkhani G, Moradi H, Farahmand F, Vossoughi G, Using an improved output feedback MPC approach for developing a haptic virtual training system, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 98: 745–766, 2023.

  • Jamshidifar H, Farahmand F, Behzadipour S, Mirbagheri A, Mechanical design of a 5-DOF robotic interface for application in haptic simulation systems of large-organ laparoscopic surgery, Scientia Iranica, DOI: 10.24200/sci.2023.58723.5866, 2023.

  • Tavasoli S, Tavasoli M, Shojaeefard M, Farahmand F, Analysis of cerebral palsy gait based on movement primitives, Clinical Biomechanics, 104: 105947, 2023.

  • Jabbari Mostahsan A, Farahmand F, Influence of cleaning process on mechanical properties and surface characteristics of selective laser melted Ti6Al4V parts prepared for medical implant applications, Journal of Materials Research, 37(16): 37, 2546-2557, 2022.

  • Hayatbakhsh Z, Farahmand F, Karimpour M, Is a complete anatomical fit of the Tomofix plate biomechanically favorable? A parametric study using the finite element method, The Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery, 10 (8): 712-720, 2022.

  • Shafizadegan Z, Sarrafzadeh J, Farahmand F, Salehi R, Rasouli O, Uncontrolled manifold analysis of gait kinematic synergy during normal and narrow path walking in individuals with knee osteoarthritis compared to asymptomatic individuals, Journal of Biomechanics, 141: 111203, 2022.

  • Hajihosseinali M, Behzadipour S, Taghizadeh G, Farahmand F, Direction-dependency of the kinematic indices in upper extremities motor assessment of stroke patients, Medical Engineering & Physics, 108: 103880, 2022.

  • Shafizadegan Z, Sarrafzadeh J, Salehi R, Farahmand F, Rasouli O, The effects of challenging walking conditions on kinematic synergy and stability of gait in people with knee osteoarthritis: A study protocol, Advanced Biomedical Research 11: 35, 2022.

  • Darvishi M, Daroudi S, Tavasoli S, Shafiezadeh A, Farahmand F, Baniasad M, Modular analysis of pooled muscle and kinematic data reveals the dynamics of the gait sub-phases, Gait & Posture, 97: S402-S403, 2022.

  • Dehestani P, Farahmand F, Borjali A, Bashti K, Chizari M, Bone density may affect primary stability of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction when organic core bone plug fixation technique used, Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics, 9 (1): 5, 2022.

  • Esmaeili S, Karami H, Baniasad M, Shojaeefard M, Farahmand F, The association between motor modules and movement primitives of gait: A muscle and kinematic synergy study, Journal of Biomechanics, 134: 110997, 2022.

  • Hoursan H, Farahmand F, Ahmadian MT, Effect of axonal fiber architecture on mechanical heterogeneity of the white matter—a statistical micromechanical model, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 25 (1): 27-39, 2022.

  • Hayatbakhsh Z, Farahmand F, Effects of plate contouring quality on the biomechanical performance of high tibial osteotomy fixation: A parametric finite element study, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 236 (3): 356-366, 2022.

  • Hojjati-Najafabadi A, Amini S, Farahmand F, Using a saddle-assistive device equipped with mechanical orthosis for walking of the person with incomplete spinal cord injury, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 235 (7): 735-742, 2021.

  • Tavasoli S, Shojaeefard M, Farahmand F, Baniasad M, Kinematic synergy analysis of crouch cerebral palsy gait reveals a reduced locomotor strategy based on movement primitives, Gait & Posture, 90: 263-264, 2021.

  • Mehryar P, Shourijeh MS, Rezaeian T, Khandan AR, Messenger N, O’Connor R, Farahmand F, Dehghani-Sanij A, Muscular activity comparison between non-amputees and transfemoral amputees during normal transient-state walking speed, Medical Engineering & Physics, 95: 39-44, 2021.

  • Bokaeian HR, Esfandiarpour F, Zahednejad S, Mohammadi HK, Farahmand F, Effects of an exercise therapy targeting knee kinetics on pain, function, and gait kinetics in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized clinical trial, Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 38 (3): 377-395, 2021.

  • Hoursan H, Farahmand F, Ahmadian MT, Masjoodi S, Anisotropic finite element modelling of traumatic brain injury: A voxel-based approach, Scientia Iranica, 28 (3): 1271-1283, 2021.

  • Bokaeian HR, Esfandiarpour F, Zahednejad S, Mohammadi HK, Farahmand F, Effects of medial thrust gait on lower extremity kinetics in patients with knee osteoarthritis, Ortopedia, Traumatologia, Rehabilitacja, 23 (2): 115-120, 2021.

  • Hojjati-Najafabadi A, Amini S, Farahmand F, Improving sit-to-stand transition by the saddle-assistive device in the spinal cord injury: A case study, Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 235 (7): 735-742, 2021.

  • Aghajani-Fesharaki S, Farahmand F, Saeedi H, Raeissadat SA, Abdollahy E, Amir Ahmadi A, Maroufi N, The effects of knee orthosis with two degrees of freedom joint design on gait and sit-to-stand task in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 20 (4), 324-331, 2020.

  • Baniasad M, Shojaee Fard M, Farahmand F, Aminian K, Can the ground reaction vector be an alternative to conventional gait model to estimate knee adduction moment?, Gait & Posture 81: 24-25, 2020.

  • Hojjati-Najafabadi A, Amini S, Farahmand F, The effect of saddle-assistive device on improving the gait parameters of patients with the lower limbs weakness: A pilot study, Journal of Bionic Engineering, 17 (6): 1175-1185, 2020.

  • Esmaeili S, Karami H, Baniasad M, Farahmand F, There is a time shift between muscle synergies and kinematic synergies during normal gait, Gait & Posture, 81: 87-88, 2020.

  • Nouri MJ, Aminian G, Farahmand F, Rahgozar M, Design and fabrication of a new expandable transtibial liner with manual volume control: A prototype, Journal of Biomedical Physics & Engineering, 10 (4): 543-548, 2020.

  • Alamdar A, Samandi P, Hanifeh S, Kheradmand P, Mirbagheri A, Farahmand F, Sarkar S, Investigation of a hybrid kinematic calibration method for the “Sina” surgical robot, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 5 (4): 5276-5282, 2020.

  • Sarkarat F, Ahmady A, Farahmand F, Fateh A, Kahali R, Nourani A, Rakhshan V, Comparison of strengths of five internal fixation methods used after bilateral sagittal split ramus osteotomy: An in vitro study, Dental Research Journal, 17 (4): 258-265, 2020.

  • Molla RY, Sadeghi H, Farahmand F, Azarbayjani MA, Effect of excessive Arm Swing on Speed and Cadence of walking, Men's Health Journal, 4 (1): e5-e5, 2020.

  • Sadeghnejad S, Elyasi N, Farahmand F, Vossughi GR, Sadr-Hosseini SM, Hyperelastic modeling of sino-nasal tissue for haptic neurosurgery simulation, Scientia Iranica, 27 (3): 1266-1276, 2020.

  • Amirkhani G, Farahmand F, Yazdian SM, Mirbagheri A, An extended algorithm for autonomous grasping of soft tissues during robotic surgery, The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 16(5): e2122, 2020.

  • Hoursan H, Farahmand F, Ahmadian MT, A novel procedure for micromechanical characterization of white matter constituents at various strain rates, Scientia Iranica Transactions B: Mechanical Engineering, 27 (2): 784-794, 2020.

  • Gharini M, Mohammadi Moghaddam M, Farahmand F, Personalized design of ankle-foot prosthesis based on computer modeling of amputee locomotion, Assistive Technology, 32 (2): 100-108, 2020.

  • Hindy A, Farahmand F, Pourdanesh F, Torshabi M, Al-Janabi AH, Morteza Rasoulianboroujeni M, Tayebi L, Tabatabaei SF, Synthesis and characterization of 3D-printed functionally graded porous titanium alloy, Journal of Materials Science, 55: 9082- 9094, 2020.

  • Yousefsani SA, Shamloo1 AFarahmand F, Nonlinear mechanics of soft composites: hyperelastic characterization of white matter tissue components, Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, 19, 1143-1153, 2020.

  • Hoursan H, Farahmand F, Ahmadian MT, A three-dimensional statistical volume element for histology informed micromechanical modeling of brain white matter, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 48 (4): 1337-1353, 2020.

  • Baniasad M, Farahmand F, Arazpour M, Zohoor H, Kinematic and electromyography analysis of paraplegic gait with the assistance of mechanical orthosis and walker, The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, 43(6): 854-861, 2020.

  • Mehryar P, Shourijeh MS, Rezaeian T, Khandan AR, Messenger N, O’Connor R, Farahmand F, Dehghani-Sanij A, Differences in muscle synergies between healthy subjects and transfemoral amputees during normal transient-state walking speed, Gait & Posture, 76: 98-103, 2020.

  • Alamdar A, Farahmand F, Behzadipour S, Mirbagheri A, A geometrical approach for configuration and singularity analysis of a new non-symmetric 2DOF 5R spherical parallel manipulator, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 147: 103747, 2020.

  • Darbandi H, Baniasad M, Baghdadi S, Khandan A, Vafaei A, Farahmand F, Automatic classification of gait patterns in children with cerebral palsy using fuzzy clustering method, Clinical Biomechanics, 73: 189-194, 2020.

  • Farahmand F, Hosseini SH, Seifi MM, Analysis of quadriceps muscles force and activity of a 3-dimensional musculoskletal model, Journal of Advanced Sport Technologies, 2(1): 7-15, 2019.

  • Baniasad M, Baghdadi S, Farahmand F, Ghasami M, Kinematic synergies are recognizable in the walker-assisted gait of spinal cord injury patients, Gait and Posture, 73: 207-208, 2019.

  • Baniasad M, Baghdadi S, Farahmand F, Baniasad M, Ghasami M, Phasic time normalization increases repeatability of electromyography data during gait in individuals with spinal cord injury, Gait and Posture, 73: 148-149, 2019.

  • Akbar M, Farahmand F, Arjmand N, Mechanical characterization of the ligaments in subject-specific models of the patellofemoral joint using in vivo laxity tests, The Knee, 26: 1220-1233, 2019.

  • Sadeghnejad S, Khadivar F, Abdollahi E, Moradi H, Farahmand F, Sadr Hosseini SM, Vossoughi G, A validation study of a virtual based haptic system for endoscopic sinus surgery training, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 15: e2039, 2019.

  • Mortazavi J, Farahmand F, Behzadipour S, Yeganeh A, Pre-planning of intramedullary nailing procedures: A methodology for predicting the position of the distal hole, Medical Engineering and Physics, 74: 172-179, 2019.

  • Gomari B, Farahmand F, Farkhondeh H, A rapid prototyping-based methodology for patient-specific contouring of osteotomy plates, Rapid Prototyping Journal, 25 (5): 888-894, 2019.

  • Bokaeian HR, Esfandiarpour F, Zahednejad S, Kouhzad Mohammadi H, Farahmand F, The effects of Yoga and medial thrust gait training and conventional physiotherapy on gait biomechanics, pain, and function in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized clinical trial protocol study, Middle East Journal of Rehabilitation Health Studies, 6 (3): e89813, 2019.

  • Sadeghnejad S, Farahmand F, Vossoughi G, Moradi H, Hosseini SMS, Phenomenological tissue fracture modeling for an Endoscopic Sinus and Skull Base Surgery training system based on experimental data, Medical Engineering and Physics, 68: 85-93, 2019.

  • Khodadadi M, Baniasad MA, Arazpour M, Farahmand F, Zohoor H, Designing instrumented walker to measure upper-extremity’s efforts: a case study, Assistive Technology, 31 (5): 267-272, 2019.

  • Maleki M, Badri S, Shayestehepour H, Arazpour M, Farahmand F, Mousavi ME, Abdolahi E, Farkhondeh H, Head JS, Golchin N, Mardani MA, Design and analysis of an original powered foot clearance creator mechanism for walking in patients with spinal cord injury, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 14 (4): 333-337, 2019.

  • Eskandari AH, Arjmand N, Shirazi-Adl A, Farahmand F, Hypersensitivity of trunk biomechanical model predictions to errors in image-based kinematics when using fully displacement-control techniques, Journal of Biomechanics, 84: 161-171, 2019.

  • Alamdar A, Hanife S, Farahmand F, Behzadipour S, Mirbagheri A,  A Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery Approach to Perform Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass on Beating Hearts, Medical Hypotheses, 124: 76-83, 2019.

  • Aghajani-Fesharaki S, Farahmand F, Saeedi H, Abdollahy E, Design, implementation and testing of a novel prototype orthotic knee joint with two degrees of freedom in a patient with medial knee osteoarthritis, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 18 (4), 524-528, 2018.

  • Mansouri S, Farahmand F, Vossoughi G, Ghavidel AA, A comprehensive multimodality heart motion prediction algorithm for robotic assisted beating heart surgery, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 15(2): e1975, 2018.

  • Baniasad M, Farahmand F, Arazpour M, Zohoor H, Coordinated activities of trunk and upper extremity muscles during walker-assisted paraplegic gait: A synergy study, Human Movement Science, 62: 184-193, 2018.

  • Mansouri S, Farahmand F, Vossoughi G, Ghavidel AA, A hybrid algorithm for prediction of varying heart rate motion in computer-assisted beating heart surgery, Journal of Medical Systems, 42 (10): 200, 2018.

  • Salehi A, Khandan A, Arab Baniasad M, Baghdadi S, Farahmand F, Zohoor H, Center of pressure progression and ground reaction forces are altered in cerebral palsy crouch gait, Gait and Posture, 65: 307-308, 2018.

  • Shojaeefard M, Khandan A, Baniasad MA, Farahmand F, Baghdadi S, Vafaei A, Narimani R, There are common patterns of muscle synergy in cerebral palsy crouch gait, Gait and Posture, 65: 55-56, 2018.

  • Yousefsani SA, Shamloo A, Farahmand F, A three-dimensional micromechanical model of brain white matter with histology-informed probabilistic distribution of axonal fibers, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 88: 288-295, 2018.

  • Mortazavi J, Farahmand F, Behzadipour S, Yeganeh A, Aghigh M. A patient specific finite element simulation of intramedullary nailing to predict the displacement of the distal locking hole, Medical Engineering and Physics, 55: 34-42, 2018.

  • Jalali M, Farahmand F, Esfandiarpour F, Golestanha SA, Akbar M, Eskandari A, Mousavi SE, The effect of functional bracing on the arthrokinematics of anterior cruciate ligament injured knees during lunge exercise, Gait and Posture, 63: 52-57, 2018.

  • Naserkhaki S, Arjmand N, Shirazi-Adl A, Farahmand F, El-Rich M, Effects of eight different ligament property datasets on biomechanics of a lumbar L4-L5 finite element model, Journal of Biomechanics, 70: 33-42, 2018.

  • Yousefsani SA, Shamloo A, Farahmand F, Micromechanics of brain white matter tissue: A fiber-reinforced hyperelastic model using embedded element technique. Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, 80:194-202, 2018.

  • Baniasad M, Farahmand F, Arazpour M, Zohoor H, Role and significance of trunk and upper extremity muscles in walker-assisted paraplegic gait: a case study, Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 24 (1): 18-27, 2018.

  • Aboutorabi A, Arazpour M, Bahramizadeh M, Farahmand F, Fadayevatan R, Effect of vibration on postural control and gait of elderly subjects: a systematic review, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 30 (7): 713-726, 2018.

  • Aboutorabi A, Arazpour M, Farahmand F, Bahramizadeh M, Fadayevatan R, Abdollahi E, Design and evaluation of vibratory shoe on balance control for elderly subjects: technical note, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 13 (2): 173-177, 2018.

  • Najafabadi AH, Amini S, Farahmand F, Mechanical design and simulation of a saddle-assistive device for sit-to-stand transfer in healthy subjects, International Journal of Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technology, 10 (4): 39-46, 2017.

  • Rafiaei M, Arazpour M, Bahramizadeh M, Farahmand F, Jamshidi N, SamadianM, Feasibility of a powered knee joint in providing stance and swing phase knee flexion when using a knee-ankle-foot orthosis, Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 29 (4), 177-182, 2017.

  • Farahmand F, Hosseini SH, Seifi MM, Analysis of quadriceps muscles force and activity of a 3-Dimensional musculoskeletal model, Journal of Advanced Sport Technology, 1(2):7-15, 2017.

  • Mansouri S, Farahmand F, Vossoughi G, Ghavidel AA, Rezayat M, Feasibility of infrared tracking of beating heart motion for robotic assisted beating heart surgery, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 14 (1): e1869, 2017.

  • Bahraminasab M, Farahmand F, State of the art review on design and manufacture of hybrid biomedical materials: Hip and knee prostheses, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers- Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 231 (9): 785-813, 2017.

  • Abedinnasab MH, Farahmand F, Tarvirdizadeh B, Zohoor H, Gallardo-Alvarado J, Kinematic effects of number of legs in 6-DOF UPS parallel mechanisms, Robotica, 35 (12): 2257-2277, 2017.

  • Nazarynasab D, Farahmand F, Mirbagheri A, Afshari E, A novel laparoscopic grasper with two parallel jaws capable of extracting the mechanical behaviour of soft tissues, Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 41 (5): 339-345, 2017.

  • Hindy A, Farahmand F, Tabatabaei FS, In vitro biological outcome of laser application for modification or processing of titanium dental implants, Lasers in Medical Science, 32: 1197-1206, 2017.

  • Eskandari AH, Arjmand N, Shirazi-Adl A, Farahmand F, Subject-specific 2D/3D image registration and kinematics-driven musculoskeletal model of the spine, Journal of Biomechanics, 57: 18-26, 2017.

  • Afshari E, Rostami M, Farahmand F, Review on different experimental techniques developed for recording force-deformation behaviour of soft tissues; with a view to surgery simulation applications, Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology, 41 (4): 257-274, 2017.

  • Haghpanah SA, Farahmand F, Zohoor H, Modular neuromuscular control of human locomotion by central pattern generator, Journal of Biomechanics, 53: 154-162, 2017.

  • Daeinejad FS, Farahmand F, Durali1 M, Abedinnasab MH, Design and analysis of a novel parallel mechanism for prosthetic knee wear test simulators, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 31 (2): 885-892, 2017.

  • Abedinnasab MH, Farahmand F, Gallardo-Alvarado J, The wide-open three-legged parallel robot for long-bone fracture reduction, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 9 (1): 015001, 2017.

  • Bani MA, Arazpour M, Farahmand F, Mousavi ME, Samadian M, Kashani RV, Hutchins SW, The influence of new medial linkage orthosis on walking and independence in spinal cord injury patients: a pilot study, Spinal Cord Series and Cases, 2: 15033, 2016.

  • Rafiaei M, Arazpour M, Farahmand F, Bahramizadeh M, Jamshidi N, The effect and evaluation of stance control knee ankle foot orthosis on spatiotemporal parameters and kinematics in subjects with poliomyelitis, International Journal of Advanced Biotechnology and Research, 7(2): 592-597, 2016.

  • Saghaei Nooshabadi Z, Abdi E, Farahmand F, Narimani R, Chizari M, A meshless method to simulate the interactions between a large soft tissue and a surgical grasper, Scientia Iranica Transactions B: Mechanical Engineering, 23(1): 295-300, 2016.

  • Haghpanah SA, Farahmand F, Zohoor H, Razeghi M, Generating the activation patterns of the leg muscles during human locomotion using the central pattern generators as a control structure, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology: Transactions of Mechanical Engineering, 40(2): 87-94, 2016.

  • Khadem SM, Behzadipour S, Mirbagheri A, Farahmand F, A modular force controlled robotic instrument for minimally invasive surgery- Efficacy for being used in autonomous grasping against a variable pull force, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, 12(4): 620-633, 2016.

  • Jalali M, Farahmand F, Rezaeian T, Ramsey DK, Mousavi ME, Electromyographic analysis of anterior cruciate deficient knees with and without functional bracing during lunge exercise, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 40(2): 270-6, 2016.

  • Rafiaei M, Bahramizadeh M, Arazpour M, Samadian M, Hutchins SW, Farahmand F, Mardani MA, The gait and energy efficiency of stance control knee-ankle-foot orthoses: A literature review, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 40(2): 202-214, 2016.

  • Aboutorabi A, Bahramizadeh M, Arazpour M, Fadayevatan R, Farahmand F, Curran S, Hutchins SW, A systematic review of the effect of foot orthoses and shoe characteristics on balance in healthy older subjects, Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 40(2):170-181, 2016.

  • Amini Khoiy K, Mirbagheri A, Farahmand F, Automatic tracking of laparoscopic instruments for autonomous control of a cameraman robot, Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies, 25(3):121-8, 2016.

  • Ghiasi MS, Arjmand N, Boroushaki M, Farahmand F, Investigation of trunk muscle activities during lifting using a multi-objective optimization-based model and intelligent optimization algorithms, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 54(2-3): 431-440, 2016.

  •  Ghiasi MS, Arjmand N, Shirazi-Adl A, Farahmand F, Hashemi H, Bagheri S, Valizadeh M, Cross-sectional area of human trunk paraspinal muscles before and after posterior lumbar surgery using magnetic resonance imaging, European Spine Journal, 25(3): 774-782, 2016.

 

Memberships in Learned Societies:

-          ISB (International Society of Biomechanics)

-          ISBME (Iranian Society of Biomedical Engineers)

-          ISME (Iranian Society of Mechanical Engineers)