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CBB Member Clark Dickerson, Kinesiology, in lab

CBB Member Clark Dickerson, Kinesiology, in lab

CBB Member Andrew Laing, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, in lab

CBB Member Andrew Laing, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, in lab

Work on spasticity modelling of CBB Member Arash Arami, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Work on spasticity modelling of CBB Member Arash Arami, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

CBB Member Clark Dickerson, Kinesiology, in lab
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CBB Member Clark Dickerson, Kinesiology, in lab
CBB Member Andrew Laing, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, in lab
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CBB Member Andrew Laing, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, in lab
Work on spasticity modelling of CBB Member Arash Arami, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering
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Work on spasticity modelling of CBB Member Arash Arami, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering

Learn how CBB researchers are exploring Balance, Motor Control, and Biomechanics:

CBB Researchers

Stories

Press/Media
  • "How to make the push-up work for you" Clark Dickerson,[ݮƵ News], February 19, 2019
  • "Where UW meets AI" , Ning Jiang, November 9, 2017
  • "With osteoarthritis and exercise, some pain leads to gains" Monica Maly, March 8, 2017
  • "Bill McIlroy, Kinesiology" , Bill McIlroy, November 11, 2016
  • "A tissue mechanist found in translation" , Thomas Willett, November 19, 2015

Publications by CBB Researchers
  • van der Kooij H. et al. (2019) . In: Carrozza M., Micera S., Pons J. (eds) Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. WeRob 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 22. Springer, Cham
  • Weaver, T. B., Ma, C., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Use of the nintendo wii balance board for studying standing static balance control: technical considerations, force-plate congruency, and the effect of battery life.
  • Lachance, C. C., Jurkowski, M. P., Dymarz, A. C., Robinovitch, S. N., Feldman, F., Laing, A. C., & Mackey, D. C. (2017). Compliant flooring to prevent fall-related injuries in older adults: A scoping review of biomechanical efficacy, clinical effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and workplace safety.
  • Weaver, T. B., Glinka, M. N., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Stooping, crouching, and standing–Characterizing balance control strategies across postures.
  • Ziebart, C., Giangregorio, L. M., Gibbs, J. C., Levine, I. C., Tung, J., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Measurement of peak impact loads differ between accelerometers–Effects of system operating range and sampling rate.
  • Pretty, S. P., Martel, D. R., & Laing, A. C. (2017). The influence of body mass index, sex, & muscle activation on pressure distribution during lateral falls on the hip.
  • Chen, J. A., Dickerson, C. R., Wells, R. P., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Older females in the workforce–the effects of age on psychophysical estimates of maximum acceptable lifting loads.
  • Huang, H. Y., Farkhatdinov, I., Arami, A., & Burdet, E. (2017). Modelling neuromuscular function of SCI patients in balancing.
  • Arami, A., Saint Raymond, N., & Aminian, K. (2017). An Accurate Wearable Foot Clearance Estimation System: Toward a Real-Time Measurement System.
  • Arami, A., Tagliamonte, N. L., Tamburella, F., Huang, H. Y., Molinari, M., & Burdet, E. (2017, July). A simple tool to measure spasticity in spinal cord injury subjects.
  • Arami, A., Delaloye, J. R., Rouhani, H., Jolles, B. M., & Aminian, K. (2018). Knee implant loosening detection: a vibration analysis investigation.
  • Patterson, K. K., Inness, E., McIlroy, W. E., & Mansfield, A. (2017). A retrospective analysis of post-stroke Berg Balance Scale scores: how should normal and at-risk scores be interpreted?.
  • Howcroft, J., Lemaire, E. D., Kofman, J., & McIlroy, W. E. (2017). Elderly fall risk prediction using static posturography.
  • Hicks, R. A., Hall, P. A., Staines, W. R., & McIlroy, W. E. (2018). Frontal alpha asymmetry and aerobic exercise: are changes due to cardiovascular demand or bilateral rhythmic movement? 
  • Duncan, C. A., Ingram, T. G., Mansfield, A., McIlroy, W. E., & Byrne, J. M. (2018). Differences in lower limb muscle activation and centre of pressure movement between expert workers and novices in simulated maritime environments.
  • Lang, A. E., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Task intensity influences upper limb and torso kinematics during two common overhead Functional Capacity Evaluation tasks.Work,58(2), 121-134.
  • Picco, B. R., Vidt, M. E., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Scapular kinematics by sex across elevation planes.Journal of applied biomechanics, 1-39.
  • Nadon, A. L., Cudlip, A. C., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Joint moment loading interplay between the shoulders and the low back during patient handling in nurses.Occupational Ergonomics,13(S1), 81-90.
  • Maciukiewicz, J. M., Lang, A. E., Vidt, M. E., Grenier, S. G., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Characterization of cashier shoulder and low back muscle demands.
  • Lang, A. E., Kim, S., Dickerson, C. R., & Milosavljevic, S. (2017). Measurement of objective shoulder function following breast cancer surgery: a scoping review protocol.
  • Chow, A. Y., La Delfa, N. J., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Muscular Exposures During Standardized Two-Handed Maximal Pushing and Pulling Tasks.IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors,5(3-4), 136-147.
  • Ribeiro, D. C., Day, A., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Grade-IV inferior glenohumeral mobilization does not immediately alter shoulder and scapular muscle activity: a repeated-measures study in asymptomatic individuals.
  • Kim, S. Y., Ko, J. B., Dickerson, C. R., & Collins, D. F. (2017). Electromyographic investigation of anterior and posterior regions of supraspinatus: a novel approach based on anatomical insights.
  • Lang, A. E., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Normative kinematics of reaching and dexterity tasks: moving towards a quantitative baseline for Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs).
  • Grewal, T. J., Cudlip, A. C., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Comparing non-invasive scapular tracking methods across elevation angles, planes of elevation and humeral axial rotations.
  • Meszaros, K. A., Vidt, M. E., & Dickerson, C. R. (2018). The effects of hand force variation on shoulder muscle activation during submaximal exertions.
  • Dickerson, C. R., Alenabi, T., Martin, B. J., & Chaffin, D. B. (2018). Shoulder muscular activity in individuals with low back pain and spinal cord injury during seated manual load transfer tasks.
  • Karg, M., & Kulić, D. (2017). Modeling Movement Primitives with Hidden Markov Models for Robotic and Biomedical Applications.
  • Kianifar, R., Lee, A., Raina, S., & Kulić, D. (2017). Automated Assessment of Dynamic Knee Valgus and Risk of Knee Injury During the Single Leg Squat.
  • DeHart, B. J., & Kulic, D. (2017). Legged Mechanism Design with Momentum Gains.
  • DeHart, B. J., & Kulic, D. (2017). Quantifying Balance Capabilities using Momentum Gain.
  • Um, T. T., Babakeshizadeh, V., & Kulić, D. (2017, September). Exercise motion classification from large-scale wearable sensor data using convolutional neural networks.
  • Joukov, V., Ćesić, J., Westermann, K., Marković, I., Kulić, D., & Petrović, I. (2017, September). Human motion estimation on Lie groups using IMU measurements.
  • DeHart, B. J., Gorbet, R., & Kulic, D. (2018). Spherical Foot Placement Estimator for Humanoid Balance Control and Recovery.
  • Joukov, V., Bonnet, V., Karg, M., Venture, G., & Kulić, D. (2018). Rhythmic Extended Kalman Filter for Gait Rehabilitation Motion Estimation and Segmentation.
  • Pilarczyk, B. M., Simms, C., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). Effect of Different Muscle Fiber Types on the Neck Kinematics for Frontal Impact.
  • Shen, D., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). Effect of Active Musculature Parameters on Neck Response and Potential for Injury.
  • Khor, F., Cronin, D., & Van Toen, C. (2017). Lower Cervical Spine Hard Tissue Injury Prediction in
  • Barker, J. B., Cronin, D. S., & Nightingale, R. W. (2017). Lower Cervical Spine Motion Segment Computational Model Validation: Kinematic and Kinetic Response for Quasi-Static and Dynamic Loading.
  • Boakye‐Yiadom, S., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). On the Importance of Retaining Stresses and Strains in Repositioning Computational Biomechanical Models of the Cervical Spine.
  • Gierczycka, D., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). Occupant thorax response variations due to arm position and restraint systems in side impact crash scenarios.
  • Singh, D., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). An investigation of dimensional scaling using cervical spine motion segment finite element models.International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering,33(11).
  • Alwasel, A., Abdel-Rahman, E. M., Haas, C. T., & Lee, S. (2017). Experience, productivity, and musculoskeletal injury among masonry workers.
  • Seo, J., Alwasel, A., Lee, S., Abdel-Rahman, E. M., & Haas, C. (2017). A comparative study of in-field motion capture approaches for body kinematics measurement in construction.
  • Ziebart, C., Giangregorio, L. M., Gibbs, J. C., Levine, I. C., Tung, J., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Measurement of peak impact loads differ between accelerometers–Effects of system operating range and sampling rate.
  • Niechwiej-Szwedo, E., Gonzalez, D., Nouredanesh, M., & Tung, J. (2018). Evaluation of the Leap Motion Controller during the performance of visually-guided upper limb movements.
  • Mehrabi, N., Sharif Razavian, R., Ghannadi, B., & McPhee, J. (2017). Predictive simulation of reaching moving targets using nonlinear model predictive control.
  • Lajimi, S. A. M., & McPhee, J. (2017, April). A comprehensive filter to reduce drift from Euler angles, velocity, and position using an IMU.
  • Razavian, R. S., Ghannadi, B., & McPhee, J. (2017, July). Feedback control of functional electrical stimulation for arbitrary upper extremity movements.
  • Shourijeh, M. S., Mehrabi, N., & McPhee, J. (2017). Forward static optimization in dynamic simulation of human musculoskeletal systems: a proof-of-concept study.
  • Shourijeh, M. S., Razavian, R. S., & McPhee, J. (2017). Estimation of Maximum Finger Tapping Frequency Using Musculoskeletal Dynamic Simulations.
  • Brown, P., & McPhee, J. (2018). A 3D ellipsoidal volumetric foot–ground contact model for forward dynamics.
  • Yao, L., Sheng, X., Zhang, D., Jiang, N., Farina, D., & Zhu, X. (2017). A BCI system based on somatosensory attentional orientation.
  • Muceli, S., Vujaklija, I., Jiang, N., Amsuess, S., Graimann, B., Aszmann, O. C., & Farina, D. (2017). A Biologically-Inspired Robust Control System for Myoelectric Control. Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II(pp. 975-979).
  • Aliakbaryhosseinabadi, S., Kostic, V., Pavlovic, A., Radovanovic, S., Kamavuako, E. N., Jiang, N., ... & Mrachacz-Kersting, N. (2017). Influence of attention alternation on movement-related cortical potentials in healthy individuals and stroke patients.
  • Farina, D., Vujaklija, I., Sartori, M., Kapelner, T., Negro, F., Jiang, N., ... & Aszmann, O. C. (2017). Man/machine interface based on the discharge timings of spinal motor neurons after targeted muscle reinnervation.
  • Tolooshams, B., & Jiang, N. (2017). Robustness of Frequency Division Technique for Online Myoelectric Pattern Recognition Against Contraction Level Variation.
  • Zhu, X., Liu, J., Zhang, D., Sheng, X., & Jiang, N. (2017). Cascaded adaptation framework for fast calibration of myoelectric control.
  • Yao, L., Sheng, X., Zhang, D., Jiang, N., Mrachacz-Kersting, N., Zhu, X., & Farina, D. (2017). A stimulus-independent hybrid BCI based on Motor Imagery and Somatosensory Attentional Orientation.
  • Ravicz, M. E., Cho, N. H., Maftoon, N., & Puria, S. (2017). Motion of intracochlear structures measured with a commercial optical coherence tomography (OCT) system.
  • Whyne, C. M., McLachlin, S., Burke, M., & Hardisty, M. (2017). Biomechanics of Vertebral Fracture. Vertebral Lesions (pp. 31-61).
  • Lochab, J., Carrothers, A., Wong, E., McLachlin, S., Aldebeyan, W., Jenkinson, R., ... & Nousiainen, M. T. (2017). Do Transcortical Screws in a Locking Plate Construct Improve the Stiffness in the Fixation of Vancouver B1 Periprosthetic Femur Fractures? A Biomechanical Analysis of 2 Different Plating Constructs.
  • McLachlin, S., Lesieur, M., Stephen, D., Kreder, H., & Whyne, C. (2017). Biomechanical analysis of anterior ring fixation of the ramus in type C pelvis fractures.
  • McLachlin, S., Kreder, H., Ng, M., Jenkinson, R., Whyne, C., & Larouche, J. (2017). Proximal screw configuration alters peak plate strain without changing construct stiffness in comminuted supracondylar femur fractures.
  • Attia, T., & Willett, T. L. (2017). Tension and Compression Testing of Cortical Bone.
  • Woodside, M., & Willett, T. L. (2017). Fracture Toughness Testing of Cortical Bone.
  • Pritchard, J. M., & Willett, T. L. (2017). Pentosidine as a Biomarker for Poor Bone Quality and Elevated Fracture Risk.
  • Willett, T., Josey, D., Lu, R. X. Z., Minhas, G., & Montesano, J. (2017). The micro-damage process zone during transverse cortical bone fracture: No ears at crack growth initiation.
  • Bahmani, A., Li, G., Willett, T. L., & Montesano, J. (2018). Three-dimensional microscopic assessment of randomly distributed representative volume elements for high fiber volume fraction unidirectional composites.
  • Brenneman, E. C., Kuntz, A. B., Wiebenga, E. G., & Maly, M. R. (2015). .PloS one,10(9), e0136854.

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