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CBB Member Clark Dickerson, Kinesiology, 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

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

CBB Researchers

CBB Researchers: Balance, Motor Control, and Biomechanics

Stories

"Researchers using AI to learn from expert bricklayers," Engineering News, Eihab Abdel-Rahman, Deember 19, 2017
"UW researchers develop machine learning based rehabilitation system," BetaKit, Dana Kulic, May 23, 2017
"Knee, hip rehab made easier with Waterloo developed system," CBC News, Dana Kulic, May 22, 2017
"Technology aims to improve physiotherapy outcomes using sensors and machine learning," Waterloo News, Dana Kulic, May 18, 2017
"Real time full-field 3D shape measurement," Office of Research, Jonathan Kofman, January 11, 2016
"Wearable technologies will improve stroke rehabilitation," Waterloo News, Bill McIlroy, August 19, 2015
"Finding your way after a stroke," Waterloo Stories, Bill McIlroy, February 4, 2014
"Reducing shoulder injuries in the workplace," Waterloo Stories, Clark Dickerson, October 7, 2013
"Biomechanics professor striking the perfect balance," Kinesiology Research Stories, Andrew Laing, June 7, 2013
"An improved road to recovery," CBB researcher story, Dana Kulic, January 9, 2013

Press/Media

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

Publications by CBB Researchers

van der Kooij H. et al. (2019) Symbitron: Symbiotic Man-Machine Interactions in Wearable Exoskeletons to Enhance Mobility for Paraplegics. 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. Journal of applied biomechanics, 33(1), 48-55.
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. PLoS one, 12(2), e0171652.
Weaver, T. B., Glinka, M. N., & Laing, A. C. (2017). Stooping, crouching, and standing–Characterizing balance control strategies across postures. Journal of biomechanics, 53, 90-96.
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. Journal of biomechanics, 58, 222-226.
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. Annals of biomedical engineering, 45(12), 2775-2783.
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. Ergonomics, 60(12), 1708-1717.
Huang, H. Y., Farkhatdinov, I., Arami, A., & Burdet, E. (2017). Modelling neuromuscular function of SCI patients in balancing. In Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II (pp. 355-359). Springer, Cham.
Arami, A., Saint Raymond, N., & Aminian, K. (2017). An Accurate Wearable Foot Clearance Estimation System: Toward a Real-Time Measurement System. IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(8), 2542-2549.
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. In Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2017 International Conference on (pp. 1590-1596). IEEE.
Arami, A., Delaloye, J. R., Rouhani, H., Jolles, B. M., & Aminian, K. (2018). Knee implant loosening detection: a vibration analysis investigation. Annals of biomedical engineering, 46(1), 97-107.
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?.Physiotherapy Canada, 69(2), 142-149.
Howcroft, J., Lemaire, E. D., Kofman, J., & McIlroy, W. E. (2017). Elderly fall risk prediction using static posturography. PLoS one, 12(2), e0172398.
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? Biological psychology, 132, 9-16.
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. IISE Transactions on Occupational Ergonomics and Human Factors, (just-accepted).
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. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 59, 80-91.
Lang, A. E., Kim, S., Dickerson, C. R., & Milosavljevic, S. (2017). Measurement of objective shoulder function following breast cancer surgery: a scoping review protocol. Physical Therapy Reviews, 22(3-4), 149-152.
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. Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy, 25(5), 260-269.
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. International Biomechanics, 4(2), 60-67.
Lang, A. E., & Dickerson, C. R. (2017). Normative kinematics of reaching and dexterity tasks: moving towards a quantitative baseline for Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs). International Biomechanics, 4(2), 37-49.
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. Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology, 37, 101-107.
Meszaros, K. A., Vidt, M. E., & Dickerson, C. R. (2018). The effects of hand force variation on shoulder muscle activation during submaximal exertions. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 24(1), 100-110.
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. Ergonomics, 1-8.
Karg, M., & Kulić, D. (2017). Modeling Movement Primitives with Hidden Markov Models for Robotic and Biomedical Applications. Hidden Markov Models: Methods and Protocols, 199-213.
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. IEEE journal of translational engineering in health and medicine, 5, 1-13.
DeHart, B. J., & Kulic, D. (2017). Legged Mechanism Design with Momentum Gains. HUMANOIDS.
DeHart, B. J., & Kulic, D. (2017). Quantifying Balance Capabilities using Momentum Gain. HUMANOIDS.
Um, T. T., Babakeshizadeh, V., & Kulić, D. (2017, September). Exercise motion classification from large-scale wearable sensor data using convolutional neural networks. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on (pp. 2385-2390). IEEE.
Joukov, V., Ćesić, J., Westermann, K., Marković, I., Kulić, D., & Petrović, I. (2017, September). Human motion estimation on Lie groups using IMU measurements. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on(pp. 1965-1972). IEEE.
DeHart, B. J., Gorbet, R., & Kulic, D. (2018). Spherical Foot Placement Estimator for Humanoid Balance Control and Recovery. In IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE.
Joukov, V., Bonnet, V., Karg, M., Venture, G., & Kulić, D. (2018). Rhythmic Extended Kalman Filter for Gait Rehabilitation Motion Estimation and Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 26(2), 407-418.
Pilarczyk, B. M., Simms, C., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). Effect of Different Muscle Fiber Types on the Neck Kinematics for Frontal Impact. In IRCOBI Conference Proceedings.
Shen, D., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). Effect of Active Musculature Parameters on Neck Response and Potential for Injury. In IRCOBI Conference Proceedings.
Khor, F., Cronin, D., & Van Toen, C. (2017). Lower Cervical Spine Hard Tissue Injury Prediction in Axial Compression. Bone, 12, 14.
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. Journal of biomechanical engineering, 139(6), 061009.
Boakye‐Yiadom, S., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). On the Importance of Retaining Stresses and Strains in Repositioning Computational Biomechanical Models of the Cervical Spine. International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering.
Gierczycka, D., & Cronin, D. S. (2017). Occupant thorax response variations due to arm position and restraint systems in side impact crash scenarios. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 106, 173-180.
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. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 143(6), 05017003.
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. Robotica, 1-19.
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. Journal of biomechanics, 58, 222-226.
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. PloS one, 13(3), e0193639.
Mehrabi, N., Sharif Razavian, R., Ghannadi, B., & McPhee, J. (2017). Predictive simulation of reaching moving targets using nonlinear model predictive control. Frontiers in computational neuroscience, 10, 143.
Lajimi, S. A. M., & McPhee, J. (2017, April). A comprehensive filter to reduce drift from Euler angles, velocity, and position using an IMU. In Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE), 2017 IEEE 30th Canadian Conference on (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Razavian, R. S., Ghannadi, B., & McPhee, J. (2017, July). Feedback control of functional electrical stimulation for arbitrary upper extremity movements. In Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), 2017 International Conference on (pp. 1451-1456). IEEE.
Shourijeh, M. S., Mehrabi, N., & McPhee, J. (2017). Forward static optimization in dynamic simulation of human musculoskeletal systems: a proof-of-concept study. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 12(5), 051005.
Shourijeh, M. S., Razavian, R. S., & McPhee, J. (2017). Estimation of Maximum Finger Tapping Frequency Using Musculoskeletal Dynamic Simulations. Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, 12(5), 051009.
Brown, P., & McPhee, J. (2018). A 3D ellipsoidal volumetric foot–ground contact model for forward dynamics. Multibody System Dynamics, 42(4), 447-467.
Yao, L., Sheng, X., Zhang, D., Jiang, N., Farina, D., & Zhu, X. (2017). A BCI system based on somatosensory attentional orientation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(1), 81-90.
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. In Converging Clinical and Engineering Research on Neurorehabilitation II(pp. 975-979). Springer, Cham.
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. Clinical Neurophysiology, 128(1), 165-175.
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. Nature Biomedical Engineering, 1(2), 0025.
Tolooshams, B., & Jiang, N. (2017). Robustness of Frequency Division Technique for Online Myoelectric Pattern Recognition Against Contraction Level Variation. Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 5, 3.
Zhu, X., Liu, J., Zhang, D., Sheng, X., & Jiang, N. (2017). Cascaded adaptation framework for fast calibration of myoelectric control. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(3), 254-264.
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. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 25(9), 1674-1682.
Ravicz, M. E., Cho, N. H., Maftoon, N., & Puria, S. (2017). Motion of intracochlear structures measured with a commercial optical coherence tomography (OCT) system. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3896-3897.
Whyne, C. M., McLachlin, S., Burke, M., & Hardisty, M. (2017). Biomechanics of Vertebral Fracture. In Vertebral Lesions (pp. 31-61). Springer, Cham.
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. Journal of orthopaedic trauma, 31(1), 15-20.
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. European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 1-6.
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. Journal of orthopaedic trauma, 31(12), e418-e424.
Attia, T., & Willett, T. L. (2017). Tension and Compression Testing of Cortical Bone. In Experimental Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics (pp. 167-183).
Woodside, M., & Willett, T. L. (2017). Fracture Toughness Testing of Cortical Bone. In Experimental Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics (pp. 185-200).
Pritchard, J. M., & Willett, T. L. (2017). Pentosidine as a Biomarker for Poor Bone Quality and Elevated Fracture Risk. Biomarkers in Bone Disease, 355-392.
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. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials, 74, 371-382.
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. Composite Structures, 192, 153-164.
Brenneman, E. C., Kuntz, A. B., Wiebenga, E. G., & Maly, M. R. (2015). A Yoga Strengthening Program Designed to Minimize the Knee Adduction Moment for Women with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Proof-Of-Principle Cohort Study. PloS one, 10(9), e0136854.