Southeastern Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics

Southeastern Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics April 27-29, 2008 - Birmingham, AL


SEASB 2008 SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008 UAB Kaul Genetics Building 5:30 p.m. WELCOME Alan W. Eberhardt, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham Glenn S. Fleisig, Ph.D., American Sports Medicine Institute 6:00 p.m. KEYNOTE LECTURE TOPIC: Physical and chemical stimulation to generate articular cartilage with native mechanical properties Clark Hung, Ph.D., Columbia University 6:45 p.m. Open Discussion 7:00 p.m. ADJOURN MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2008 ST. VINCENT’S HOSPITAL Bruno Conference Center 8:45 a.m. KEYNOTE LECTURE Lymphatic Vessel Biomechanics: How the Body’s Sewer System Pumps Uphill James Moore, Ph.D., Texas A&M 9:30 a.m. BREAK/EXHIBITORS PODIUM SESSION 1: ERGONOMICS & HUMAN FACTORS 9:45 a.m. The Influence of Heightened Sympathetic Activity on Movement Fluctuations and Motor Unit Force Shikhar Vohra - Georgia Tech 10:00 a.m. The Effect of Sloped Surface on Lower Body Moments Scott P. Breloff - University of Mississippi 10:15 a.m. Frequency Dependence of Strain and Energy Dissipation during Thoracolumbar Spine Loading Sai Vikas Yalla, M.S. - University of Louisville 10:30 a.m. BREAK/EXHIBITORS PODIUM SESSION 2: EXERCISE & SPORTS SCIENCE 10:45 a.m. Gender Differences in Ground Reaction Forces and Dynamic Postural Stability While Performing a Single Leg Jump Landing Bradley J. Bowser, M.S. - University of Georgia 11:00 a.m. Thee Effect of Fatigue on Force Sense of the Knee Anne Benjaminse, P.T. - University of Pittsburgh 11:15 a.m. A Prophylactic Ankle Brace Alters Lower Extremity Kinematics during Drop Landings Jae P. Yom - University of Georgia 11:30 a.m. A Kinematic Comparison of the Spike and the Overhead Serve in Volleyball Becky Bolt, M.S. - American Sports Medicine Institute 11:45 a.m. A Thorough Bilateral Shoulder Passive Flexibility Analysis of Internal and External Rotation in Elite Baseball Pitchers Jeff T. Wight - University of Florida 12:00 p.m. Incorporating Dartfish into a Sports Camp Dave Fortenbaugh, M.S. - American Sports Medicine Institute James Andrews Biomechanics Lab 12:15 p.m. LUNCH and POSTER SESSION (Poster session presenters will stand next to their posters from 12:45-1:45) Improvement of the Human-Machine Interaction by Determination of Forces Applied on the Shoulder with an Adapted Load Cell and Correspondence with the Shooting Performance in Biathlon Christelle Grebot, Ph.D. - Universite de Franche Comte, FRANCE Conformation and Free Energy Analyses of the Complex of CA^{2 +}-Bound Calmodulin and the FAS Death Domain Jonathan Suever - University of Alabama at Birmingham Evaluation of Risk Factors for Work-Related Muscoloskeletal Disorders in Medical Sonographers David R. Burnett, M.S. - University of Louisville Corticomuscular Coupling of EEG-EMG during Unilateral and Bilateral Motor and Cognitive Tasks Ashley N. Johnson, M.S. - Georgia Tech Effect of Altered Glycosylation on Binding Affinity of β1 I-Like Domain with Fibronectin Di Pan - University of Alabama at Birmingham Shock Attenuation during Barefoot Running Julia A. Freedman, M.S. - University of Tennessee Kinematic Analysis of the Underhand Softball Pitch John C. Garner, Ph.D., C.S.C.S. - University of Mississippi Biomechanical Evaluation of Upper Extremity Function in Chronic Hemiparesis Caroline A. Marchand, B.S. - Rehab Institute of Chicago Effects of Whole-Body Vibration on Spasticity, Balance and Hamstring Flexibility in a Child with Cerebral Palsy: A Case Report Dana M. Otzel - University of Florida Comparison of Ground Reaction Force in Children with Lower Limb Amputation and Children without Amputation Performing a Drop Landing Markita Reid, P.T. - Georgia State University Reliability of a Shoulder Internal and External Rotation Passive Flexibility Analysis for Overhead Athletics Jeff T. Wight - University of Florida Unanticipated Failure of a Crosslinked Acetabular Liner Alan W. Eberhardt, Ph.D. - University of Alabama at Birmingham Control Strategies during Gait Termination are Altered in Subjects with Ankle Instability Douglas Doidge - University of Florida Bruno Conference Center PODIUM SESSION 3: ENGINEERING & APPLIED PHYSICS 2:30 p.m. Pelvic Response under Lateral Impact Loading: The Force Transmission Path and the Strain Distribution on Pubic Rami Costin D. Untaroiu - University of Virginia 2:45 p.m. Development and Validation of a Finite Element Model for a10 - Year-Old Human Pelvis Zuoping Li - University of Alabama at Birmingham 3:00 p.m. A Biomechanical Evaluation of Proximal Humerus Fractures Treated with Locking Plate Fixation – Importance of Calcar Comminution and Screw Length Parthasarathy Raghava, M.S. - University of Alabama at Birmingham 3:15 p.m. Geometric Adaptation of Cortical Bone in Growing Mice with Disruption of Osteoblast-Specific Type 1 IGF Receptor Girish Ramaswamy - University of Alabama at Birmingham 3:30 p.m. BREAK /EXHIBITORS PODIUM SESSION 4: HEALTH SCIENCES 4:00 p.m. How does Stiffness of a Shock Absorbing Prosthetic Foot Influence Hip and Knee Joint Displacement and Limb Symmetry in Transtibial Amputee Gait? Petur Sigurdsson - University of Georgia 4:15 p.m. Comparison of External Mechanical Work between Bionic Foot and Conventional Prosthetic Feet in Transtibial Amputees: A Case Study Vibhor Agrawal, M.S. - Miami VAHS Functional Outcomes Research and Evaluation Center 4:30 p.m. Noise-Induced Improvement in Posture Control during One-Leg Standing in Young Adults Minoru Shinohara, Ph.D. - Georgia Tech 4:45 p.m. Gait Mechanics Following Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery: A Case Study Joseph L. Helseth, M.A. - Wake Forest University 5:00 p.m. Tai Chi Training and Multi-Directional Gait Initiation in Older Adults: A Pilot Study Srikant Vallabhajosula, M.S. - University of Florida 5:15 p.m. BREAK/EXHIBITORS 5:30 p.m. KEYNOTE LECTURE How Biomechanics Helps Sports Medicine James R. Andrews, M.D., American Sports Medicine Institute 6:30 p.m. BREAK Burley Earl 8:00 p.m. MUSIC/FOOD/DRINKS TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008 UAB Kaul Genetics Building 8:45 a.m. KEYNOTE LECTURE Do Oscar Pistorius’s Prosthetic Feet Really Give Him a “Leg Up” in the Olympics? Kathy Simpson, University of Georgia 9:30 a.m. BREAK PODIUM SESSION 5: ENGINEERING & APPLIED PHYSICS 9:45 a.m. Thoracic Response under Dynamic Mid-Sternal Compresive Loading: Finite Element Investigation of Thoracic Stiffness Costin D. Untaroiu - University of Virginia 10:00 a.m. Cancellous Bone Quality Differences Between Osteoporosis Therapies Qian Xu, M.S. - University of Louisville 10:15 a.m. Biomechanical Modeling System to Solve Muscular Loading Distribution Barbara May, D.B.A., M.B.A. - Coventry University, UNITED KINGDOM 10:30 a.m. BREAK PODIUM SESSION 6: EXERCISE & SPORTS SCIENCE 10:45 a.m. The Effects of Grade, Gender and Running Level on Lower Extremity Kinematics Jeremiah J. Tate, P.T., M.S. - University of Tennessee 11:00 a.m. The Influence of Four Different Types of Athletic Tape Used for Ankle Taping on Attack Angle Adam Knight, M.Ed., A.T.,C, C.S.C.S. -Auburn University 11:15 a.m. AWARD PRESENTATION and CLOSING REMARKS Alan Eberhardt, Ph.D. Glenn S. Fleisig, Ph.D. Best Student Paper (Engineering and Applied Physics): Frequency Dependence of Strain and Energy Dissipation during Thoracolumbar Spine Loading Sai Vikas Yalla, M.S. Best Student Paper (Kinesiology): Comparison of External Mechanical Work between Bionic Foot and Conventional Prosthetic Feet in Transtibial Amputees: A Case Study Vibhor Agrawal, M.S. 11:30 a.m. ADJOURN Meeting chairmen: Alan W. Eberhardt, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham Glenn S. Fleisig, Ph.D., American Sports Medicine Institute Email: chairmen@seasb.org
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