Biomechanics Symposium

[Leendert Blankevoort]

Dear Colleagues,

I invite you to attend the World Biomechanics Symposium 1997 on Thursday,
December 11 in Amsterdam. This annual symposium is organized by the organizing
committee of the Second World Congress of Biomechanics that was held in 1994.
This year's theme is Musculoskeletal Biomechanics.

Please find the details below.

Regards,
Leendert Blankevoort

Internet: L.Blankevoort@orthp.azn.nl

Address:
Biomechanics Section
800 Institute of Orthopaedics
University of Nijmegen
NL-6500 HB Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 24 361 6959
Fax: +31 24 354 0555

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World Biomechanics Symposium 1997

Musculoskeletal biomechanics

Thursday, December 11, 1997
Auditorium, Free University
De Boelelaan 1105, Amsterdam
The Netherlands

PROGRAM

9.00 Registration and coffee

9.30 Welcome
Presentation of the Nominees of the World Biomechanics
Promotieprijs 1997 (PhD.-award)
L. Blankevoort
Secretary General, Stichting World Biomechanics

Introduction to the 1997 Low-Lands Biomechanics Award
Lecture
P.A.J.B.M. Huijing
Vice Chairman, Stichting World Biomechanics

9.50 1997 Low-Lands Biomechanics Award Lecture
Muscle Coordination of Multi-Joint Motor Tasks
F.E. Zajac
Stanford University, Stanford
10.35 Coffee break

11.00 About "redundancy" in the motor system
C.C.A.M. Gielen
Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen

11.35 The role of stimulation dynamics in vertical jumping
M.F. Bobbert
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

12.10 Prediction of dynamic tendon forces from electromyogra-
phic signals,an artificial neural network
H.H.C.M. Savelberg
Universiteit Maastricht

12.40 Presentation of the World Biomechanics Promotieprijs
1997
H.C. Schamhardt
Jury Chairman
12.50 Lunch

14.00 Optimal postural control of the human arm:
Co-activation and reflexive activation
G. Brouwn
Technische Universiteit Delft

14.35 A new view on grasping
J.M.J. Smeets
Erasmus Universiteit

15.10 Structure and function of motor units: a topographical
surface EMG study.
K. Roeleveld
Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena

15.45 Anticipatory adjustments in lifting
H. Toussaint
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
16.20 Drinks and snacks.

18.00 Diner buffet.


Registration
Early registration, before November 28, 1997 NLG 35,00
Late registration NLG 55,00
Student Early registration, before Nov.28, 1997 NLG 20,00
Student late registration NLG 30,00
Diner buffet, only with early registration NLG 35,00

Register by sending the registration form.
Payment either by cheque (bank- , giro- or eurocheque, Dutch only)
or by bank transfer to:
Postbank N.V. Amsterdam acc. no. 43 39 272, Vrije Universiteit
Please mention: Kostenplaats 2413112 World Biomechanics
Make sure that your name and address are mentioned on the bank transfer.
On-site registration preferably by cash payment. Lunch is included in the
registration fee

Please send registration form to:
Secretariaat Stichting World Biomechanics
800 Orthopedie, AZN/KUN,Postbus 9101
NL-6500 HB NIJMEGEN
The Netherlands
Tel +31 24 361 3366
Fax +31 24 354 0555
Email Ortho_sec@orthp.azn.nl

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December 11, Amsterdam

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