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The following announcement was received in the mail today:
International Seminar on
BIOMECHANICS AND JOINT REPLACEMENT IN THE UPPER LIMB
1 - 2 April 1993, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (UK)
Location: IMechE Headquarters, 1 Birdcage Walk, London SW1H 9JJ, UK
Contact: Corinne Paine / Julie Brown
Conference Services Department C475, IMechE Headquarters
Tel. +44.71.973 1318/1316, Fax +44.71.222 9881, Telex 917944
No email (yet?)
AIM: The seminar aims to bring together surgeons, therapists and engineers
to share and combine new knowledge relating to function and surgical replace-
ment of the jonits of the upper limb
SCOPE: Papers are invited to cover one or more of the following subjects:
o Clinical Evaluation of Joint Prostheses
o New Designs of Joint Prostheses
o Biomechanical Analysis of Muscle and Joint Forces
o Stress Analysis of Implant Assemblies
o Measurement of Joint Motion and Strength
o Analysis of Industrial, Domestic and Sport Activities
o Electromyographic Studies of Functional Activities
o Assessment of Procedures for Therapy Regimes
o Joint Kinematics (Centre of Rotation, etc.)
o Repetitive Tasks and Overuse Injuries
KEYNOTE TOPICS:
o SHOULDER
Unconstrained Total Shoulders Replacement: Biomechanics and
Complications. Prof. O. Sneppen, Orthopaedic Hospital, Aarhus, DK
o ELBOW
The Souter-Strathclyde Elbow-Design Principles Revisited After 10
Years Follow Up. W.A. Souter, PMR Hospital, Edinburgh, UK & AC
Nicol, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
o WRIST
Wrist Reconstruction in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Dr BR Simmen, Klinik
Wilhelm Schulthess, Zuerich, CH
o HAND
Arthroplasty of the PIP Joint by Palmar Approach. Dr BR Simmen,
Klinik Wilhelm Schulthess, Zuerich, CH
o FUNCTION
The Working Arm. Dr C Haselgrave, Institute of Occupational
Ergonomics, University of Nottingham, UK
CALL FOR PROPOSALS:
Synopses of papers comprising up to 250 words should be sent with full address
details (Name, Job Title, Organisation, Address, Postal Code, Country, Fax,
Telephone incl. extension, and optionally email address) by September 1992.
Selected authors will be invited to submit papers of a maximum of 3000 words
in length and up to 6 illustrations by January 1993. The Seminar will be
written and presented in English. All offers of papers will be considered,
but final acceptance will be based on the content of the paper and subject to
its receipt by January 1993. Suggestions for other potential contributors
and delegates are welcomed.
Papers accepted for presentation will be published by the IMechE in a bound
volume and issued to the delegates before the seminar. The volume will be
made available for general sale after the event.
The presenting author for each paper will be entitled to a substantial reduc-
tion in the delegate fee.
Papers presented at the Seminar and considered by the Committee to be of
special merit may be nominated for the appropriate awards.