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Dynamics and Stability of Human Movement Systems
DEADLINE EXTENDED to January 6, 2014
Dear Biomch-L Subscribers,
You are invited to participate in a symposium on “Dynamics and Stability of Human Movement Systems” that we are organizing for the 17th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM) to be held at Michigan State University, June 15 - 20, 2014. The Congress, held every four years, is the premier American forum for networking and technical information exchange for researchers and students interested in mechanics.
This symposium is designed to encourage the development of new thoughts and ideas leading to an improved understanding of human dynamics and stability. We hope to generate thoughtful discussions on the associated medical problems and the methods used to analyze them. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1. Medical conditions and injuries associated with instability including falls, ankle injuries, torso instability, stroke, Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathy, stability of prosthetics, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, and comparative biology
2. Understanding stability in normal human movement including dynamic models of walking, trunk/spinal movements, upper extremity movements, and the effects of neuromuscular time delays
3. Methods used to analyze human dynamics and stability including kinematic variability parameters, Lyapunov stability, detrended fluctuation analysis, stabilogram diffusion analysis, basins of stability, thresholds of stability, Hurst exponents, and Floquet multipliers
4. Future development directions for the field.
Development and application of both experimental techniques and computational models are encouraged.
Authors should submit an abstract (400 word max) on the USNCTAM2014 website by January 6, 2014 (https://www.egr.msu.edu/conference/). The link to the mini-symposium is http://www.usnctam2014.org/minisympo...vement-systems
We are looking forward to seeing you next year.
Best Regards,
Martin L. Tanaka, Western Carolina University, mtanaka@wcu.edu
Justin Seipel, Purdue University, jseipel@purdue.edu
Dear Biomch-L Subscribers,
You are invited to participate in a symposium on “Dynamics and Stability of Human Movement Systems” that we are organizing for the 17th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM) to be held at Michigan State University, June 15 - 20, 2014. The Congress, held every four years, is the premier American forum for networking and technical information exchange for researchers and students interested in mechanics.
This symposium is designed to encourage the development of new thoughts and ideas leading to an improved understanding of human dynamics and stability. We hope to generate thoughtful discussions on the associated medical problems and the methods used to analyze them. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
1. Medical conditions and injuries associated with instability including falls, ankle injuries, torso instability, stroke, Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathy, stability of prosthetics, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, and comparative biology
2. Understanding stability in normal human movement including dynamic models of walking, trunk/spinal movements, upper extremity movements, and the effects of neuromuscular time delays
3. Methods used to analyze human dynamics and stability including kinematic variability parameters, Lyapunov stability, detrended fluctuation analysis, stabilogram diffusion analysis, basins of stability, thresholds of stability, Hurst exponents, and Floquet multipliers
4. Future development directions for the field.
Development and application of both experimental techniques and computational models are encouraged.
Authors should submit an abstract (400 word max) on the USNCTAM2014 website by January 6, 2014 (https://www.egr.msu.edu/conference/). The link to the mini-symposium is http://www.usnctam2014.org/minisympo...vement-systems
We are looking forward to seeing you next year.
Best Regards,
Martin L. Tanaka, Western Carolina University, mtanaka@wcu.edu
Justin Seipel, Purdue University, jseipel@purdue.edu