Conference Agenda

CHARACTERIZATION OF VISCOELASTICITY AND DAMAGE ON ARTERIES FROM HYPOXIC GUINEA PIGS

A. Bezmalinovic¹, Á. Navarrete¹, C. García-Herrera¹, D. Celentano², M. Latorre³

¹Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile; ²Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica y Metalúrgica, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile; ³Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Bioingeniería (Ci2B- UPV), Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, España

IMPACT OF SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE AS A DECELLULARIZATION AGENT FOR AORTIC TISSUE

I. V. Silva¹, M. M. Duarte¹, M. Sanna¹, I. Rodrigues², P. Mendes-Ferreira³, I. Pinto⁴, V. P. Ribeiro¹, R. Costa^1,2, A. L. Oliveira¹

¹Universidade Católica Portuguesa, CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina – Laboratório Associado, Escola Superior de Biotecnologia, Portugal; ²Department of Biomedicine, Biochemistry Unit, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; ³Cardiovascular R&D Center, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Portugal; ⁴Seara, S.A., Vila Nova de Famalicão, Portugal

THICKNESS MEASUREMENT IN MECHANICAL SOFT TISSUE TESTING: VALIDATION AND UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION

H. Fehervary^1,2, M. Wos¹, N. Famaey^1,2

¹FIBEr, KU Leuven Core Facility for Biomechanical Experimentation, Belgium; ²Biomechanics, Dpt. Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium

MULTI-MODAL NUMERICAL-EXPERIMENTAL SETUP TO IMPROVE THE IDENTIFIABILITY OF THE MATERIAL PARAMETERS OF SOFT TISSUES

Z. Oddes, N. Fougeron, A. Ashkenazi, D. Solav

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel

A METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH TO INTERPRET AND COMPARE THE VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES AND HYDROGELS

G. Serino¹, M. Tosini¹, T. Tanzer^1,2, S. Villata³, D. Baruffaldi³, V. Monica⁴, L. Primo⁴, F. Frascella³, A. L. Audenino¹, D. Massai¹

¹PolitoBIOMed Lab and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; ³PolitoBIOMed Lab and Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ⁴Department of Oncology, University of Torino, Italy

COLLAGEN FIBRIL NANOMECHANICS

O. G. Andriotis

Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Austria

TENSILE TESTING OF SINGLE COLLAGEN FIBRILS FROM ACHILLES TENDONS FROM AN OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA MOUSE MODEL

M. Fuchs¹, M. Nalbach¹, M. Rufin¹, O. G. Andriotis¹, L. Battle², A. Docaj², A. Carriero², P. J. Thurner¹

¹TU Wien, Austria; ²The City College of New York, USA

ENZYMATIC DIGESTION OF TENDONOUS COLLAGEN SHOWS HIGH SPECIFICITY AT THE LEVEL OF THE INDIVIDUAL FIBRIL

M. Rufin¹, S. Jaritz², G. J. Schütz², P. J. Thurner¹, O. G. Andriotis¹

¹Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Austria; ²Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien, Austria

REDUCED IN VIVO LOADING LEADS TO LESS REGENERATION AND AN ALTERED COLLAGEN ORGANIZATION DURING HEALING OF RAT ACHILLES TENDONS

I. Silva Barreto¹, M. Pierantoni¹, L. Nielsen², M. Hammerman^1,3, A. Diaz⁴, V. Novak⁴, P. Eliasson^3,5, M. Liebi^2,4, H. Isaksson¹

¹Lund University, Sweden; ²Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; ³Linköping University, Sweden; ⁴Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland; ⁵Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden

DEVELOPMENT AND MECHANICAL EVALUATION OF AN INNOVATIVE DEVICE FOR SOFT TISSUE REPAIR

M. Rodriguez Reinoso¹, V. Burgio¹, V. Tuveri¹, F. Bergamin², C. Surace¹

¹Laboratory of Bioinspired Nanomechanics, DISEG, Politecnico di Torino, Italy; ²Department of Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ivrea Hospital, Ivrea, Italy

PATIENT SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF HUMAN CORNEAL LENTICULES: AN EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY

M. H. Nambiar¹, L. Liechti¹, H. Studer², A. S. Roy³, T. G. Seiler⁴, P. Büchler¹

¹University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Optimo Medical AG, Switzerland; ³Narayana Nethralaya Eye Clinic, India; ⁴Institut für Refraktive und Ophthalmo-Chirurgie (IROC), Switzerland

MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PORCINE CORNEAS THROUGH DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATION ANALYSIS

M. Frigelli¹, B. Fantaci², A. Frechilla³, P. Büchler¹, B. Calvo², S. Kling^1,4

¹ARTORG Center for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (I3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ³Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon (CSIC), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ⁴Institute for Biomedical Engineering, ITET department, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

AN ENERGETIC ANALYSIS OF THE NON-CONTACT TONOMETRY: COMBINING NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS AND CLINICAL IMAGES

E. Redaelli¹, B. Calvo¹, G. Luraghi², J. F. Rodriguez Matas², J. Grasa¹

¹Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; ²Politecnico di Milano, Italy

PATIENT-SPECIFIC OPTO-MECHANICAL MODELLING OF PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY

B. Fantaci¹, M. Á. Ariza Gracia², B. Calvo^1,3

¹Aragón Institute of Engineering Research (i3A), University of Zaragoza, Spain; ²ARTORG, University of Bern, Switzerland; ³Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBER-BBN), Zaragoza, Spain

MODELLING OF EYE LENS FUNCTION: OPTICAL AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES

B. Pierscionek¹, L. Ye¹, K. Wang²

¹Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom; ²Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, China

RESIDUAL AORTIC DISSECTION NUMERICAL MODELLING

V. DEPLANO, C. GUIVIER-CURIEN

CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, IRPHE UMR7342, Marseille, France

CONSTITUENT-BASED QUASI-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY: CAPTURING NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY WITH QUASI-LINEAR MODELS

A. Giudici^1,2, K. W. van der Laan¹, M. M van der Bruggen¹, S. Parikh¹, E. Berends³, S. Foulquier⁴, T. Delhaas¹, K. D Reesink¹, B. Spronck^1,5

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; ²GROW School for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; ³Department of Internal Medicine, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; ⁴Department of Pharmacology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; ⁵Macquarie Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Macquarie University, Australia

COMPARISON OF ZERO PRESSURE GEOMETRY AND PRESTRESS METHODOLOGIES IN CARDIOVASCULAR IN-SILICO ANALYSIS

A. G. Mourato¹, R. B. Valente¹, M. Brito^1,2, J. Xavier^1,2, S. Avril³, A. Tomás⁴, J. Fragata^4,5

¹UNIDEMI, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Portugal; ²LASI, Intelligent Systems Associate Laboratory, Portugal; ³Inserm, Sainbiose, France; ⁴Santa Marta Hospital, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Portugal; ⁵Department of Surgery and Human Morphology, NOVA Medical School, Portugal

DISSECTING THE ROLE OF ELASTIN BIOMECHANICS USING THE FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

Y. M. A. Abdel-Raouf¹, M. Peirlinck², N. Famaey³, P. Sips¹, J. De Backer¹, P. Segers¹

¹Ghent University, Belgium; ²TU Delft, the Netherlands; ³KU Leuven, Belgium

STATISTICAL MODELLING OF THE PLACENTAL VASCULATURE

P. Wijntjes^1,2,3, M. B. van der Hout-van der Jagt^1,2,3, W. Huberts^1,3,4, J. Quicken¹, F. N. van de Vosse^1,3

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Máxima Medical Center, The Netherlands; ³Einhoven MedTech Innovation Center, The Netherlands; ⁴Maastricht University, The Netherlands

THE REASONS FOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2D AND 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY STRAIN MEASUREMENTS

M. Ren¹, W. X. Chan², L. Green², A. Armstrong³, A. Tulzer⁴, G. Tulzer⁴, M. L Buist¹, C. H. Yap²

¹Dept of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore; ²Dept of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK; ³The Heart Center, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA; ⁴Dept of Pediatric Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Linz, Austria

INVESTIGATION OF SUBCLINICAL HEMOLYSIS IN AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS USING 4D FLOW MRI-BASED CFD SIMULATIONS

T. Wang¹, C. Quast², F. Bönner², M. Kelm^2,3, U. Steinseifer¹, M. Neidlin¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany; ²Department of Cardiology, Pulmonary Diseases and Vascular Medicine, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany; ³CARID, Cardiovascular Research Institute Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany

THE IMPACT OF A LIMITED FIELD-OF-VIEW ON COMPUTED HEMODYNAMICS IN ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS

J. Fonken^1,2, E. Maas^1,2, A. Nievergeld^1,2, M. van Sambeek^1,2, F. van de Vosse¹, R. Lopata¹

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, the Netherlands

A NOVEL APPROACH FOR EXAMINING MOTION AND DEFORMATION OF LEFT VENTRICLE: FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY DATA

B. Cansiz, K. Sveric, A. Linke, M. Kaliske

Technishce Universität Dresden, Germany

PERSONALIZED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF LARGE ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS USING MULTI-PERSPECTIVE 3D+T ULTRASOUND

E. J. Maas^1,2, T. Timmer¹, A. H. M. Nievergeld^1,2, J. H. C. Fonken^1,2, R. G. P. Lopata¹, M. R. H. M. van Sambeek^1,2

¹Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Catharina Hospital Eindhoven, The Netherlands

STRAINS AND FAILURE MODES IN HUMAN METASTATIC VERTEBRAE

M. Palanca¹, G. Cavazzoni¹, L. Cristofolini¹, E. Dall'Ara^2,3

¹Dept of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy; ²Dept of Oncology and Metabolism, The University of Sheffield, UK; ³INSIGNEO Institute for in silico medicine, The University of Sheffield, UK

VALIDATION OF HOMOGENIZED FINITE ELEMENT MODELS OF HUMAN METASTATIC VERTEBRAE USING DIGITAL VOLUME CORRELATION

C. Garavelli^1,2, A. Aldieri^2,3, M. Palanca¹, E. Dall'Ara^4,5, M. Viceconti^1,2

¹Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Italy; ²Medical Technology Lab, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy; ³PolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy; ⁴Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, UK; ⁵INSIGNEO Institute for In Silico Medicine, University of Sheffield, UK

INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IMPACT ON STRESSES IN GROWTHPLATES OF AN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOTIC SPINE FOLLOWING UNILATERAL MUSCLE WEAKENING

Z. Kamal¹, R. kakavad², A. Komeili²

¹University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, The; ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

SPINAL AXIAL TORQUE IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS BEFORE AND AFTER SURGICAL CORRECTION

T. Langlais^1,2, X. du Cluzel³, N. Mainard⁴, S. George³, L. Gajny¹, J. Dubousset¹, R. Vialle⁴, W. Skalli¹, C. Vergari¹

¹ENSAM, IBHGC-Institut de Biomécanique Humaine Georges Charpak, Paris, France; ²Département Orthopédie Pédiatrique, Hôpital des enfants, Purpan, Toulouse, France; ³Département Orthopédie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, APHP, UPC, Paris, France; ⁴Department of Pediatric Orthopedic surgery, Armand Trousseau Hospital, APHP, Sorbonne University, Paris, France

LOWER EXTREMITY GAIT BIOMECHANICS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH TRUNK FLEXION IN PATIENTS WITH LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS

C. Nüesch^1,2, D. Koch^1,2, S. Schären¹, A. Mündermann^1,2, C. Netzer^1,2

¹University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland; ²University Basel, Basel, Switzerland

RECOVERY OF SHOULDER MOTION DURING GAIT AT 1-WEEK, 3-MONTHS AND 1-YEAR AFTER SPINAL FUSION SURGERY IN AIS

T. Ackermans¹, S. Schelfaut², P. Severijns¹, P. Moens², L. Moke^1,2, L. Scheys^1,2

¹KU Leuven, Belgium; ²University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

CHEMO-MECHANICAL MODELS OF ACTIVE CELL FORCES IN GROWTH AND REMODELLING

E. McEvoy

University of Galway, Ireland

MECHANICS OF CELL SPHEROIDS UNDER LARGE DEFORMATIONS

D. Giannopoulos¹, M. Schlittler², P. J. Thurner¹, A. Rossini², O. G. Andriotis¹

¹Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; ²Institute for Biomedicine (Affiliated to the University of Lübeck), Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy

CROSSLINKING ENABLES LONG-RANGED CELL-MATRIX MECHANICS IN A HYBRID CELLULAR POTTS AND MOLECULAR DYNAMICS MODEL

E. Tsingos, B. H. Bakker, K. A E Keijzer, H. J. Hupkes, R. M H Merks

Leiden University, Netherlands

AGENT-BASED MODELING OF SPHEROID-ECM INTERACTION AND EVOLUTION UNDER FLUID FLOW

A. Carrasco-Mantis¹, E. Reina-Romo², J. A. Sanz-Herrera³

¹University of Seville, Spain; ²University of Seville, Spain; ³University of Seville, Spain

ALTERATION OF MICROTUBULE MECHANICS BY TAXOL: INSIGHTS FROM MULTISCALE ANALYSIS OF TUBULIN DYNAMICS

M. Cannariato, E. A. Zizzi, M. A. Deriu

PolitoBIOMed Lab, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

ASSESSMENT OF THROMBUS FORMATION IN ARTERIAL STENTS

M. Rezaeimoghaddam¹, F. v. d. Vosse¹, C. Bouten^1,2, S. Loerakker^1,2

¹Biomedical Engineering Department, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

EFFECTS OF SHEAR STRESS-INDUCED THROMBUS BREAKDOWN ON THROMBOSIS IN AORTIC DISSECTION

K. Wang¹, C. Armour¹, R. Gibbs², Y. Xu¹

¹Imperial College London, United Kingdom; ²St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare National Health Service Trust, Imperial College London, UK

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC BLOOD COAGULATION IN STENT THROMBOSIS

J. Cruts¹, M. Rezeimoghaddam², F. van de Vosse², F. Gijsen^1,3

¹Erasmus Medical Center, the Netherlands; ²Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands; ³Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF CALCIFIC REGIONS IN BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES: CORRELATING IMAGING AND SIMULATION DATA

P. Corso¹, E. Tsolaki^2,3, Z. Robert⁴, D. Obrist¹, I. K. Herrmann^2,3

¹University of Bern, Switzerland; ²Laboratory for Particles-Biology Interactions, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Switzerland; ³ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ⁴Center for X-ray Analytics, Empa, Switzerland

HEMODYNAMIC COMPARISON OF BIOPROSTHETIC VALVES BASED ON IN VITRO 4D FLOW MRI

F. Sturla^1,2, G. Tasca³, R. Vismara², D. Giese⁴, L. Menicanti¹, A. Redaelli², M. Lombardi¹

¹IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy; ²Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy; ³King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; ⁴Siemens Healthcare GmbH, Erlangen, Germany

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATIAON OF HAEMODYNAMICS IN PATIENT WITH VA-ECMO

J.-g. Im¹, Y. Zhu², X. Y. Xu², I.-S. Jeong³, B. Gu¹

¹Chonnam National University, Korea; ²Imperial College, London; ³Chonnam National University Hospital, Korea

MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION OF HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANES ARRANGEMENT USING MODIFIED ENHANCED JAYA ALGORITHM

S. H. Monsefi^1,2, B. Haddadi¹, M. Gfoehler², M. Harasek¹

¹Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; ²Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

IMPACT OF SICKLE CELL DISEASE FOR OXYGEN TRANSPORT IN INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS

M. S.Bazzi¹, H. Wiputra², D. K. Wood³, V. H. Barocas⁴

¹University of Minnesota, United States of America; ²University of Minnesota, United States of America; ³University of Minnesota, United States of America; ⁴University of Minnesota, United States of America

HOW DO SINUSOIDAL SCAFFOLDS AFFECT FLUID FLOW-INDUCED WALL SHEAR STRESS AND MASS TRANSPORT?

T. Baumgartner¹, M. Bösenhofer^2,3, O. Guillaume^4,5, A. Ovsianikov^4,5, M. Harasek^2,3, M. Gföhler¹

¹TU Wien, Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development, Vienna, Austria; ²TU WIen, Institute of Chemical Engineering, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, Vienna, Austria; ³K1-MET GmbH, Area 4 - Simulation and Analyses, Linz, Austria; ⁴TU Wien, Institute of Materials Science and Technology, Vienna, Austria; ⁵Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration (https://www.tissue-regeneration.at), Vienna, Austria

DEVELOPMENT OF NASAL SPRAY DELIVERY SYSTEM TARGETING AT THE POSTERIOR NOSE FOR MUCOSAL IMMUNIZATION

J. Xi¹, A. Seifelnasr¹, M. Talaat¹, X. Si²

¹University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA, United States of America; ²California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, United States of America

HOW BIOMECHANICS IS CHANGING WOUND CARE: CURRENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

A. Gefen

Tel Aviv University, Israel

ON THE MECHANOME OF HUMAN SKIN

E. Mazza^1,2, A. Ehret^1,2, D. Sachs¹, A. Wahlsten¹, A. Stracuzzi^1,2, A. Martyts¹

¹Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; ²Empa, Swiss Federal Lab. for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

DERMAL FIBROBLASTS FEEL AND RESPOND TO PHYSIOLOGICAL MECHANICAL CUES IN VITRO

A. Martyts¹, A. Stracuzzi², D. Al-Nuaimi¹, A. Kourouklis¹, F. Pramotton², D. Sachs¹, C. Giampietro^1,2, E. Mazza^1,2

¹Institute for Mechanical Systems, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; ²EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland

INVESTIGATION OF GENDER-SPECIFIC RISKS OF SKIN FOLDING AFTER BARIATRIC SURGERY: A COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH

J. Ralvoni^1,2, F. P. T. Baaijens^1,2, S. Loerakker^1,2

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; ²Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

PROTECTING THE SKIN OF PATIENTS WHO ARE POSITIONED SUPINE OR PRONE

M. Lustig, A. Gefen

Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

SENSORISED CHILD WALKER FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF REHABILITATION THERAPIES

M. B. Estebanez Campos¹, J. M. Velasco Garcia¹, A. Peña Trabalon¹, S. Moreno Vegas¹, F. Nadal Martinez¹, F. Garcia Vacas¹, A. Perez de la Blanca¹, M. Prado Novoa¹, M. Ceccarelli²

¹UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA, Spain; ²UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA, Italy

METABOLIC ANALYSIS OF A WEARABLE UPPER LIMB EXOSKELETON FOR OVERHEAD WORK

G. Aronis¹, A. Ancillao¹, T. Del Grossi², T. Angeli¹, M. Gföhler¹

¹TU Wien, Austria; ²Politecnico di Milano,Italy

BENDING RESPONSE OF A SOFT ACTUATOR FOR A WEARABLE HAPTIC DEVICE

A. D. André^1,2, P. Martins^2,3, M. Taghavi⁴

¹FEUP, Portugal; ²INEGI-LAETA, Portugal; ³i3A, University of Zaragoza, Spain; ⁴Imperial College London, United Kingdom

ESTIMATION OF INTERSEGMENTAL LOAD AT L5-S1 DURING LIFTING/LOWERING TASK WITH MARKERLESS MOTION CAPTURE

J. JIANG^1,2, W. Skalli¹, A. Siadat², L. Gajny¹

¹Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Institut de Biomecanique Humaine Georges Charpak, France; ²Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Laboratoire de Conception Fabrication Commande, France

EFFECTS OF AN ACTIVE BACK-SUPPORTING EXOSKELETON ON KINEMATICS DURING LIFTING AND CARRYING LOADS

H. Wackerle^1,2, J. Bruckhuber^1,3, P. Augat^1,2

¹Institute for Biomechanics, BG Unfallklinik Murnau, Germany; ²Institute for Biomechanics, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria; ³Department of Industrial Engineering and Health, Technical University of Applied Sciences, Amberg-Weiden, Germany

SENSOR-BASED CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE SHOULDER ACTIVITY

M. Herteleer¹, A. Runer^2,3, M. Remppis⁴, J. Schlatter⁴, J. Brouwers¹, F. Schneider², V. C. Panagiotopoulou⁴, B. Grimm⁵, C. Hengg², R. Arora², S. Nijs^1,6, P. Varga⁴

¹University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium; ²Medical University Innsbruck, Austria; ³Technical University of Munich, Germany; ⁴AO Research Institute Davos, Switzerland; ⁵Luxembourg Institute of Health, Luxembourg; ⁶University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

PREDICTIVE ERGONOMIC EVALUATION OF AUTOMOTIVE DIGITAL WORKSPACES

K. Risvas, K. Moustakas

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece

VALIDATION OF A METHOD OF LOCATING THE PELVIS AND SPINAL JOINT POSITION IN A SEATED POSITION

X. Wang, C. Grebonval, P. Beillas

Université Gustave Eiffel, France

GAIT BIOMECHANICS COMPARISON ANALYSIS USING VARIOUS ANKLE-FOOT OFFLOADING DEVICES

E. M. Saffuri¹, Y. Tal¹, E. Izak², Y. Epstein², E. Kodesh³, D. Solav¹

¹Technion Institute of Technology, Israel; ²Tel Aviv University; ³Haifa University

ASYMMETRY OF MOVEMENTS - A SIGNIFICANT INDICATOR OF WORKPLACE ERGONOMICS AND WELL-BEING

S. Winiarski¹, D. Molek-Winiarska²

¹Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences, Poland; ²Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland

INSTRUMENTED HARNESS TO IMPROVE THE WELFARE OF GUIDE DOGS

P. Zoeggeler¹, C. Leitner², C. Peham³, J. Schroettner¹, B. Bockstahler³

¹Institute of Health Care Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria; ²Integrated Systems Laboratory, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; ³Department of Small Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria