[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday March 20th - 1 pm - Room 333

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar  is today

Wednesday - March 20th,  at 1 pm

Location: Room  333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775  University Street).

Speaker: Christopher Lang, Master student under the supervision of Dr R. Kearney PhD, BME, McGill University

Since Christopher is a Master student registered to the course BMDE500 who is giving this seminar as part of McGill conditions to obtain his M.Sc., special attendance from our department (staff and students) is really expected, in order to give Christopher feedback on his research studies.

Title : Modulation of Ankle Stiffness During Upright Stance

Abstract:
The maintenance of stable posture involves the incorporation of inputs from several sensory pathways by the central nervous system, which can use this information to adapt its control strategy to the task at hand. Although systems such as vision have been shown to be involved in the control structure of upright stance, the exact manner in which they interact with the model remains unclear. In addition, ankle dynamics are known to vary with the angular position of the joint. This research aims to contribute to the understanding of ankle stiffness by examining changes in joint mechanics during varying postural sway torque and while vision is removed. Current techniques for the identification of joint stiffness are found to be suboptimal when applied to bilaterally perturbed upright stance, and avenues to rectify this issue are explored.


A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars

See you there


Christophe Grova


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Christophe Grova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Dpt
Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt

Montreal Neurological Institute
Centre de Recherches Mathématiques

Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304
McGill University
3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4
email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca
tel : (514) 398 2516
fax : (514) 398 7461

web:
http://www.mni.mcgill.ca/research/gotman/members/christophe.html
http://www.bmed.mcgill.ca/
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