Computational Modelling of Musculoskeletal Function in Human Locomotion

Seminar
28 settembre 2018
September 28, 2018
Contatti: 
DII - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale
via Sommarive, 9 - 38123 Povo, Trento
Tel. 
+39 0461 282500 - 2503
Fax 
fax +39 0461 281977

Venue: Ferrari 2 Building, Via Sommarive, 5  Povo -  Room A203
Time: 11:00am-12:30am

Speaker:

  • Marcus G. Pandy - Biomechanical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Melbourne, Australia

Abstract
Gait-analysis techniques have been used for more than a century to provide information on the kinematics and kinetics of human gait, yet the ability of this approach to evaluate functional performance is limited because it cannot be used to discern the actions of individual muscles. Rapid increases in computing power combined with recent advances in medical imaging, more accurate methods for measuring dynamic joint motion, and more efficient algorithms for modelling the human neuro-musculoskeletal system have enabled detailed analyses of musculoskeletal function. The aim of this presentation is to illustrate how computational modelling may be combined with novel imaging methods such as mobile X-ray fluoroscopy to provide a more comprehensive understanding of muscle and joint function in healthy and pathological gait. 

Biosketch
Marcus Pandy is appointed as Chair of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Melbourne and formerly served on the faculty of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. A focus of Dr Pandy’s research career has been the development, validation and implementation of experimental and computational tools for accurate assessment of muscle, ligament and joint function in vivo. Dr Pandy is a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Engineers Australia.

Research has been funded with the contribution of Fondazione CARITRO within the DeMotu project.

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