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Mechanics of Function

Device Development and Evaluation

Clinical Assessment and Treatment

Technology Transfer

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Mechanics of Function

An overview of the work in mechanics of function.

Tissue differentiation and maintenance: the influence of mechanical stimuli

Cartilage repair: effects of mechanical loading

Development of articulating joints: the role of mechanical forces

Influences on long bone development: growth and aging

Maintenance and adaptation of bone tissue: the importance of mechanical stimuli

Determination of bone and joint loads from bone density distributions

Upright posture: how limb biomechanics limits the ability to stand

Pedaling coordination: identification of muscle control strategies

Multimuscle coordination of multijoint motor tasks: an interactive computer workstation environment


Device Development and Evaluation

An overview of the work in device development and evaluation

The Vocational Training Facility: interactive employment training for persons with physical disabilities

RALPH: a fourth generation fingerspelling hand

Personal navigation and wayfinding assistance for individuals with a range of disabilities

The nerve chip: technology development for a chronic neural interface

Tactile transducers to replace lost touch sensation

Patient handling positioning and transfer of spinal cord injured patients

Biomechanical evaluation of fracture fixation methods

Hip/acetabulum computer models to study prosthesis design


Clinical Assessment and Treatment

An overview of the work in clinical assessment and treatment.

The Tiltcycle: a therapeutic assessment and exercise device.

Improving pedaling symmetry: assessment and therapy

Accelerometry for balance assessment

Walking assist devices to restore ambulation

Differential pressure walking assist: an inflatable walking support

Functional neuromuscular stimulation (FNS) in walking and pedaling

ADEMG: automatic decomposition of the electromyogram

Nerve conduction simulation for electrodiagnostic training

Assessing focal nerve lesions using evoked nerve signals

Using imaging to predict bone strength in spinal cord injured patients

Composite cell/matrix tissue replacement for nerve and pressure sore repair


Technology Transfer

An overview of the work in technology transfer.

Bringing products to market

Dissemination of information

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