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Congrats to Dr. Emily Matijevich on Completing her PhD
Dec. 18, 2020—Dr. Emily Matijevich’s dissertation was entitled Evaluation and Design of Non-Invasive, Wearable Musculoskeletal Monitoring Tools for Research, Occupational and Sport Applications and she published a series of exciting studies on wearable sensor and ultrasound imaging technologies to monitor musculoskeletal dynamics. See Publications page for more info.
New Publication: Combining wearable sensor signals, machine learning and biomechanics to estimate tibial bone force and damage during running
Dec. 1, 2020—Matijevich E. S., Scott, L. R., Volgyesi, P., Derry, K. H., and Zelik, K. E. (2020). Combining wearable sensor signals, machine learning and biomechanics to estimate tibial bone force and damage during running.Human Movement Science, 74, 102690. ARTICLE – PREPRINT – PRESS RELEASE – POPULAR PRESS Highlights • Current wearables do not estimate tissue-level loads on structures inside the body.•...
CREATE receives Research-to-Standards award from ASTM Exo Technology Center of Excellence
Nov. 30, 2020—Vanderbilt CREATE receives Research-to-Standards award from ASTM Exo Technology Center of Excellence to explore Development of a New Exoskeleton Safety Standard for Assessing User FallRisk due to Stumbling. The work builds upon Vanderbilt’s prior research on stumble recovery and prosthetics.
Rachel Teater Recognized for Prosthetics Research in VISE Virtual Research Expo
Nov. 18, 2020—Rachel won 2nd place out of 44 video presentations at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering (VISE) Virtual Symposium. Her 8-minute presentation entitled Functional Deficits in Transtibial Prosthesis Users during Common Daily Movements can be freely VIEWED HERE. And additional CREATE Youtube video content is available here.
New Publication: Low-Profile Elastic Exosuit Reduces Back Muscle Fatigue
Sep. 30, 2020—Lamers, E. P., Soltys, J. C., Scherpereel, K. L., Yang, A. J. and Zelik, K. E. (2020). Low-Profile Elastic Exosuit Reduces Back Muscle Fatigue. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 1-16. ARTICLE – PRESS RELEASE – POPULAR PRESS Abstract We investigated the extent to which an un-motorized, low-profile, elastic exosuit reduced the rate of fatigue for six lumbar extensor muscles during leaning....
Emily gives webinar on using wearables to monitor and prevent injury risks
Sep. 25, 2020—Link to webinar recording, part fo the Xsens Virtual Biomechanics Symposium: https://www.xsens.com/watch-webinar/VSB-IMUs-and-deep-learning-to-prevent-injuries
Congrats to Dr. Erik Lamers on Completing his PhD
Sep. 3, 2020—Dr. Lamers’ dissertation was entitled Design, Development and Evaluation of Quasi-Passive Wearable Assistive Devices, and he published a series of impactful studies on lower-limb prosthetics and back-assist exosuits. See Publications page for more info.
Congratulations to multiple graduate student fellowship winners
Sep. 1, 2020—PhD Students David Ziemnicki, Rachel Teater, and Paul Slaughter were all awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Rachel Teater was also selected for a 1-year NIH T32 entitled ‘Innovative Engineering Research in Surgery and Intervention’ during which she is shadowing an orthopedic surgeon and participating in educational activities to increase her interaction with medical professionals...
New Job Openings: (1) Postdoc in Robotic Controls & (2) Staff Engineer in Mechanical Design/Innovation
Jul. 31, 2020—Excited to announce two new job openings in the Zelik lab. Postdoc Position Details Status: This position has been filled The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology (CREATE) at Vanderbilt University is looking for an engineering post-doctoral researcher to work on projects involving biomechanics, powered prosthetics, exoskeletons and exosuits. This role will focus on...
We’re excited to participate in the Virtual American Society of Biomechanics Conference
Jul. 31, 2020—The Zelik Lab is excited to participate in vASB 2020! Lab members will be presenting on a range of topics, including powered ankle and knee prostheses, new wearable sensor technology and movement asymmetries in healthy and patient populations. Prof. Zelik will also be participating in a roundtable discussion for students on the topic of Bridging Academia...