I just wanted to introduce myself as a new member to the Yahoo
Anyscript Group. I am a graduate student in the biomedical
engineering program at Rutgers University (US). My current focus is
on the shoulder, and in modeling the kinematics (from Vicon) and
kinetics (force-sensing push-rims) of a push stroke in individuals
with spinal cord injury. It is my hope that I can create a
patient-specific model for an individual that is able to optimize
their push stroke to minimize glenohumeral joint reaction forces.
With this, I am hoping to essentially minimize the shoulder joint pain
that debilitates a significant percentage of this population. I hope
to eventually validate the model with subject EMG data (although I am
in the very early stages of my research).
I have been reading the posts from individuals and am excited at what
this group has to offer. Please feel free to ask any questions
regarding my work that you may have, however keep in mind again, that
I am in the very early stages of my research.
Hello Sarah, and welcome to the group. It is great when members take
the time to intoduce themselves, and it is our hope that this group
can become a vessel for cooperation between biomechanicists in
addition to being a place of support for AnyBody users.
As you already know, the wheelchair project is something we value
very highly for its its example value as well as for its practical
importance. The scaling issue should be pretty much resolved with the
next version of the model repository.
Please feel free to ask questions whenever you have them.
Best regards,
John
— In anyscript@yahoogroups.com, “Sarah R. Sullivan” <sarsulli@e…>
wrote:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just wanted to introduce myself as a new member to the Yahoo
> Anyscript Group. I am a graduate student in the biomedical
> engineering program at Rutgers University (US). My current focus is
> on the shoulder, and in modeling the kinematics (from Vicon) and
> kinetics (force-sensing push-rims) of a push stroke in individuals
> with spinal cord injury. It is my hope that I can create a
> patient-specific model for an individual that is able to optimize
> their push stroke to minimize glenohumeral joint reaction forces.
> With this, I am hoping to essentially minimize the shoulder joint
pain
> that debilitates a significant percentage of this population. I
hope
> to eventually validate the model with subject EMG data (although I
am
> in the very early stages of my research).
>
> I have been reading the posts from individuals and am excited at
what
> this group has to offer. Please feel free to ask any questions
> regarding my work that you may have, however keep in mind again,
that
> I am in the very early stages of my research.
>
> Thank you,
> Sarah