Congratulations to Michael Browne and Jessica Thompson for having their abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2016 Human Movement Science & Biomechanics Symposium. Michael will present his work titled “Decoupling the independent effects of walking speed and propulsive force on joint power generation in walking” and Jessica will present her work titled “Does walking balance control adapt to perturbed optical flow?”

Through an exciting collaboration with the Dept. of Exercise and Sports Science, the Applied Biomechanics Laboratory will assist in conducting a newly-funded, one year pilot project titled “Preventing knee osteoarthritis with a novel cartilage loading biofeedback intervention.”

The Applied Biomechanics Laboratory was awarded a one year pilot grant from the North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute titled “Visuomotor entrainment and the control of balance in elderly gait.” We will collaborate on the project with the UNC Dept. of Exercise and Sports Science and UNC Division of Physical Therapy.