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591 Collaboration Way, Newark, DE 19713
Join the College of Engineering for an inaugural lecture, "100 Ways to Use a Treadmill," by Jill Higginson, George W. Laird Professor of Mechanical Engineering. A reception will follow the talk outside the room.
ABSTRACT
After having a stroke, people walk differently, generally much more slowly, and this new walking style reduces the quality of their lives. The stroke impairs the way muscles can produce forces on one side of the body, making it difficult to push-off properly—which is critical for achieving walking speeds safe for community participation. Understanding the biomechanics of how and why this works and potential treatment strategies is a main goal of stroke rehabilitation research. To address this goal, we developed an adaptive, user-driven treadmill that adjusts treadmill speed in response to how people walk. This presentation will focus on the evolution of the adaptive treadmill paradigm and a corresponding computational framework for rehabilitation design. Finally, I will share my vision for research translation to promote the discovery and delivery of products and processes that advance human health.
BIOGRAPHY
Jill Higginson, George W. Laird Professor, holds appointments in the departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Delaware. In 2022, she became the inaugural director of the Institute for Engineering Driven Health with a mission to develop and translate new technologies to advance human health. Formerly, she served as associate dean of Graduate and Post Graduate Education in the College of Engineering, director of the Center for Biomechanical Engineering Research and founding director of the academic program in biomedical engineering at UD. Higginson is a Fellow in the Defense Science Study Group, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and American Society of Biomechanics. Her research has been supported by NIH and NSF and aims to form a scientific rationale for therapeutic interventions to improve movement.
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