20th ASB Annual Meeting

Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Georgia
October 17-19, 1996

Program Chair: David P. Fyhrie
Meeting Chair: Robert J. Gregor, Georgia Institute of Technology

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SPONSORS

• The Whitaker Foundation
• The Georgia Tech Foundation
• The Emory/Georgia Tech Biomedical Technology Research Center
• The Society for Neuroscience, Atlanta Chapter
  in support of the Satellite Symposium at Emory University, October 20, 1996.

SUSTAINING MEMBERS

• MTS Systems Corporation
• Noraxon USA, Inc.
• Orthofix, S.R.L.
• Peak PerformanceTechnologies, Inc.
• Aircast
• DePuy, Inc.
• Howmedica, Inc.
• Kistler Instrument Corporation
• Motion Analysis Corporation

EXECUTIVE BOARD 1996-97

• Kai-Nan An, President
• Philip E. Martin, Past-President
• Robert J. Gregor, President-Elect
• Joan E. Bechtold, Secretary-Treasurer
• Robert J. Gregor, Meeting Chairperson
• David Fyhrie, Program Chairperson
• Mary M. Rodgers, Program Chairperson-Elect
• J.J. Trey Crisco, Membership Committee Chairperson
• Jill McNitt-Gray, Education Committee Chairperson

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

• David P. Fyhrie
• Mary M. Rodgers
• Sharon Swartz
• Scott Tashman

EXHIBITORS

• AAM
• Bertec Corporation
• BTS
• Elsevier Science, Inc.
• Georgia Tech College of Sciences
• Instron Corporation
• Kistler Instrument Corporation
• Konigsberg Instruments, Inc.
• Motion Analysis Corporation
• MTS Systems Corporation
• Noraxon USA, Inc.
• Northern Digital, Inc.
• Novel Electronics
• Peak Performance Technologies
• Qualisys, Inc.
• Skill Technologies, Inc.

SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM KEYNOTES

• Satellite Symposium - October 20, 1996
  "Biarticular Muscles: Biomechanics and Neural Control"
• John Lawrence
  Defining Muscular Function by Analyzing 3-D Musculoskeletal Mechanics
• Arthur Kuo
  Beyond Biarticular Muscles: The Distribution of Forces Between Multi-DOF Muscles
• Jane MacPhearson
  Functional Subdivision of Hindlimb Muscles for Postural Equilibrium: Evidence for Two Decoupled Controllers
• Boris Priluisky
  Co-ordination of Two and One Joint Muscles in Static and Dynamic Tasks: Functional Consequences

TUTORIALS

• Clint Rubin
  Biology, Physiology and Morphology of Bone
• Scott Tashman
  Filtering Of Kinesiological Data: A Biornechanist's Perspective

KEYNOTES

• Bruce Beynnon
  Biomechanical Behavior of the Knee Ligaments In Vivo
• Dave Burr
  Biomechanical Behavior of Cortical Bone In Vivo

KEYNOTE SYMPOSIUM

• Bob Nerem
  The Regulation of Cell Structure and Function by Physical Forces
• Steve Goldstein
  Localized Gene Therapy for Bone Repair

BORELLI AWARD

• Albert Schultz
  Some Movements Of Older Animals.- What Leads to Age and Gender Differences in Balance Maintenance and Recovery?

CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS AWARD FINALISTS

• Kel Miyamoto
  Biomechanics of Belts - Abdominal Effects of Abdominal Belts on Intra-Abdominal Pressure and Intra-Muscular Pressure in the Erector Spinae Muscles
• N. Zheng
  Forces Of the Knee during Open and Closed Kinetic Chain Exercises

PRE-DOCTORAL YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD

• Kenneth Chesnin
  A Fourteen Segment Geometric-Based Multiple Linear Regression Model for Calculating Segment Masses

POST-DOCTORAL YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD

• Ted Gross
  Bone Hyperemia as an Initiator of Bone Resorption

ASB TRAVEL AWARD

• Barry Munkasy
  Kinematics Prior to Contact in Landings Preceded by Rotation

POSTER SESSIONS (70 papers):

• Neuromuscular
• Sport
• Hand
• Hard and Soft Tissue
• Orthopaedics
• Human Motion
• Spine

PODIUM SESSIONS (66 papers):

• Tissue and Cell Mechanics
• Spine
• Human Gait
• Sport
• Motor Control
• Joint Biomechanics 1
• Joint Blomechanics 2
• Orthopaedics
• Human Movement and Posture
• Muscle
• Human Movement and Posture 2/Aging