PAST TRAVEL AWARD WINNERS
2021
Conference: ISB 2021, Stockholm, Sweden (Online)
Student Award: Kirsten Veerkamp, Amsterdam UMC- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam & Griffith University
Title: Evaluating and combining cost function criteria to predict healthy gait
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EMCR Award: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) & University of New South Wales
Title: Statistical shape and fibre models to determine the effect of strength training on vastus lateralis shape and architecture
2019
Conference: ISB 2019, Calgary, Canada
Student Award: Sarah Kessler, The University of Queensland
Title: The role of the midfoot in lower limb energetics
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EMCR Award: Jeroen Aeles, The University of Queensland
Title: Motor unit discharge properties of m. flexor hallucis brevis
2018
Conference: ABC11, Auckland, New Zealand
Student Award: Scott Starkey, University of Melbourne
Title: Effect of neuromuscular exercise on joint contact forces in people following partial meniscectomy: secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial
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EMCR Award: Claudio Pizzolato, Griffith University
Title: Combined EMG-informed neuromusculoskeletal and surrogates of finite element models estimate localised Achilles tendon strain in real-time
Conference: WCB 2018, Dublin, Ireland
Student Award: Carina Blaker, University of Sydney
Title: Preclinical models of post-traumatic osteoarthritis: biomechanical and pathological comparisons of two ACL injury models
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EMCR Award: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia
Title: Three-dimensional architecture of the whole human soleus muscle in vivo
2017
Conference: ISB 2017, Brisbane, Australia
Student Award: Elyse Passmore, University of Melbourne
Title: Do lower-limb torsional deformities have similar effects on muscle and joint function during gait in typically-developing children and children with cerebral palsy
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EMCR Award: Gillian Weir, University of Massachusetts
Title: Running and stopping in sport: implications for injury
2016
Conference: ABC10, Melbourne, Victoria
Student Award: Carina Blaker, University of Sydney
Title: Knee injury mechanisms differentially affect biomechanics and osteoarthritis development in mice
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Student Award: Joanna Ng, The University of New South Wales
Title: Characterisation of compression sleeve material properties for lymphoedema treatment
Conference: ASB 2016, Raleigh, USA
Student Award: Logan Wade, The University of Queensland
Title: Effect of jump height vs bodyweight on lower limb joint work distribution with increasing work demands
2015
Conference: SMA 2015, Gold Coast, Australia
Student Award: Gillian Weir, The University of Western Australia
Title: Injury prevention and athletic performance are not mutually exclusive: An anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention training program
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Conference: ISB 2015, Glasgow, Scotland
Student Award: Brent Raiteri, The University of Queensland
Title: Feasibility and reliability of three-dimensional ultrasound for measuring tibialis anterior muscle deformation during isometric contractions
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EMCR Award: Bart Bolsterlee, Neuroscience Research Australia
Title: Accuracy of ultrasound measurements of human medial gastrocnemius muscle architecture
2014
Conference: WCB 2014, Boston, USA
Student Award: Adrian Lai, The University of Melbourne
Title: Tendon elastic strain energy in the human ankle plantar-flexors and its role with increased running speed
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Student Award: Brent Raiteri, The University of Queensland
Title: Muscle co-contraction during isometric plantar flexion and dorsiflexion
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2013
Conference: SMA 2013, Phuket, Thailand
Student Award: Luke Kelly, The University of Queensland
Title: Dynamic function of the plantar intrinsic foot muscles during walking and running
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2012
Conference: SMA 2012, Sydney, Australia
Student Award: Kerry Mann, Charles Sturt University
Title:
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Conference: ISBS 2012, Melbourne, Australia
Student Award: Danny Wells, The University of Queensland
Title: Assessing the accuracy of inverse kinematics in Opensim to estimate elbow flexion-extension during cricket bowling: maintaining the rigid linked assumption
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2011
Conference: ABC8, Canberra, Australia
Student Award: Fausto Panizzolo, University of Western Australia
Title:
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Student Award: Alycia Fong Yan, The University of Sydney
Title:
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Conference: ISB 2011, Brussels, Belgium
Student Award: Ben Hoffman, The University of Queensland
Title: The effect of a more appropriate muscle model on the shape of triceps surae length-tension curves in man
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Student Award: Lee Barber, Griffith University
Title: Passive mechanical properties of the medial gastrocnemius muscle in young adults with cerebral palsy
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2010
Conference: SMA 2010, Port Douglas, Australia
Student Award: Ben Hoffman, The University of Queensland
Title: The effect of varying musculotendinous length on the construction of triceps surae length-tension curves
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Student Award: John Whitting, University of Wollongong
Title: Different measures of plantar-flexor flexibility and their effects on landing technique: implications for injury
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