Online Events
ISPGR is pleased to announce that the society will be hosting a series of online events throughout 2020 and 2021 to facilitate scientific exchange and continue to support the membership and community. Sessions will consist of a series of talks around a specific theme and should include a keynote lecture and 4 – 6 associated papers for a duration of approximately 2.5 hours.
Online Symposium – Fundamentals of balance control and the effect on childhood development
March 11, 2021, 08:00 UTC
Balance is a crucial aspect of motor development. Achieving, maintaining and restoring balance is a challenge as this is the result of the interaction between multiple systems in the body (e.g. the nervous and musculoskeletal system), a certain environment (e.g. playground) and a given task (e.g. jumping). Balance control is needed for all activities in daily life, such as running, swimming or ball games. In paediatric populations such as developmental coordination disorder or cerebral palsy, balance deficits severely affect everyday functionalities. A thorough understanding of the underlying control mechanisms as well as obtaining insights into the developmental course of balance and motor performance is paramount for unravelling the potential of improving balance through rehabilitation. The objective of this ISPGR session is to provide an overview of the current state of the art regarding evaluation of balance, motor performance and underlying control processes, with specific attention to developmental changes and rehabilitation potential in paediatric populations.
The symposium will consist of keynote presentations, invited speaker presentations and live Q&A periods over a duration of 2 hours.
Note – a recording of the webinar will be available to ISPGR members in the member only area of the website within a few days of the presentation.
Confirmed Schedule
| 08:00 | Welcome and Introduction – Ann Hallemans |
| 08:05 | Keynote Lecture – Evi Verbecque |
| 08:35 | Keynote Lecture – Leanne Johnston |
| 08:55 | Charlotte Johnson |
| 09:05 | Rosalee Dewar – TBC |
| 09:15 | Marcella Danks – TBC |
| 09:25 | Pieter Meyns |
| 09:35 | Discussion Moderated by Katrijn Klingels |
| 09:50 | Closing Remarks |
Note all times are UTC
Registration
Registration now open.
The Online symposium is free and open to all researchers, scientists and students interested in posture and gait research.
Please note the recorded version will only be available to members of the Society. Take out a membership to watch this, and other future online events at your leisure.
Confirmed Speakers
Marcella Danks
Australian Catholic University
Evaluation of postural balance in preterm children
Rosalee Dewar
The University of Queensland
Development, structure, and application of the KidsBEST in children with cerebral palsy
Ann Hallemans
University of Antwerp
Chair – Welcome and Introduction to the Fundamentals of balance control and the effects on childhood development
Charlotte Johnson
University of Antwerp
The feasibility and clinical utility of the Timed Up and Go with cognitive dual-task in preschool children
Leanne Johnston
The University of Queensland
Postural control activity profile: A framework for identifying, assessing, and managing functional difficulties in postural control
Pieter Meyns
Universiteit Hasselt
Balance training in children with CP
Evi Verbecque
Universiteit Hasselt
Development of postural balance from birth to early childhood
Katrijn Klingels
Universiteit Hasselt
Session Moderator
Online Symposium – You mean I have non faculty options in academia after my doctorate?
March 31, 2021, 21:00 UTC
Academic positions do not always have to involve teaching or lead to professorship. In this session hosted by the external relations committee, we will hear from two PhDs about their non-faculty academic careers. Dr. Comali and Dr. Cone will describe the motivations for choosing their career path and provide insight into their day-to-day activities as Assistant Director of a human research protection office, and an Academic Advisor at a university in the US. Following their presentation, they will participate in a panel discussion to answer any questions that attendees may have about a non-faculty career in academia.
The symposium will consist of keynote presentations, invited speaker presentations and live Q&A periods over a duration of approximately an hour.
Note – a recording of the webinar will be available to ISPGR members in the member only area of the website within a few days of the presentation.
Confirmed Schedule
| 21:00 | Welcome and Introduction – Patrick Sparto, PhD, PT and Mike MacLellan, PhD |
| 21:10 | David Comalli, PhD |
| 21:20 | Brian Cone, PhD |
| 21:30 | Questions from attendees – Moderated by Christopher Rhea, PhD and Mike MacLellan, PhD |
| 21:55 | Closing Remarks – Patrick Sparto, PhD |
| 22:00 | Adjournment |
Note all times are UTC
Registration
Registration now open.
The Online symposium is free and open to all researchers, scientists and students interested in posture and gait research.
Please note the recorded version will only be available to members of the Society. Take out a membership to watch this, and other future online events at your leisure.
Confirmed Speakers
David Comalli, PhD
Assistant Director of Institutional Review Board (IRB), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Brian Cone, PhD
Academic Advisor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
Previous Online Events
Note that previous online events are available to watch on demand for ISPGR members. Simply log in to the members only area of the website and review the available sessions.
Online Symposium – Advances in markerless tracking used for human movement analysis
February 18, 2021, 16:00 UTC
The gold standard assessment of normal and pathologic human movement is laboratory-based optoelectronic three-dimensional motion analysis. This type of equipment is relatively expensive, and requires a dedicated lab and specific expertise to conduct. The equipment imposes several restrictions on the assessment of motion, as analysis is restricted to the lab, markers need to be placed on specific anatomical landmarks, and specific clothing is required to reduce marker movement error.
Recent advances in biomedical engineering resulted in new techniques based on deep learning to track body landmarks in simple video recordings, which include a high degree of automatization, and allow unobtrusive recordings in a more natural environment.
Information presented includes the most recent advances of markerless tracking options to assess human movement, including their advantages and disadvantages and some examples of application (e.g. gait analysis, assessment of balance control and movement disorders).
The symposium will consist of keynote presentations, invited speaker presentations and live Q&A periods over a duration of 2.5 hours.
Note – a recording of the webinar is available to ISPGR members in the member only area of the website.
Speakers
Maaike Eken
Stellenbosch University
(Upper limb) markerless movement tracking during gait; Advances for low-to-middle income countries
Helga Haberfehlner
Amsterdam UMC
Assessment of dyskinesia in children using markerless motion tracking
Lukasz Kidzinski
Stanford University
Gait laboratory in your pocket: Measuring disease progression from single-camera videos
Pieter Meyns
Universiteit Hasselt
Chair – Welcome and introduction on advances in markerless tracking in human movement analysis
Amir Patel
University of Cape Town
Biomechanics Unleashed: 3D Markerless Motion Capture of Cheetahs in the Wild
Jan Stenum
Johns Hopkins University & Kennedy Krieger Institute
Two-dimensional video-based analysis of human gait using pose estimation
Maud van den Bogaart
Hasselt University & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Measuring balance control using 3D markerless movement tracking
Online Symposium – Current evidence for cortical control of balance and gait
December 3, 15:00 UTC
Every day we must continuously adjust our posture to maintain balance and avoid falling. The prevalence of balance impairments associated with cortical lesions (e.g., stroke) demonstrates the importance of the cerebral cortex for human balance. This symposium presented an overview of recently revealed cortical correlates of balance and gait, which show that cortical activity does not only indicate cognitive and motor interference (for example during dual task) but also reflects dynamic adaptation of the gait pattern and reactive balance responses.
The symposium consisted of keynote presentations, invited speaker presentations and live Q&A periods over a duration of 2.5 hours.
Note – a recording of the webinar is available to ISPGR members in the member only area of the website.
Speakers
Dan Ferris
University of Florida
Mobile brain imaging of dynamic balance can improve human balance training
Brenda Malcolm
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Aging alters cortical contributions to balance
Aiden Payne
Emory University
Perturbation-evoked cortical responses are associated with balance ability
Martin Seeber
University of Geneva
Distributed EEG source imaging during gait
Teodoro Solis-Escalante
Radboud University Medical Center
Cortical correlates of postural stability
Johanna Wagner
Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California San Diego