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.
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.
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 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.
Australian Catholic University
The University of Queensland
University of Antwerp
University of Antwerp
The University of Queensland
Universiteit Hasselt
Universiteit Hasselt
Universiteit Hasselt
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.
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 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.
Assistant Director of Institutional Review Board (IRB), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Academic Advisor, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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.
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.
Stellenbosch University
Amsterdam UMC
Stanford University
Universiteit Hasselt
University of Cape Town
Johns Hopkins University & Kennedy Krieger Institute
Hasselt University & Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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.
University of Florida
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Emory University
University of Geneva
Radboud University Medical Center
Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, University of California San Diego