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Jennifer Hicks
Mecanical Engineering
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Graduate Student Fellowships 2007/2008
Professor Scott Delp (Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering)
Many children with cerebral palsy walk with a crouched posture that prevent them from moving safely and efficiently. Since the body is a complex dynamic system, it is difficult for clinicians to determine why a patient walks in a crouch gait and prescribe an appropriate treatment plan using the current set of tests and assessment techniques. The goal of Jennifer’s research is to develop objective tools based on biomechanical simulation and statistical modeling to identify which factors—including muscle weakness, bony deformities, or joint tightness—contribute to a patient’s crouch gait and should be corrected with treatment. |
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