Karl Zelik

Zelik Lab in Calgary for International Society of Biomechanics Conference (Aug 2019) Prof. Goldfarb eclipses 10,000 citations of his publications. A great reason to celebrate and congratulate! We are lucky to have him as a leader, mentor and role model at Vanderbilt!… Read More

Subject-specific responses to an adaptive ankle prosthesis during incline walking https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021929019304798 Abstract Individuals with lower-limb amputation often have difficulty walking on slopes, in part due to limitations of conventional prosthetic feet. Conventional prostheses have fixed ankle set-point angles and cannot fully replicate able-bodied ankle dynamics. Microprocessor-controlled ankles… Read More

We had a great time participating in the International Society of Biomechanics / American Society of Biomechanics conference in Calgary, Canada; and also sent a smaller contingent to the Footwear Biomechanics Symposium in Kananaskis, Canada beforehand. Conference abstracts (and a video recording of Prof. Zelik’s presentation) can be found… Read More

Enjoyed contributing to this publication: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021929019304452 Particularly given the unexpected, Twitter-aided origins of Prof. Zelik’s involvement, which are summarized in the tweets linked below: Our Mechanical Misconceptions perspective just published in @JBiomech. In this paper, we discuss, in an accessible way,… Read More

— THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED — We are currently accepting applications for a post-doctoral researcher. The post-doc will contribute to multidisciplinary research projects at the intersection of human movement biomechanics, wearable sensing, signal analysis, musculoskeletal modeling, injury prevention, smart clothing, exosuits and other wearable technologies. Full details on position… Read More

1) Emily Matijevich & Karl Zelik were guests on the Running Medicine podcast, discussing their PLOS ONE publication on running biomechanics, injury prevention and wearables, and well as common myths and misconceptions related to ground reaction forces, impacts and loading rates. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-ground-reaction-forces-reflect-bone-loads/id1097141405?i=1000442715015 2) Maura Eveld… Read More

Anna Wolfe recently completed her Bachelor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University. She brings a passion for advancing prosthetic and orthotic technologies, and we are excited for her to join CREATE as our new Research Engineer & Coordinator. We also have a diverse and talented group of student interns for the summer, most… Read More

This study published in the Journal of NeuroEngineering & Rehabilitation details a new stumble perturbation system that can trip people at precise moments in stride cycle, enabling us to learn more about human reflexes & how people recover their balance, so we can build similar reflexes into robotic prostheses to reduce… Read More

Matt’s portfolio of research spans from gait biomechanics to ankle exoskeletons and exosuits, with a unique emphasis on physical interface dynamics between the device & user. He has been an outstanding role model, team player and innovator in the lab, and we are lucky he brought his curiosity and talents here to Vanderbilt!… Read More

Unholey shoes: Experimental considerations when estimating ankle joint complex power during walking and running For studies that aim to assess biological ankle function, calculating ankle joint complex (AJC) power between the calcaneus and shank is recommended over conventional inverse dynamics estimates between a rigid-body foot and shank. However, when designing… Read More