In a study comparing human walking and running motions — and whether the hips, knees or ankles are the most important power sources for these motions — researchers at North Carolina State University found that the hips generate more of…
Day: May 31, 2011
NUPOC Student Wins Sonic Foundry Award
By R. J. Garrick A Northwestern University Prosthetics-Orthotics Center (NUPOC) student has won a Sonic Foundry Rich Media Impact Award (RMIA) in the Student Impact category. Sonic Foundry makes Mediasite, the software/hardware solution that NUPOC uses for lecture capture and…
Gaming Devices, Cell Phones Cause Wrist, Finger Pain in Children
For the first time, results on the impact of gaming devices on finger and wrist pain in children were presented at the European League Against Rheumatism 2011 Annual Congress. Data comparing two schools in the United States demonstrate that young…