MINUTES
JAM (Joints and Mobility)
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kevin Deluzio
Thursday, June12, 2008
10:30am – 12:30pm
Location: HMRC Innovation Lab
Chair: Heather (3)
Article Selection: Miranda
Snacks: Simon
Drinks: Nicole/Scott
In Attendance: Dr. K. Deluzio, S. Jones, H. Linley, S. Brandon, S. Smith, R. Li, N. Badke, J. Irwandi.
1. Article Review: “Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia” by Leigh R. Hochberg et al. (2006)
2. Round Table Discussion: Research Developments
Simon - Reading.
- Talked to Manuella about CT data – got some files.
- Working next week on these files to get them up and running.
- Questioned possibility of making a case study out of EMG project
o Selectively contracting VL and VM
o General response was that it is worth a shot, but it has no real clinical application so it’s unlikely to progress.
Heather - Finishing gait up over next couple of days. Flying WWII aircraft this weekend.
Stacey - Image matching - fluoro
- Reading articles.
- Would like to design protocol to test accuracy of COP on force plate.
o Suggested calling AMTI to learn their standard procedure.
- Or use OptoTrak to validate.
Rebecca - Fluoro data and image matching. Patterns look similar to OptoTrak data.
- Joint Track optimization concerns
o Will contact company.
Scott - Played with data from last week. Put it into OpenSim, reflected leg.
- RASIS always lower than LASIS.
- Plans to do inverse and forward dynamics.
- Possible problems with Vista.
Johan - Finished Zimmer subjects (52).
- Problems with 22, going to try to fix them.
- 6 subjects have no trials.
- 8 subjects have more than 9 digitized points (extra).
- Gimbal – did some machining last week, got delayed because of lost USB key
Nicole - Roommate moved out – needs some furniture
- Doing ethics.
- Possible difficulty with pointer length
o Looking for longer pointer.
3. General Business
3.1 Kevin’s Announcements: - BACK UP REMINDER (once each week)
- New summer student – Claire Bouvier (admin tasks)
- Rm 215 will be busy this summer, many students in and out
- New summer student Taylor – may help with Simon’s stuff, fluoro of ankle
o Contacted Stacey about fluoro ethics approval, etc.
- Matlab licensing – may be getting new IP connected license, will know more in 2 days.
- July 7th – 11th Kevin away in Brockville, potentially in and out of office periodically.
3.2 Symposium Update – July sometime
3.3 Adventure/Fun Day Confirmation:
- Rain Day: Bowling
- Need at least one canoe
- Kevin to provide timing plan
- Heather will send out directions to e-mail
Upcoming Duties for June 20, 2008:
Chair: Heather (4)
Article Selection: Simon
Snacks: Heather
Drinks: Heather