6th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB 2010), 1 - 6 August 2010, Singapore

Theme 1: Special Topics

1. Effects of Postures and Wearing Night Vision Goggle on EMG Activities in Upper Neck and Trapezius

   • Hung-Sheng Tai, Yung-Hui Lee, Cheng-Lang Kuo, Bor-Shong Liu

   Pages 71-74

2. Changes in Perceived Comfort, Strength and Electromyographic Response in Lower Back, Hip and Leg Muscles during 8-Hour Prolonged Sitting

   • P. W. Kong

   Pages 75-78

3. A Study of the Jerk Cost Function for Evaluating Quantitative Driving Performance during Simulated Driving

   • K. R. Mun, J. S. Choi, D. W. Kang, H. S. Kim, Y. H. Bang, M. H. Choi et al.

   Pages 79-82

4. Model-Based Investigation of the Roles of Efferent and Afferent Noise in Balance Control in the Postural Control System

   • Xingda Qu, Maury Nussbaum

   Pages 83-86

5. Kinematics of a Standing Passenger Subjected to an Emergency Braking Deceleration Pulse

   • J. P. Verriest, M. Hétier, M. C. Chevalier, T. Robert, P. Beillas

   Pages 87-90

6. Data Mining for Automatic Communication Behaviors Identification

   • Y. J. Chen, J. L. Wu, H. M. Yang

   Pages 91-94

7. EMG Conduction Model of Individual Muscle Activities in Forearm

   • S. Tadano, Y. Nakajima

   Pages 95-98

8. Development of an Ergonomic Handle for Laparoscopic Surgery

   • D. K. H. Lam, W. Huang

   Pages 99-102

9. Continuous Measurement of Worker’s Physiological and Biomechanical Information in the Greenhouse

   • H. M. Son, H. Seonwoo, K. T. Lim, J. H. Chung

   Pages 103-106

10. Influence of Plantar Insensitive for Human Gait in Regular and Irregular Terrain

    • Shinichiro Suzuki, Akira Chaki, Kentaro Sekiguchi, Hiroshi Takemura, Hiroshi Mizoguchi

    Pages 107-110

11. Dynamic Modeling and Simulation of the Suspended-Load Backpack to Obtain Optimal Suspension Parameters and Reducing Effect of Ground Reaction Force

    • Narendra Kurnia Putra, Suprijanto, Andar Bagus Sriwarno

    Pages 111-114

12. Development of a Simple Indicator of Muscle Load of Upper Extremity Teleworkers with Disability

    • T. Tokarski, D. Roman-Liu

    Pages 115-118

13. The Influence of Body Posture on Muscle Fatigue and Reaction Time during Truck Driving

    • P. Bartuzi, T. Tokarski

    Pages 119-122

14. The Influence of Mental Workload on Operator’s Efficiency and Musculoskeletal Fatigue

    • I. Grabarek, W. Choromanski

    Pages 123-126

15. Interplay between Hypoxia and Hydrodynamic Force in Three-Dimensional Cultivation of Articular Cartilage

    • Y. -H. Yang, G. A. Barabino

    Pages 127-130

16. Effect of Microgroove Depth of a Micro Pattern-Processed Glass Plate on the Tensile Properties of Stem Cell Based Self-Assembled Tissues (scSAT)

    • Hiroki Sudama, Ryo Emura, Kazunori Shimomura, Norimasa Nakamura, Hiromichi Fujie

    Pages 131-134

17. Developing Human Umbilical Vein as Living Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue Engineering

    • M. Hoenicka, S. Schrammel, M. Niemeyer, G. Huber, C. Schmid, D. E. Birnbaum

    Pages 135-138

18. Storage Effects on the Mechanical and Cellular Performance of Naturally Derived Extracellular Matrix Materials

    • L. M. Davis, A. Callanan, A. V. Piterina, B. J. Doyle, M. T. Walsh, T. M. McGloughlin

    Pages 139-142

19. Evaluating the Shear Resistance of Human Endothelial Cells under Physiological Conditions for 3D Substrate Materials

    • C. L. Meaney, A. V. Piterina, G. T. Carroll, T. M. McGloughlin

    Pages 143-146

20. A Study into the Effects of Temperature on the Performance of Footwear Foams under Quasi-static Compression Loading and Their Hyperfoam Characterization

    • Mohammad Reza Shariatmadari, Russell English, Glynn Rothwell

    Pages 147-150