1^st Workshop 2015 topics

Dynamic Response of Intervertebral Discs under Loading and Unloading Cycles: On the Role of Fluid Flow, Hendrik Schmidt (Berlin, Germany) The Poro-Elastic Behaviour of the Intervertebral Disc: a new Perspective on Diurnal Fluid Flow, Pieter-Paul A. Vergroesen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Quantitative T2 Relaxation Time Predict Biomechanical Properties of Porcine Intervertebral Disc, Jaw-Lin Wang (Taipei, Taiwan) Intradiscal Pressure Measurements: An Error-Free Technique? Maxim Bashkuev (Berlin, Germany)

Variations in Spinal Load-Sharing, and its Clinical Significance, Michael Adams (Bristol, U.K.) On the Load-Sharing Along the Ligamentous Lumbosacral Spine: Finite Element Modeling and Static-Equilibrium Approach, Marwan El-Rich (Alberta, Canada) A New Dynamic Disc Loading Simulator Allows Physiological Loading with High Frequency to Provoke Disc Damage and Herniations, Hans-Joachim Wilke (Ulm, Germany) Seeking for a Description of Spinal Fatigue Loading, Gerd Huber (Hamburg, Germany)

Leaning with the Free Hand on the Knee Reduces Back Load During One-Handed Lifting, Idsart Kingma (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Loads on a Vertebral Body Replacement during Different Lifting Tasks, Antonius Rohlmann (Berlin, Germany) Age Related Changes in Mechanical Demands Imposed on the Lower Back by Manual Material Handling Tasks, Babak Bazrgari (Lexington, USA) Estimating 3D Ground Reaction Forces and L5/S1 Moments During Trunk Bending Using an Inertial/Magnetic Sensor Suit, Gert Faber (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Basic Biomechanics of the Spine – What have we Learned in the Past 25 Years? Thomas Oxland (Vancouver, Canada) Estimation of Loads on Human Lumbar Spine – A Critical Review of Past In Vivo and Computational Model Studies, Marcel Dreischarf (Berlin, Germany), Navid Arjmand (Teheran, Iran) Image Driven Subject-Specific Finite Element Models of Spinal Biomechanics, Judith Meakin (Exeter, UK) Effects of External Load Magnitude, Elevation, and Orientation on Trunk Response, Saeed A. Shirazi-Adl (Montreal, Canada)

Surgeons and Scientists: Importance of Spinal Alignment on Surgical Strategy: An Orthopedic Perspective, Matthias Pumberger (Berlin, Germany) The Effect of Age and Gender on Lumbar Lordosis, Pelvic Orientation and the Lumbopelvic Rhythm in the Sagittal Plane in 309 Asymptomatic Subjects without Low Back Pain, Esther Pries (Berlin, Germany) Sagittal Range of Motion of the Thoracic Spine Using Inertial Sensors, Navid Arjmand (Teheran, Iran) Age and Gender Differences in Intrinsic Trunk Stiffness, Babak Bazrgari (Lexington, USA)

Surgeons and Scientists: Movement Disorders: A Challenge for the Spinal Biomechanics, Peter Vajkoczy (Berlin, Germany) Stumbling Reactions during Perturbed Walking: Neuromuscular Activity and 3-D Kinematics of the Trunk – A Pilot Study, Juliane Mueller (Potsdam, Germany) Effects of a Functional Perturbation Based Intervention on Muscle Strength and Neuromuscular Control of Spine Stability, Adamantios Arampatzis (Berlin, Germany) Effects of Sensorimotor and Strength Training to Enhance Core Stability: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Steffen Mueller (Potsdam, Germany) Paraspinal Muscle Forces, Spinal Loads, and Locus of Pressure Center in Healthy and Low Back Pain Subjects Seated on a Wobbling Chair, Ali Shahvarpour (Montreal, Canada)

Muscular Activity Reduces Peak Loads on Intervertebral Discs, Syn Schmitt (Stuttgart, Germany) Prediction of the Spine Loading in Scoliotic Subjects by Semi-Automated 3D Reconstruction of Biplanar Radiographic Images, Fabio Galbusera (Milano, Italy) Identification of Muscle Synergies in Performing Static Task: A Computational Study Investigating the Effects of Cost Function and Alternative Methods of Input Data Arrangment, Mohamad Parnianpour (Tehran, Iran) Thoracolumbar Spine Model with Articulated Ribcage For the Prediction of Dynamic Spinal Loading, Dominika Ignasiak (Zurich, Switzerland)

Sensitivity of Lumbar Spine Loading on Anatomical Parameters, Sebastian Dendorfer (Regensburg, Germany) Industry and Scientists: Biomechanical Challenges for Spinal Implant Development, Christoph Schilling (Tuttlingen, Germany)