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Seminars are offered every Friday and are presented by leaders in academia, research, and industry. Students, faculty and the NJIT community are invited to attend.
All seminars are held in Cullimore Lecture Hall III, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm.
If you would like more information about our seminars, please contact rocha@adm.njit.edu
Seminar Friday, November 6, 2009
Speaker:
Hans Chaudhry PhD
Research Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
NJIT
Title:
Low Back Disorder, Ankle Dysfunction and Modeling of Fascia Deformation
Abstract:
Evaluation and Non-invasive Treatment of Low Back Disorder and Ankle Dysfunctions as well as An Award Winning Article ‘Three dimensional Mathematical Model for the Deformation of Human Fasciae’ is presented.
Fascia covers and connects muscles, bones and organs. It plays an important role in transmitting mechanical forces. Manual fascial therapies aim to improve postural alignment and other musculoskeletal dynamics. Their intention is to alter the mechanical properties of fascia.
The results of this published article are particularly useful to the Manual Therapists regarding the amount of forces that need to be applied to the Human Fasciae in their treatments to patients in alleviating pain in any part of the body. It is observed that very large forces are needed to deform Plantar fascia and Fascia Lata, whereas nasal fascia can be deformed under physiological loads.
With quick maneuvers, visco-elastic effect is decreased and greater stresses are produced. Slow Strain increasing and then leveling off reduces maximum force necessary for a given deformation.