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A computational biomechanics team led by Dr Luca Modenese is working on fully automated methodologies that will be able to generate highly accurate digital twins of an individual’s biomechanics: how they move, and the loads they put on bones, joints, and muscles. Armed with this information, clinicians will be able to take much more personalised approaches to orthopaedic surgeries, improving the likelihood that the treatment will deliver the outcomes the patient had hoped for. For more,

Many conditions that profoundly impact on our quality of life, from pathological conditions like cerebral palsy to natural processes like ageing, represent a challenge to medical research because of the complexities of the relationship between the neuromuscular system and the musculotendinous mechanisms that drive skeletal movement. Dr Luca Modenese is working with NeuRA’s Dr Bart Bolsterlee and PhD student Andrea Sgarzi to develop innovative neuro-musculoskeletal models that will deepen our understanding of the neural and muscular contributions to healthy and pathological motion, and drive progress in how we prevent, diagnose and treat these conditions.Ìý

The simple act of walking is a challenge for many people with Parkinson’s Disease, leading to falls in 70 percent of people with the condition, and costing the health system around $32,556 per patient, per year. There is no cure for this gait dysfunction, but the Walking Tall app developed at the GSBmE is making a big difference in the lives of the tens of thousands of Australians who live with Parkinson’s. Produced by Â鶹Éçmadou spinout, Walking Tall Health, in collaboration with Healthscope, Playtpus MedTech and the Shake It Up Australia Foundation, the app functions like a ‘pacemaker for gait’, delivering alerts to patients on detection of arrhythmic gait. The team behind the app includes Dr Matthew Brodie, Dr Martin Ostrowski, Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell, Tom Kulaga, Stephen O'Brien, Brice Lenfant, Stephen Ong, Wincent Winarko, Sixiao Li, Noman Zahid, Mewish Muktar and the Sir William Tyree Foundation Institute of Health Engineering. For more,

Falls are frequent among older people in aged care facilities and hospitals, having a significant impact on their quality of life and sense of personal wellbeing. They also represent a burden on the health system and the economy, accounting for 42 percent of hospitalised injury cases, 40 percent of accidental injury-related deaths, and costing over $2.3 billion in 2022. With support from Scientia Professor Nigel Lovell, Dr Reza Argha is leading a project to develop a tool for use in aged care facilities and hospitals. Using radar signals, it will be able to monitor residents and patients, and quickly detect problems with movement, preventing falls before they happen.Ìý