Project description
Flinders have just entered into a collaboration with the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) . The main aim of the project is to leverage the expertise with Flinders to help support elite athletes, in particular para-athletes in South Australia. One of the fundamental problems is how to assess athlete performance during training sessions, in order to help refine technique. As an example, it is important to be able to measure the kinematics of an athlete, i.e their movement, but this is difficult to achieve outside of a dedicated motion analysis laboratory. A number of projects are available exploring alternative technologies to track athlete performance in real world environments
Assumed knowledge
Knowledge of programming, in particular Matlab or Python
Supervisors research focus
My primary area of research is orthopaedic biomechanics. In particular, I use computational tools (musculoskeletal modelling and finite element analysis) for developing pre-clinical tests for primary and revision total joint replacement. More recently, I have been exploring how I can use these same tools in sports biomechanics, for both able bodied and para-athletes. I have actively collaborated with South Australian Sports Institute and Cycling Australia.
Industry involvement
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