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10th World Congress of Biomechanics · WCB 2026
Vancouver Convention Centre · Vancouver, Canada · 11–15 July 2026
Talk
Poster
Saturday 11 July
4 talks14:3014:42
Jill McNitt-GrayOA13-01
Integration of Movement Sciences and Adapted Recreation: A Pathway to Improve Function and Well-being of Individuals Living with Disabilities
McNitt-Gray Lab @ USC
14:4114:49
Jennifer GruenhagenOA3-02
Task-Specific Roles of Upper-Limb Strength in Wheelchair Basketball Performance on Agility, Speed, and Endurance Assessments
Midwestern UniversityMcNitt-Gray Lab @ USC
14:5615:04
Caitlin BemisOA12-03
Scaling Work and Stability: How Two Distal Muscles Partition Propulsion and Landing Control in Guinea Fowl
Daley Lab @ UC Irvine
15:0715:15
Ethan WoldOA12-04
Extreme Heat Production and Thermal Gradients in the Flight Muscles of Bombycoid Moths
University of ChicagoSponberg Lab @ Georgia Tech
Sunday 12 July
6 talks9:5210:00
Steven ThompsonOA33-03
Biological Ankle Mechanics During Walking with an Ankle Exoskeleton and Limb Angle Feedback in Individuals with Chronic Stroke
Franz Lab @ UNC-Chapel HillSawicki Lab @ Georgia Tech
10:1810:26
Hannah HoudeOA29-05
Trunk and Arm Coordination in the Wheelchair Tennis Serve Across Athletes With Varied Abilities
UT Medical BranchMcNitt-Gray Lab @ USC
10:2510:33
Kristen StewartOA33-06
Hip Exoskeleton Contributions to Leg Swing Initiation During Walking for Individuals Post-Stroke
Neptune Lab @ UT AustinSawicki Lab @ Georgia Tech
11:4511:53
Jeonghwan LeeOA48-02
Can a Behavioral Foundation Model Predict Human Locomotion?
Seethapathi Lab @ MIT
12:1412:22
Jeffery RankinOA42-05
Revisiting the Illinois Agility Test as a Wheelchair Sport Coaching Assessment
Rancho Los AmigosMcNitt-Gray Lab @ USC
15:2615:34
Josephine WangOA61-03
World-Grounded 3D Pose Estimation for Marker-Less Motion Analysis in Children
Seethapathi Lab @ MIT
Monday 13 July
2 talks11:3011:42
Katherine KnausOA94-01
Advances in Predictive Approaches in Performance
Knaus Lab @ Colorado School of Mines
12:0012:08
Craig McGowanOA103-03
Not All Hoppers Are Built for the Desert: Effects of Substrate on Hopping Kinematics of Kangaroo Rats
McGowan Lab @ USC
Tuesday 14 July
5 talks9:419:49
Jackeline Tafur-OviedoOA106-02
Biomechanical Factors Influencing Effort and Risk Trade-Offs in Walking
Finley Lab @ USC
10:1410:22
Surabhi N. SimhaOA109-05
The Muscle Spindle Behaves as a Tunable Feedback Controller During Perturbed Locomotion
Ting Lab @ EmorySawicki Lab @ Georgia Tech
15:0015:08
Hansol X. RyuOA136-01
Biophysical Simulations Reveal the Impact of Tendon Stiffness on the Interplay Between Intrinsic Mechanics and Sensorimotor Feedback in Unsteady Movements
Ting Lab @ EmorySawicki Lab @ Georgia Tech
15:5516:03
Mark PriceOA136-06
Predictive Neuromuscular Simulations Indicate That Spinal Control Does Not Solely Explain Steady-State Human Walking
Seethapathi Lab @ MIT
17:2217:30
Kristen JakubowskiOA148-03
User-Independent, Deep-Learning Estimates of Center of Mass Kinematics to Enable Autonomous Exoskeleton Control for Balance Augmentation
Ting Lab @ EmorySawicki Lab @ Georgia Tech
★Finalist for the ISB-WCB Lululemon Female Research Excellence Award
Wednesday 15 July
1 talk13:4513:53
Amro AlshareefOA184-02
Influence of Ankle Exoskeleton on Human Joint Level Force Responsiveness and Control
Sawicki Lab @ Georgia Tech
Poster Session 1
P1-046
Autumn Routt Balancing for Two: Inverted Pendulum Model of Pregnancy Reveals Energy/Stability Tradeoff in Adaptation to Added Mass During Standing Balance
P1-069
Naomi Chaix-Eichel Neuromechanical Simulations Reveal How Feedforward-Feedback Interactions Shape Locomotor Control
P1-081
Sriram Muralidhar Impact of Walking Speed, Perturbation Direction, and Arm Constraints on Perceived Balance Capacity and Fall Risk
P1-192
Luke Jessup Neuromechanical Responses to Perturbations Delivered by Bilateral Ankle Exoskeletons During Human Vertical Hopping
P1-241
Vinayak Bansal Humans Modulate Feedback Control to Improve Long-Term Performance Through Locomotor Adaptation
P1-268
Athena Constantinou-Simek A Machine Learning Pipeline to Evaluate Dive Performance
P1-384
Yu Kashiwagi Validity of IMU-based Assessment of Knee Motor Control Using Angular Velocity Vector Analysis
Poster Session 2
P2-011
Junhyuck Woo Investigating the Role of Foot Biomechanics in Load Redistribution for Medio-Lateral Balance and Stability in Ground Birds
P2-012
Mary Peña Mechanics of Bipedal Hopping on Uneven Terrain
P2-045
Eline van der Kruk How Do Menstrual Cycles Affect Active and Passive Modulators of Joint-Level Stiffness? A Literature Review
P2-077
Michael Miller Sensitivity of Sit-to-Walk Joint Moments to Age-Related Mass Distribution
P2-078
Michael Miller Aged Muscle Parameters Affect Muscle Recruitment During Simulations of Sit-to-Walk
P2-095
William J. Feldman Fatigue Induced by Unilateral Eccentric Plantarflexion Decreases Localized Muscular Capacity to Perturb Single-Leg Hopping Mechanics
P2-103
Alicia Kanai Estimating Dynamic Loads to Reduce Residual Errors in Field Environments
P2-145
Katherine Knaus Multiscale Modeling Reveals That Offsetting the Stepping Foot During Sit-to-Walk Generates Greater, More Heterogeneous Positive Net Work by Soleus Fascicles
P2-212
Andrew Thornton Why Does Wearing High Heels Stiffen the Achilles Tendon?
P2-247
Ridhi Sahani Activation and Force-Dependent Contributions to Short-Range Stiffness of Cat Soleus Muscles
Poster Session 4
P4-285
Chenghao Xing Development of a MyoBionic Actuator for Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
P4-325
Katherine Knaus Quantification of Vastus Lateralis Obliquus Muscle Volume Using MRI and its Implication on Identifying the Boundary Between the Vastus Lateralis and Vastus Intermedius
Presenting author’s lab listed first; collaborating IMSI lab second. Listed times are scheduled slots (local Vancouver time).
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