PhD student for the project
Offer DescriptionIn the UMCG Center for Rehabilitation, adults and children with physical disabilities due to an accident, illness, or congenital condition undergo rehabilitation with the goal of living as independently as possible. Patients come to the center with complex medical, physical, psychosocial, and occupational needs. Over 650 colleagues work with the latest scientific knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment to provide the best possible care. We also meet high ambitions in the areas of research and education. We do this at two locations: UMCG Groningen and Beatrixoord location in Haren. Patient satisfaction, quality, professionalism, and collegiality are highly valued by us.The PhD project:
The project aims to develop a clinical decision-making support system allowing more personalized and more effective prescriptions of ankle foot orthoses (AFOs) and orthopedic footwear for patients with gait impairments. The tool will combine fundamental biomechanics with smart computer algorithms and a computational modeling prototype.As a PhD student, you will design, manage, execute and report on four main projects:
– Performing a comprehensive literature review of existing evidence on the biomechanical effects of shoe outsole and AFO parameters on gait biomechanics in patients and healthy control subjects.
– Development of biomechanical decision tree algorithms for AFO-shoe combinations.
– Planning and executing clinical validation studies in healthy young adults and patients with gait impairments.
– Development and validation of computational modelling workflows (e.g. in OpenSim) for AFO-shoe combinations.RequirementsSpecific Requirements– A completed master’s degree in a relevant field, such as human movement sciences, biomedical engineering, biomechanical engineering or technical medicine.
– Experience with biomechanics and 3D motion capture.
– Experience in computational biomechanics or musculoskeletal modelling (e.g. OpenSim) or strong desire to become proficient in these fields.
– Affinity with clinical applications and gait rehabilitation.
– Good programming skills in Matlab or Python.
– Strong analytical skills.
– Strong communication skills, both orally and written.
– Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
– Experience with writing scientific texts in English.
€3677 per month
Groningen, Groningen
Thu, 21 Mar 2024 04:58:02 GMT
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