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SUMMARY:Running Redefined - Some New Paradigms for Running
DTSTART:20170315T141500
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Benno Nigg \nDISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEE
 RING\n\nAbstract:\nFor a long time\, the quality of running shoes has been
  assessed using impact loading and foot pronation. However\, these predict
 ors have been shown not to be very predictive. Recently\, our group has pr
 oposed new paradigms to understand running\, running performance and runni
 ng injuries. The proposed paradigms include\n\n	Muscle Tuning (Muscles pre
 pare themselves (tune) based on the expected force input to minimize soft 
 tissue vibrations).\n	Functional Groups (Groups of subjects with similar c
 haracteristics and similar reactions to interventions).\n	Preferred Moveme
 nt Path (A movement path assumed to be associated with minimal energy dema
 nd).\n	Comfort Filter (A strategy to select footwear products).\n\nUsing t
 hese new paradigms appropriate shoes can be assigned to runners.\n\nBio:\n
 Benno Nigg was born in Switzerland\, and studied Nuclear Physics at the ET
 H Zurich\, and received his PhD from the same institution in 1975. He was 
 the Director of the Biomechanics Laboratory at the ETH Zurich. In 1981 Dr.
  Nigg accepted an invitation to move to the University of Calgary\, where 
 he founded\, developed and was director of the Human Performance Laborator
 y\, a multi-disciplinary Research Center concentrating on the study of the
  human body and its locomotion. Dr. Nigg has received many awards and reco
 gnitions\, including the Olympic Order\, honorary degrees from the Univers
 ities of Salzburg and Innsbruck and an honorary professorship from the Uni
 versity of Shanghai. Dr. Nigg is an honorary member of the ISB. His resear
 ch concentrates on human locomotion with main emphasis on mobility and lon
 gevity and its application to movement related products such as orthoses\,
  shoe insoles\, sport shoes\, surfaces and sport equipment.\n 
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