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Current Funding JHU AITC - Smartphone-Based Fall Prevention Therapy and Monitoring for Older Adults A collaborative study working with Brightway Health to develop balance assessments and fall-prevention exercises implemented using computer vision within a smartphone-based physical therapy...

Vertebral fractures are the most common fracture among older adults, and associated with increased morbidity and mortality, and significant healthcare costs. We posit that current methods used to identify those at risk for vertebral fracture are inadequate because they consider only bone strength...

Dennis E. Anderson, PhD Dr. Anderson received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Virginia Tech in 2010, studying musculoskeletal biomechanics with a focus on aging and gait. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Advanced Orthopaedic Studies at Beth Israel Deaconess...

Benjamin E. Sibson, Ph.D. Ben received his Ph.D. in Human Evolutionary Biology from Harvard University in 2024, investigating the effects of variation in physical activity on trunk muscle endurance, spine motion and loading, and lumbar spine function during gait. He held a T32 National Research...

Prospective Analysis of Biomechanical Changes in Gait and Posture Following Decompressive Laminectomy for Symptomatic Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis (SLSS) is the leading cause of pain and mobility limitation in older adults and the most frequent indication for spinal...

Patients treated with radiation therapy for metastatic disease of the spine suffer high risk for pathologic spinal fractures (PVF) – up to 39% sustaining a fracture within 6 months. Clinical guidelines for estimating fracture risk remain subjective, and improved, individualized prediction of PVF...

Josephine Taylor Josephine served as a co-op student while pursuing a B.S. on Bioengineering at Northeastern University, and remains involved part-time in the lab. Her work has focused on developing machine-learning-based video approaches for evaluation of spine motion with OpenCap.