Dr. Mark Tillman, Dr. Chris Hass, 5 of APK's grad students, and Dr. John Chow attended the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Biomechanics (ASB) held at Virginia Tech (Sept. 6-9). They made 12 presentations (7 podium and 5 poster) which accounted for 4% of all (295) papers presented at this conference. In addition, a recent graduate of their lab was also there to present his thesis work.

The following are the titles of the presentations:

• A Kinematic Comparison of Manual and Pushrim-Activated Power-Assisted Wheelchair Propulsion.
• Shoulder Maximum External Rotation in the Tennis Serve is not Related to Shoulder Passive External Rotation Flexibility.
• A Tibio-Femoral Joint kinetics Comparison of the Olumpic and Trap Bar Squats Between males and Females.
• Loaded Patellar Tendon Lengths in ACL Reconstructed Knees.
• Inter-day Reliability of Central Activation Ratio of Quadriceps in Healthy Young Adults.
• Effects of Limited Lower Back Motion on Soft Landing Mechanics.
• Ground Reaction forces During the Stance Phase of Gait of Young Autistic Children.
• Bilateral Comparison of Knee Extensor Mechanism and Patellar Tendon Length in Young Adults with Healthy Knees.
• Patellar Tendon is Extensible During maximum Effort Knee Extensions.
• Bilateral Strength and Activation Characteristics of Quadriceps in Experienced Soccer Players: Implications on Return to Play Criteria.
• Kinematic analysis of the 100-meter wheelchair race.
• Gender differences in geometric measures of knee extensor function.
• The influence of Tai Chi training on locomotor ability in Parkinson's Disease.