For some time now, we have been working together with the team of Prof. Dr. Martin Kieninger from the Department of Anesthesia at the Universitätsklinikum Regensburg on a project to improve the pre-hospital care of polytrauma patients. The project is investigating how the various immobilization options, in particular cervical support, affect the cervical spine. In the first part of the project, our inertial motion capture system from Movella was used to investigate different techniques for repositioning patients on the stretcher of the ambulance.
The corresponding paper was recently published at PLOS One:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0292300

Based on the results, a further study evaluated the movements of the cervical spine during loading of the patient into the ambulance and during transportation on the vacuum mattress with and without cervical support. The aim is to find out whether a cervical support can be dispensed with when transporting polytrauma patients if immobilization is provided by a vacuum mattress.
The studies were conducted in close cooperation with Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe e.V. and Malteser in Deutschland.

The Labor für Biomechanik is also becoming increasingly involved with the topic of AI. For us this field of research is playing an important role, particularly in the areas of prevention, rehabilitation processes and feedback systems.
Yesterday, we had the opportunity to pitch our approaches and thoughts on artificial intelligence at the RCAI Christmas Symposium. In addition to well-known industry players from the greater Regensburg area, it was also exciting to see what experience our neighboring and partner laboratories have already gained in this field.
A very successful evening with thanks to all the organizers

We are very proud of Simon Auer who successfully defended his PhD.
After 5 years of research at the Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg he presented his thesis entitled: Musculoskeletal models in highly dynamic motion: effects of model parameters and mentalstress.
A doctoral committee consisting of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Dendorfer (supervisor), Prof. Dr. med. Dr. med. univ. habil. Günther Maderbacher, Prof. Dr. med. Markus Weber and Prof. Luděk Hynčík Ph.D. rated his thesis as magna cum laude. This completes Simon's work for his doctorate in Human Sciences at the Medical Faculty of the University of Regensburg.
Well done and congratulations Simon!

Last week, we had the opportunity to use our 3D MotionCapture setup for the first time to measure patient movement in a clinical setting. The mobile markerless camera setup and the minimal preparation of the subjects allowed us to record 62 test subjects during their waiting times within 4 days without interfering with everyday hospital routine. The feedback from patients and staff was consistently positive.
We recorded everyday movements and clinical mobility tests. This was an initial pilot measurement on the way to permanently integrating such systems into everyday clinical practice in the future. The aim is to integrate automated MotionAnalysis directly into the diagnostic process. In addition, patients and staff were sensitised to the topics of osteoporosis and fall prevention as part of an information week in collaboration with the Caritas-Krankenhaus St. Josef and the HSD Hochschule Döpfer