Project 88: Biomechanical Mechanism of Balance Dysfunction in Patients with Sarcopenia

Contact Information:

Prof. Dongyun Gu

Email: dongyungu@sjtu.edu.cn

Project Description and Objectives:

Sarcopenia is one of the most common diseases among the elderly. Falls caused by loss of balance have serious complications on the quality of life of sarcopenic patients. However, until now, the mechanism of imbalance in sarcopenia has not been clearly understood. The nervous and muscular systems are the two main systems responsible for the motor coordination of our body. Hence, this project aims to explore the mechanism of imbalance in patients with sarcopenia from the perspective of nervous and muscular systems with biomechanical technologies. A better understanding of the causes of imbalance in sarcopenia would help improve the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of sarcopenia. 

Eligibility Requirements:

The students should have an interest in sports biomechanics and portable devices to solve biomedical problems. The prerequisites being engineering training, e.g., motion analysis, and/or electronic engineering are desirable.

Main Tasks:

Students are required to cooperate with graduate students, engineers, and clinicians under the supervision of their mentor(s) to work on the above projects. The students need to attend regular lab meetings and make weekly reports to their mentor(s). By the end of the internship, a project report should be submitted.

Website:

Lab: https://bmct.sjtu.edu.cn/ 

School: http://bme.sjtu.edu.cn/en/