Event

Symposium for Image-Based Foot and Ankle Biomechanics

September 6, 2024

Departement Werktuigkunde | Room: Da Vinci | Celestijnenlaan 300, 3001, Heverlee (Leuven)

A person using the Scanning App by Materialise on an iPad featuring the SAM Mirror attachment.

About this event

This annual event brings together researchers focused on patient-specific, image-based foot and ankle biomechanics. It's a wonderful opportunity to share knowledge, present your work to your peers, and expand your network.

You'll also have the chance to observe presentations related to four key topics: objective measurements, analysis and predictions, applications, and plantar pressure in motion capture. Seats are limited, so register quickly to secure your spot.

Gain insights into topics such as:

  • The latest innovations from Materialise Motion
  • How physics-based modeling can impact orthotic design
  • The reliability of non-invasive scanning procedures
  • Modeling foot stiffness
  • Enhancing insole design through finite element modeling
  • The use of foot pressure measurements to determine treatment of a pelvic fracture
  • The clinical use of plantar pressure measurements in neurological patients
  • The challenges and opportunities of 3D motion capture in high-tech environments
  • Combining an in vivo and in silico approach to analysis
  • Calculating multi-segment foot joint kinetics using plantar pressure and the Amsterdam Foot Model

Preliminary program (Timings are subject to change)

Time (CEST) / Session

8:30 – 9:00 am

Arrival and coffee chat

9:00 – 9:15 am

Welcome session

Fried Vancraen and Prof. Jos Vander Sloten

9:15 – 09:45 am

Introduction

Fien Burg and Sam Van Rossom

Session 1: Objective Measurements in Foot and Ankle

9:45 – 10:00 am

Innovative highlights: footscan Pro Level, Materialise SAM, and future developments

Wouter Aerts

10:00 – 10:20 am

Toward physics-based modeling informed design of 3D-printed insoles

Prof. Ilse Jonkers

10:20 – 10:40 am

Toward subtalar joint axis-driven computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing of foot orthoses: reliability of a non-invasive clinical scanning protocol

Clement Potier

10:40 – 11:00 am

Applied research for an evidenced-based design of orthotics and prosthetics

Dr. Veerle Creylman

11:00 – 11:10 am

General discussion

11:10 – 11:30 am

Coffee break

Session 2: Analysis and Prediction

11:30 – 11:45 am

TBC

Bart Bosmans

11:45 am – 12:05 pm

The contribution of mobile technology in screening for increased risk of overuse musculoskeletal injuries

Prof. Benedicte Vanwanseele

12:05 – 12:25 pm

TBC

Prof. Veerle Seghers

12:25 – 12:45 pm

Insights into the relationship between foot properties and whole-body gait mechanics from model-based simulations

Prof. Friedl De Groot

12:45 – 12:55 pm

General discussion

12:55 – 2:00 pm

Lunch

Session 3: Applications

2:00 – 2:20 pm

Materialise Motion design flow for custom orthotics

Sander Van Nieuwenhoven and Maarten Eerdekens

2:20 – 2:40 pm

Toward enhancing insole design through finite element modeling

Oriana De Becker

2:40 – 3:00 pm

Use of foot pressure measurements to determine the treatment of osteoporotic pelvic ring fractures

Dr. Tuur Van Der Have

3:00 – 3:20 pm

Clinical use of plantar pressure measurements in neurological patients

Prof. Noël Keijser

3:20 – 3:30 pm

General discussion

3:30 – 3:50 pm

Coffee break

Session 4: Plantar pressure in motion capture

3:50 – 3:55 pm

Introduction

Sam Van Rossom

3:55 – 4:15 pm

3D motion capture in a high-tech environment: challenges and opportunities

Prof. Pieter Meyns

4:15 – 4:35 pm

Hindfoot kinematics and kinetics — a combined in vivo and in silico analysis approach

Dr. Barbara Postolka

4:35 – 4:55 pm

Calculating multi-segment foot joint kinetics using plantar pressure and the Amsterdam Foot Model

Gaia van den Heuvel and Prof. Marjolein van der Krogt

4:55 – 5:15 pm

General discussion, wrap up, and closing statement

Fien Burg

5:15 pm

Dinner