Sensors Webinar | Recent Trends in Wearable Sensors for the Characterization of Human Spinal Biomechanics, 28 May 2026
A message from the webinar Chair:
Wearable sensors have become ubiquitous across society, with our watches, phones and fitness gear being replete with instruments for monitoring our motion, heart rate, blood oxygen, and so on. Research teams at Brigham Young University and the University of Pittsburgh have been collaborating for several years on a large-scale National Institute of Health initiative to study, and hopefully eventually mitigate, what is possibly the most pervasive societal ailment—back pain. By pushing the frontiers of wearable sensor design and combining the new technology with artificial intelligence data mining approaches, the teams have made significant strides in terms of developing systems for monitoring the biomechanics of chronic lower back pain sufferers—outside of the clinic environment—and interpreting the meaning of the resulting data. Two of the preeminent scientists in this study, Professors Anton Bowden and Kevin Bell, will share their insights on the recent progress made to wearable sensor design, and its potential impact on our spinal health as a society.
Date: Thursday, 28 May 2026
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. MDT | 10:00 a.m. to 11:10 a.m. EDT
Webinar ID: 861 4527 2498
Webinar Secretariat: journal.webinar@mdpi.com
Webinar announcement: https://sciforum.net/event/Sensors-30?subscribe
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Speaker/Presentation |
Time (MDT) |
Time (EDT) |
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David Fullwood Chair Introduction |
8:00–8:10 a.m. |
10:00–10:10 a.m. |
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Anton Bowden The Convergence of Wearable Sensors and Machine Learning is Accelerating Chronic Low Back Pain Diagnosis and Treatment |
8:10–8:30 a.m. |
10:10–10:30 a.m. |
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Kevin Bell Biomechanical Assessment of Individuals With Chronic Low-back Pain During In-Clinic and At-Home Testing Using Wearable Motion Sensors |
8:30–8:50 a.m. |
10:30–10:50 a.m. |
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Q&A Session |
8:50–9:05 a.m. |
10:50–11:05 a.m. |
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David Fullwood Closing of Webinar |
9:05–9:10 a.m. |
11:05–11:10 a.m. |
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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. David Fullwood, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA;
- Prof. Dr. Anton Bowden, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA;
- Prof. Dr. Kevin Michael Bell, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.