The De Luca Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the first-ever Rethink EMG Challenge:
- Tea Lulic, University of Brescia (Italy), collab w/ Aalto University (Finland) and Helsinki University Hospital (Finland). Objective assessment of shoulder function following LD flap reconstruction
- Carl Payton, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), collab w/ Sunshine Coast University (AUS).
- Neale Tillin, University of Roehampton (UK). Integrating EMG with GPS to assess neuromuscular fatigue in team sport activity
The Foundation had 4 total awards available, to support unique and innovative methods of utilizing EMG in practical assessments. Each award consists of $30,000.00 USD; Trigno Lite and Trigno Research packages with 4 Trigno Avanti Sensors, provided by Delsys Inc; and LabChart software from ADInstruments.
Dr. Payton is granted 2 awards; while Dr. Lulic and Dr. Tillin are each granted 1 award.
The independent Review Board was impressed with the strong, detailed applications presented by each Phase II participant, each with their own unique way of introducing EMG into their respective disciplines.
We encourage all to participate in future opportunities presented by the Foundation.