The International Society of Biomechanics is pleased to announce the student event taking place at the XXIIIrd ISB Congress in Brussels. The event will take place on Monday 4 July from approximately 16:00 –23:00. Registration and details below.

ISB Technical Group on Computer Simulation (TGCS) invites you to attend this year’s Computer Simulation Symposium in Leuven (Belgium) from June 30th-July 2nd, 2011. For more information go here

The ISB has great pleasure in announcing the inaugural Emerging Scientist Award sponsored by Professor Carlo J De Luca. To read more follow this link.

The 2011 ISB Student Awards applications are now open. Student members of ISB are eligible for the different grants and a number of competitive grants are awarded each year. To see the grants available for 2011 go here.

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Biomechanics of Load Carrying on the Head by Pregnant and Non-pregnant Beninese Women

M. Mansourou Lawani (Universite D'Abomey-Calavi, Benin)
Geneviève Dumas (Queen's University, Canada)

Christopher Ball - Queen's Univeristy

Rodrigo Bini - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Robyn Newell - University of British Columbia

Bill Wannop - University of Calgary

Orthoload is pleased to advise the ISB community that  of a Public Database on Loading of Implants is available that provides free access to loads experienced by people with various joint impants in everday activities.