Edmund BidenEdmund Biden

Professor

Dean, School of Graduate Studies

BScE (UNB), DPhil (Oxford, UK )

Office: Room 317, Sir Howard Douglas Hall
Tel: (506) 458-7154, (506) 453-4513
Fax: (506) 453-4817, (506) 453-5025
E-mail

Research Interests

  • Analysis of Human Walking
  • Upper Limb Motion
  • Analysis Upper Limb Prosthetics

Selected Publications

  • Chester, V., Tingley, M., Biden, E., "An Extended Index to Quantify Normality of Gait in Children", Gait and Posture, April, 2007, Vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 549-554.
  • Chester, V., Tingley, M., Biden, E., "A Comparison of Kinetic Gait Parameters for 3-13 Year Olds", Clinical Biomechanics, 2006. Vol. 21, pp. 726-732
  • Oliver, M., Tingley, M., Rogers, R., Rickards, J., Biden, E., "Effect of joystick stiffness, movement speed and movement direction on joystick and upper limb kinematics when using hydraulic-actuation joystick controls in heavy vehicles", 1. Ergonomics, Vol. 49, No. 3, February, 2006.
  • Chester, V.L., Tingley, M., & Biden, E.N., A clinical gait data reduction and classification technique. Gait & Posture. (Submitted for Publication, August, 2004).
  • Chester, V., Biden E., Tingley M., Gait Analysis, Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology, Vo1. 39 No. 1 pp. 64-74, Jan., 2005.
  • Chester, V., Tingley, M., Biden, E., "Development of Normative Gait Database", submitted to Gait and Posture, August, 2004.
  • Chester, V. L., Biden, E.N., & Tingley, M., The development of a normative paediatric gait database. Gait & Posture. (Submitted for Publication, May, 2004).
  • Black, N., Biden, E.N., and Rickards, J., Using potential energy to measure work related activities for persons wearing upper limb prostheses. Robotica: Special Issue on Upper Limb Prosthetics in the 21st Century. Volume 23, No. 3, pp. 319-327, May, 2005.
  • Oliver, M., Rogers, R., Rickards, J., Biden, E., "Effect of Stiffness and movement speed on selected dynamictorque characteristics of hydraulic-actuation joystick controls for heavy vehicles", Ergonomics, Vol. 49, No. 322, Feb., 2006, pp. 249-268.
  • Tingley, M., Wilson, C., Biden, E., Knight, W., An Index to Quantify Normality of Gait in Young Children, J. Gait and Posture, pp. 149-158, Vol. 16, 2002.
  • Oliver, M, Rickards, J., Biden, E., "Off-road machine controls: Investigating the risk of carpal tunnel syndrome"Joystick Mechanicsin Forest Machines", Ergonomics, 2000, Vol. 43, No. 11, 1887-1903.