Biomechanics
Preventing and treating pathologies, personalizing diagnosis and therapy, or enhancing the performance of athletes, through customized and adapted solutions. To answer challenges like these, INEGI has multidisciplinary capabilities in the area of Biomechanics, being a competitive partner for the industrial, business and clinical sectors.
Offer
◖Development of devices/solutions for technical aids in the musculoskeletal field
◖Development of devices to assess the physical condition
◖Optimization of sports equipment
◖Medical device design and development
◖Analysis of human movement in different contexts
◖Modeling and simulation studies to support diagnosis, treatment, surgical procedures and training of medical teams
◖Medical image processing
◖Numerical simulation, experimental validation, and creation of virtual/augmented environments
◖Instrumentation for measuring biomechanical and physiological parameters
◖Application of new materials in medical devices, prostheses/orthoses
◖Engineering solutions in occupational health and safety
◖Prototyping, testing, and industrialization
◖Prototyping, testing, and industrialization
Creating Value
News
INEGI joins national project to strengthen the health sector with smart technologies
INEGI has the responsibility to create technological solutions to combat, control and prevent diseases, such as...
News
INEGI co-organizes National Biomechanics Congress
News
Collaboration between Clínica do Dragão and INEGI results in a computational model to test surgical approaches
A group of INEGI's researchers, in collaboration with the Clínica do Dragão clinical team, developed a...
Project
Smart medical technologies for better health and care
SMART-HEALTH-4-ALL - Smart medical technologies for better health and care
News
Biomechanics: INEGI investigation unveils scarring mechanism with computational model
Researchers created a computational model that mimics the initial scarring process.
Article
Virtual and augmented reality open new paths in the health sector (from surgery to education!)
Article by Pedro Martins and José Rodrigues, researchers at INEGI in the field of Biomechanics and Health.
Team
Team Leader
Mário Augusto Vaz
Nilza Ramião
