Submission Guidelines for Nwbs 2014

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR THE 2014 NORTHWEST BIOMECHANICS SYMPOSIUM

Brandi Row Lazzarini1, Michael Pavol2 and Ravi Balasubramanian3 1Department of Exercise Science, Willamette University, Salem, OR USA 2School of Biological and Population Health Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA 3School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR USA email: [email protected], web: http://www.willamette.edu/cla/exsci/nwbs/

INTRODUCTION legible and placed below each Figure and above each Table. We are pleased to announce the 10th Northwest Biomechanics Tables may extend across two columns when needed (Table 1). Symposium (NWBS 2014) to be held May 16–17, 2014 at Use “Page Layout > Page Setup > Columns” to control which Willamette University in Salem, OR. The NWBS is a student- parts of the text are in double- versus single-column format. centered symposium that provides a forum for current or recent students to present their research to the biomechanics 40 community of the northwest USA and western Canada. These )

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to: [email protected] by 6 pm PDT on Wednesday, k a 10 April 9, 2014. Abstracts that meet standards of acceptability will e P be posted to the symposium website. 0 METHODS Knee Hip Abstracts must be submitted as PDF files, and the title of the file Figure 1: Ensure that text and graphics are readable and can be should be the last name of the first author. The abstract is clearly understood. Color can be used and will display on the limited to one 8.5 x 11 inch page, with two columns of text. Left online version of the abstract. and right margins should be 0.5 inch; top and bottom margins should be 0.75 inch. Type font is Times New Roman 10 pt. It is Reference citations within the text are to be made with numbers best if abstracts are formatted using this document as a template. [1]. References are to be formatted as illustrated on this page. Please do not change the formatting from that within this Place the journal or book title in italics, with volume numbers in template document. The symposium organizers reserve the right bold [2,3]. to reject abstracts that do not adhere to the formatting guidelines in this document. General questions about the symposium should be addressed to: [email protected] Questions about the abstract submission The title (in bold caps), authors, and author affiliations should process should be addressed to: [email protected] be centered across the top of the page. Use numerical superscripts to distinguish authors from different institutions. CONCLUSIONS An email address of the corresponding author should be Abstracts for NWBS 2014 are to be submitted via email to: included. A web address of a department, laboratory, or author [email protected] by 5 pm PDT on Monday, April may be included if desired. 7, 2014. All accepted abstracts will be considered for awards.

The body of the abstract should be divided into sections REFERENCES specifically titled as follows: Introduction, Methods, Results and 1. Etude JS, et al. Proceedings of the ASB 37th Annual Meeting, Discussion, and Conclusions (optional). Text within each Omaha, NE, USA, 2013. section should be right- and left-justified, without paragraph 2. Valero-Cuevas FJ, et al. J Biomech 36, 1019-1030, 2003. indentations. Use double line spacing between paragraphs. 3. Winter DA. Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement (3rd ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ, 2005. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Figures and tables may be incorporated into the document and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS must be referenced in the text (Figure 1). Captions must be Acknowledgements are optional. Table 1: Tables or figures may extend across both columns and, if they do so, should be included at the bottom of the abstract. Joint Angle (deg) Running Speed (m/s) 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 Knee Flexion 23.1  2.3 27.2  2.6* 28.5  3.3 31.3  4.1 35.1  2.8* 38.7  7.3 Hip Flexion 30.1  2.7 33.2  3.3* 33.5  1.9 35.9  3.6 36.1  4.5 39.2  2.3* * p < 0.05 vs. next slower speed.