Conference Contributions

Kloskowska, P., Twycross-Lewis, R., Kryger, K., and Birn-Jeffery, A.V. (2020) How do we simply assess gait deficits, injury likelihood and rehabilitation success? Scandinavian Sports Medicine Congress 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30th January – 1st February

Khaliq, M., and Birn-Jeffery, A.V. (2018) Lower limb muscle activity in non-steady sport-specific movements in recovered ACL injured badminton players: a cross-sectional study. Society of Academic and Research Surgery 2017 Annual Meeting. Nottingham, UK, January 10-11

Benkacem, A., Kloskowska, P., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Morrissey, D. (2017) Hamstring muscle activation in male semi-professional football players with and without previous hamstring injury during four common eccentric hamstring exercises. Danish Sports Congress. Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2-4

Kazzam, M., Kloskowska, P., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Morrissey, D. (2017) Validity of the single leg squat assessment in male football players with and without sports-related groin pain. Danish Sports Congress. Copenhagen, Denmark, February 2-4

Lee, D.V., Isaacs, M.R., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Voloshina, A.S., Zhao, G., Seyfarth, A., and Daley, M.A. (2017) Bipedal walking of birds, humans and robots. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, January 4-8.

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Labonte, D., and Federle, W. (2015) Scaling of pad stiffness in the adhesive organs of Carausius morosus. Poster presentation at The Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology, Prague, Czech Republic, June 30th – July 3rd 2015

Strucker, M-Y., Labonte, D., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Federle, W. (2015) Allometry of single-pad adhesion in stick insects. Poster presentation at The Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology, Prague, Czech Republic, June 30th – July 3rd 2015

Higham, T.E., Birn-Jeffery, A.V. (2015) Constraints and innovations in terrestrial locomotion: how geckos modulate adhesion and limb kinematics with changes in incline. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 3-7

Hubicki, C., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Jones, M., Hurst, J.W., Daley, M.A. (2015) Task-level Priorities in Ground-running Bird Locomotion: Experiments to Math Models to Robots by Way of Optimization. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, Florida, January 3-7

Daley, M.A., Gordon, J.C., Birn-Jeffery, A.V. (2014) Neuromechanics of bipedal locomotion in ground birds from quail to ostrich. 7th World Congress of Biomechanics, Boston, Massachusetts, July 6-11

Daley, M.A., Birn-Jeffery, A.V. (2014) Scaling of avian bipedal locomotion: How does body size influence gait dynamics in level and uneven terrain? Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Austin, Texas, January 3-7

Higham, T.E., Russell, A.P., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Collins, C.E., and Hulsey, C.D. (2014) Use it or lose it: locomotor evolution associated with the loss of adhesion in geckos. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Austin, Texas, January 3-7

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Higham, T. (2014) What goes up must come down: How sloped surfaces impact the mechanics of locomotion. Invited symposium talk. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Austin, Texas, January 3-7

Higham, T., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Collins, C.E., and Russell, A. (2013) Use it or lose it: The evolution of locomotion associated with the gain and loss of adhesive capacity in geckos. International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology. Barcelona, Spain, July 8-12.

Hubicki, C., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Blum, Y., Renjewski, D., Daley, M.A., and Hurst, J. (2013) From Ostrich to Quail: A simple unified model of ground-bird running. Dynamic Walking. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, June 10-13.

Higham, T., Measey, G.J., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Herrel, A., and Tolley, K.A. (2013) The effects of habitat structure on locomotion in South African chameleons. Canadian Society of Zoologists. Guelph, Ontario, Canada, May 13-17.

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Hubicki, C., Blum, Y., Hurst, J., and Daley, M.A. (2013) Don’t break a leg: injury prevention, robustness and stability of legged locomotion. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. San Francisco, California, USA, January 3-7.

Blum, Y., Birn-Jeffery A.V., Vejdani, H.R., Hurst, J.W., and Daley, M.A. (2013) Swing leg control: disturbance rejection versus injury avoidance. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. San Francisco, California, USA, January 3-7.

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Daley, M.A. (2012) The effects of posture and body mass on uneven terrain locomotion in Galliformes and Struthio camelus. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Charleston, South Carolina, USA, January 3-7.

Blum, Y., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., and Daley, M.A. (2012) Perturbed bipedal running: How do touch-down conditions affect stance dynamics. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Charleston, South Carolina, USA, January 3-7.

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Daley, M.A. (2011) The effects of uneven terrain on Galliformes running mechanics. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, January 3-7.

Blum, Y., Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Daley, M.A., Seyfarth, A. (2010) Does a crouched leg posture enhance running stability? US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA. June 27 – July 2.

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Daley, M.A. (2010) Pheasants maintain pseudo-elastic centre of mass trajectories whilst exhibiting significant axial and torsional leg actuation during uneven terrain running. Dynamic Walking. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 8-11

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Daley, M.A. (2010) Stabilisation strategy varies with terrain ‘roughness’ in Galliformes. The Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology. Prague, Czech Republic, June 30-July 3.

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Rayfield, E.J. (2009) Finite element analysis of pedal claws to determine mode of life in birds, lizards and maniraptoran theropods. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. Bristol, UK, September 23-26 (poster)

Birn-Jeffery, A.V., Daley, M.A. (2009) Coping mechanisms for rough terrain running in Common Pheasants (Phasianus colchicus). The Annual Main Meeting of the Society of Experimental Biology. Glasgow, UK, June 28-July 1, 2009 (poster - won 3rd poster prize)