Maury A. Nussbaum
This website includes general information regarding my research, students, teaching, and background.
Recent News
A new article Wearing a back-support exoskeleton alters lower-limb joint kinetics during single-step recovery following a forward loss of balance was published in Journal of Biomechanics (April 2024).
A Ph.D. candidate, Aanuoluwapo "Aanu" Ojelade, successfully defended his dissertation, Evaluation of Markerless Motion Capture to Assess Physical Exposures During Manual Material Handling Tasks. He started working as a Research Assistant Professor at University of Buffalo. Congrats, Aanu! (February 2024).
A new article Trunk postural control during unstable sitting among individuals with and without low back pain: A systematic review with an individual participant data meta-analysis was published in PLoS One (January 2024).
A new article Influences of backpack loading on recovery from anterior and posterior losses of balance: An exploratory investigation was published in Applied Ergonomics (January 2024)
A new article Perceived benefits, barriers, perceptions, and readiness to use exoskeletons in the construction industry: Differences by demographic characteristics was published in Applied Ergonomics (December 2023).
My exoskeleton (EXO) effectiveness research was featured in Virginia Tech Video with my Ph.D. students, Ahmad Raza Usmani, Wally Morris, and Aanu Ojelade (October 2023).