1. The Internationalization of National Biomechanics Day
- Author
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Laura-Anne M. Furlong, Sarah P. Shultz, Felipe P. Carpes, Scott C. Landry, and Paul DeVita
- Subjects
Internationality ,Adolescent ,business.industry ,0206 medical engineering ,Rehabilitation ,Biomedical Engineering ,Biophysics ,02 engineering and technology ,Public relations ,020601 biomedical engineering ,Biomechanical Phenomena ,03 medical and health sciences ,Internationalization ,0302 clinical medicine ,Political science ,Humans ,Orthopedics and Sports Medicine ,Students ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Mechanical Phenomena - Abstract
National Biomechanics Day (NBD) was initiated in 2016 as a nation-wide effort to introduce Biomechanics to high school students throughout the United States. After that initial year, many people around the world joined NBD to promote Biomechanics in their own countries. National Biomechanics Day became international. We describe NBD procedures and events in four of these countries with the intent of demonstrating mechanisms that may enable Biomechanists around the world to successfully join the NBD celebration.
- Published
- 2019