Sibylle B. Thies

Sibylle Thies received the Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering and biomechanics from the University of Michigan, USA, in 2004. Her expertise lies in the 3D analysis of human movement using optoelectronic cameras, and inertial and force sensors and processing their signals. She came to the University of Salford, as a Postdoctoral Researcher, in 2005, to work on the European Framework VI Project Healthy AIMS, within which she supported the development of a movement pattern recognition algorithm to trigger functional electrical muscle stimulation in the forearm, to assist stroke survivors with their hand opening. She was with the EPSRC-Funded IDGO TOO Project (inclusive design for getting outdoors), specifically, she led the experimental gait analysis of older people when crossing the road, to investigate the effect of tactile pavement on gait. In 2011, she became a Permanent Staff of the University of Salford. She has worked on a number of projects concerned with gait stability of older adults, with a special focus on walking aid ambulation. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed publications, regularly presented at international and national conferences. She is an active reviewer of a number of journals in her research field.