Reihaneh completed her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Azad University of Mashhad, Iran. In her M.Sc. project, she presented a neural model to identify the desired muscle activation patterns by Hopf oscillator during gait. Her research interests include human locomotion, gait and balance, and lower limb prosthesis control. She started her doctoral study under the supervision of Dr. Jacqueline Hebert in the BLINC lab in January of 2020. 

Reihaneh’s work at the BLINC lab primarily focuses on the gait analysis of people with
above-knee amputation before and after osseointegration surgery. The main goal of her
research project is to provide evidence associated with the effects of osseointegration
surgery on the gait of people with above-knee amputation and whether the biomechanical
characteristics from osseointegrated prosthesis users is improved over time compared to
baseline while using socket prosthesis.

Contact: ravari@ualberta.ca

Selected publications:

• Ravari R, Rehani M, Hebert JS. Biomechanical characteristics of transfemoral bone-anchored prostheses during gait: A review of literature. Prosthet Orthot Int. 2023 Aug 25. doi: 10.1097/PXR.0000000000000263. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37639566.
• Ravari R, Lewicke J, Vette AH, Hebert JS. Differences in angular kinematics when using thigh, implant, or medial knee markers in osseointegrated transfemoral prosthetic gait. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2023 Apr 25; 105:105976. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.105976. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37127007.
• Ravari R, Lewicke J, Hebert JS, Biomechanical Characteristics of Transfemoral Prosthetic Gait Before and After Osseointegration Surgery; Digital Transformation in an Evolving World, Prosthetics and Orthotics International: December 2021 – Volume 45 – Issue – p 1-293 doi: 10.1097/01.PXR.0000799072.18452.79
• Ravari R, Kobravi HR, Identifying the dynamics of leg muscle activation during human gait using neural oscillator and fuzzy compensator. Int Clin Neurosci J. 2018;5(3):106-112. doi:10.15171/icnj.2018
• Ravari R, Kobravi HR,1396, Identification of Leg Muscle Activation Patterns During Walking Using Hopf Oscillator and Fuzzy Logic System,3RD CONFERENCE ON ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (E-TECH 2017), Tehran, https://civilica.com/doc/749175