#10 - Mastering movement with technology with Linda Lancere

Linda Lancere is a Latvian researcher who consults on rehabilitation technology development. She combines a background in materials science, engineering and physiotherapy to help people gain insight into how to move more effectively, whether for rehabilitation or fitness. Come along and discover how advancements in virtual reality and body sensors are taking movement into the future and helping people live better. 

Linda Lancere is a Latvian researcher who consults on rehabilitation technology development. 

In 2019 Linda attended BAFF’s Research Scholarship Program in University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, working on her postdoctoral research project, with the title: Whole-body rehabilitation for lower extremity amputees by means of extended reality and advanced wearables.

In this episode, she shares:

  • Can you become a researcher after switching fields multiple times?

  • How could the feedback from deep muscles help with physical therapy and exercising?

  • Volunteering mindset in the US

  • Different developments in the field of virtual and mixed reality today

  • Ways that researchers and business people can find a common vocabulary

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