David A. Winter

David Arthur Winter
Born (1930-06-16)June 16, 1930
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Died February 6, 2012(2012-02-06) (aged 81)[1]
Guelph, Ontario
Residence Canada
Nationality Canada
Fields Kinesiology, Biomechanics
Institutions University of Waterloo, University of Manitoba, Technical University of Nova Scotia, Royal Military College of Canada
Alma mater Queen's University at Kingston
Known for Biomechanics, Electromyography, Gait Analysis

David A. Winter (PhD, PEng) is a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Waterloo. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society for Biomechanics and its first Career Award winner. He was later awarded the Muybridge Medal of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) and the Lifetime Achievement Award of The Gait and Clinical Movement Analysis Society. Before becoming an academic he served as an electrical officer with the Royal Canadian Navy on HMCS Nootka from 1952 to 1958. He completed his service at the rank of lieutenant commander. In December 2011, ISB named an award to encourage young people to stay involved in biomechanics research the "David Winter Young Investigator Award."

Winter is notable for introducing many important methods and concepts to the study of human locomotion and balance, such as automated television motion capture,[2] lowpass digital filtering of marker trajectories,[3] measurement of instantaneous segmental energy,[4] and the powers produced by joint moments of force,[5] and the analysis of electromyograms by ensemble averaging.[6]

Education

Academic posts

Winter started his academic career in 1961 as an assistant professor in electrical engineering at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. He then took up a similar position at the Technical University of Nova Scotia where was eventually promoted to professor in 1969. In 1969, he became director of biomedical engineering at the Shriner's Hospital in Winnipeg with an associate professorship in surgery at the University of Manitoba and an adjunct professorship in electrical engineering. He was then hired as associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of Waterloo in 1974. He was promoted to professor in 1976, and when he retired in 1995 was given the title of distinguished professor emeritus.[7]

Textbooks

Awards and honours

Additional awards

References

  1. Kinesiology remembers professor David Winter, University of Waterloo
  2. Winter, D.A., Greenlaw, R.K., Hobson, D.A. Television-computer analysis of kinematics of human gait. Computers and Biomed. Research, 5:498-504, 1972.
  3. Winter, D.A., Sidwall, H.G., Hobson, D.A. Measurement and reduction of noise in kinematics of locomotion. J. Biomech. 7:157-159, 1974.
  4. Winter, D.A., Quanbury, A.O., Reimer, G.D. Analysis of instantaneous energy of normal gait. J. Biomech. 9:253-257, 1976.
  5. Winter, D.A., Quanbury, A.O., Reimer, G.D. Instantaneous energy and power flow in gait of normals. Biomechanics VA. Komi, P.V. (Ed.) Baltimore: University Park Press, 334-340, 1976.
  6. Winter, D.A. Use of computer averaged EMG profiles in the diagnosis of pathological gait. Arch. Phys. Med. and Rehab. 65:393-400, 1984.
  7. David Winter, Kinesiology, Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
  8. 1 2 3 Biomechanics and Motor Control of Human Movement, 4th Edition, Wiley Interscience
  9. 1 2 3 Waterloo Biomechanics
  10. Career Awards, Canadian Society for Biomechanics
  11. Wartenweiler Memorial Lecture, International Society of Biomechanics
  12. Awards, International Society of Biomechanics
  13. Muybridge Medal, International Society of Biomechanics
  14. Past Executives, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society
  15. Fellows of the Society, Canadian Society for Biomechanics
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