HPW Biomechanics, Inc. with offices in Oregon and Nevada specializes in Personal Injury Accidents/Injury Biomechanics that focus on the interactions between people and their environment including perception response/reaction, expectations, and actions (human performance, human factors) and the consequences of their actions (biomechanics), i.e. what people do, why they do it, how they do it and the consequences of doing it. For a more detailed description, see "A Human Performance Model".
Barry T. Bates, Ph.D. has more than 30 years of academic and consulting experience in the areas of Human Performance, Biomechanics and Human Factors. Dr. Bates has been a professor at the University of Oregon since 1973 with both teaching and research responsibilities in the areas of human performance, biomechanics, and human factors. A focus of Dr. Bates' research has been the effects of forces on the human body, i.e. injury biomechanics and human movement. A copy of Dr. Bates' academic vita is available online.
HPW Biomechanics, Inc. has more than 25 years experience in personal injury assesment/injury biomechanics and accident analysis, having provided services in more than 500 cases (both civil & criminal) about equally for both plaintiff and defense. HPW Biomechanics Inc. has been retained as a consultant and/or expert witness for cases involving:
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Contact HPW Biomechanics Inc. for an initial consultation at no-cost.
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