With the support of our sponsors, we are able to provide several awards and assistantships to help cover the fees associated with the publication of the accepted abstracts in Frontiers. Award selections were made on the basis of the abstract contents as well as the authors' presentation during the virtual symposium. Each abstract and the associated presentation were evaluated by two reviewers for the folowing criteria: a) Scientific/Clinical Significance, b) Scientific Rigor, c) Methodology, d) Significance of Results, and e) Quality of Presentation. The organizing committee congratulates the following awardees:

Rank	Title	Presenter	Award (% publication cost)
1	Subject-specific spino-pelvic models reliably measure spinal kinematics during forward bending in adult spinal deformity	Thomas Overbergh	100 %
2	Spinal palpation error and its impact on skin marker-based spinal alignment measurement in adult spinal deformity	Pieter Severijns	100%
3	A reference database of standardised continuous lumbar intervertebral motion analysis for conducting patient-specific comparisons	Alan Breen	50%
	Walking biomechanics and lumbar spine loading in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis	Seyed Javad Mousavi	50%
	Alteration of the sitting and standing movement in adult spinal deformity	Eddy Saad	50%
	Biomechanical evaluation of the effect of minimally invasive spine surgery compared with traditional approaches in activities-of-daily-living	John Rasmussen	50%

 

We would also like to thank the following individuals who helped the organizing committee in evaluation of abstracts and presentations: Fabio Galbusera, Brad Hendershot, John Rasmussen, and Jaap Van Dieën

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