Education
PhD - Biomechanics, Engineering Sciences, METU, Türkiye, 2023 (Advisor: Senih Gürses)
M.S. - Biomechanics, Engineering Sciences, METU, Türkiye, 2017 (Advisor: Senih Gürses)
B.S. - Physics, METU, Türkiye, 2011
Lycee - Samsun Fen Lisesi, Türkiye, 2005
Postdoctoral Research
Oct' 2025 - Development Of New Neurorehabilitation Methods For Patients With Balance Disorders: Cross-Spinal Afferent Stimulation To Improve Postural Stability (Principal Investigator) (granted by TÜBİTAK 2219)
RRD Movement Lab, Biomedical Signal and Systems, EEMCS, University of Twente, Netherlands
PhD Thesis
Oct' 2023 - The Effects of Eye Movements on Postural Sway in The Absence of Retinal Information
Motion Capture Laboratory, MODSIMMER, METU, Ankara, Turkey
MS Thesis
Sep' 2017 – Effect of the Vestibular System on Search and Fall Behaviour of Human Postural Sway
(In collaboration with Department of Otorhinolaryngology) Posturography Laboratory, Gülhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Research Interests
• Human Upright Posture Control
• Sensorimotor Integration
• Extraocular Muscle Proprioception
• Cross Spinal Afferent Stimulation
Journal Publications
- 2024 – Kahveci, A, Cengiz, BC, Alcan, V, Zinnuroğlu, M, & Gürses, S, Identification of postural control process during the Functional Reach Test in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy compared to controls. Clinical Biomechanics. doi:10.1016/j.foot.2024.102097. PMID: 38615395
- 2024 – Pourreza E, Yaradanakul NB, Cengiz BC, Duyan Camurdan A, Zinnuroglu M, Gurses S. Spatiotemporal Evolution of Toddlers' Regional Foot Pressure Distribution and Center of Pressure at Antero-Posterior Axis During Learning of Standing. J Biomech Eng. 2024 Jan 1; 146(1):011001. doi:10.1115/1.4063820. PMID: 37851529
- 2024 – İlicepinar OF, Imir M, Cengiz BC, Gurses S, Menderes Y, Turhan E, et al. Recreational male athletes’ single leg forward hop and crossover triple hop test kinetics, kinematics, peak frequency and magnitude alterations. Turk J Sports Med. 2024 Sep 21st. doi:https://doi.org/10.47447/tjsm.0768.
- 2016 – Gürses S, Akçay ME, Gökgöz MC, Cengiz BC, Bostan I, Çınar A, B Satar, Demirkaya S, and Bilgiç H. Developing a Human Balance Test System (DETES) in Order to Investigate Control Mechanisms of Human Erect Posture. Journal of Advances in Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2016.
Conference Proceedings
- 2021 – İlicepınar, ÖF, Dönmez, G, Korkusuz, F, Menderes, Y, Turhan, E, İmir, M, Cengiz, BC, Gürses, S, (2021, December). Kinematics and Biomechanics of the Lower Limb During Single Leg-jump in Recreational Athletes. International Sports Medicine Congress (pp. 54-55).
- 2021 – İlicepınar, ÖF, Korkusuz, F, Dönmez, G, Menderes, Y, Turhan, E, Gürses, S, İmir, M, Cengiz, BC (2021, Ekim). Sağlıklı Kişilerin Fonksiyonel Zıplama Testleri Esnasındaki Biyomekanik Parametlerinin Mocap (Motion Capture) Sistemi ile Değerlendirilmesi. Kemik Eklem Kongresi. (pp. 167-169). Kemik ve Eklem Cerrahisi Derneği
- 2020 – Kahveci, A, Cengiz, BC, Alcan, V, Zinnuroğlu, M, & Gürses, S (2020, December). Identification of Control Strategies in Diabetic Neuropathic Patients Versus Healthiest Through Kinematic Trajectories. In Orthopaedic Proceedings (Vol. 102, No. SUPP 11, pp. 80-80). The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery.
- 2020 – Pourreza, E, Cengiz, BC, Çamurdan, AD, Taş, GB, Zinnuroğlu, M, & Gürses, S (2020, December). Screening Infant Developmental Aspects of Learning During Standing by Measuring Pressure Distribution Beneath the Feet. In Orthopaedic Proceedings (Vol. 102, No. SUPP_11, pp. 55-55). The British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery.
Oral Presentations in Congress
- 2018 - Kahveci, A, Cengiz, BC, Alcan, V, Zinnuroğlu, M, & Gürses, S, Diyabetik periferik polinöropatili hastalarin postür özelliklerinin incelenmesi; kontrollü ve deneysel bir çalisma. 6. Tibbi Rehabilitasyon Kongresi, 8-11 Kasim, 2018, Ankara, pp 349-350.
- 2017 - Gürses, S, Cengiz, BC, Akcay, E, Gökgöz, MC, Understanding Human Postural Sway in Health and Disease, BIT’s 1st Annual World Congress of Biomedical Engineering, 2017, Xi’an, China.
- 2016 - Cengiz, BC, Gökgöz, MC, Akcay, E, Gürses, S. “Fall” and “Search” Behaviour under Control of Vestibular System in Quite Stance. VIII. Ulusal Biyomekanik Kongresi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, 19-23 Ekim 2016.
- 2016 - Hassanpour, SM, Cengiz, BC, Zinnuroğlu, M, Gürses, S, Foot somatosensory information contributes to quiet stance. VIII. Ulusal Biyomekanik Kongresi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Ankara, 19-23 Ekim 2016.
Research Projects
2018' Agu - Relationship between Multiple Skelerosis and Long-Loop Responses of Stretch Reflex
Researcher - (coop. with Dep. of Neurology) Posturography Laboratory, Gülhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: EMG, Postural Reflexes Long Loop Stretch Reflexes, Balance