Sigal Portnoy is an electronics engineer, who completed her M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies in Biomedical engineering at Tel Aviv University. In 2009, she constructed the Hadassah Gait and Motion Laboratory in Jerusalem, and she was the scientific director of the lab until 2017. She managed several researches that aimed to quantify the effect of different treatment methods and procedures on the movement pattern of patients with motor disabilities caused by neurological or orthopedic impairments. In October 2012, she has joined the Occupational Therapy Department at Tel Aviv University where she studies the different factors affecting motor function in healthy individuals and people with motor or cognitive disabilities. She also designs and creates computerized tools for evaluation and treatment of people with motor or cognitive disabilities.

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