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Alberto Leardini, Harinderjit Singh Gill and Tung-Wu Lu
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Vanessa E. Ortiz-Padilla, Mauricio A. Ramírez-Moreno, Gerardo Presbítero-Espinosa, Ricardo A. Ramírez-Mendoza and Jorge de J. Lozoya-Santos
This work presents a survey literature review on biomechanics, specifically aimed at the study of existent biomechanical tools through video analysis, in order to identify opportunities for researchers in the field, and discuss future proposals and persp...
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Enrique Navarro, Archit Navandar, Santiago Veiga and Alejandro F. San Juan
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Kristof Kipp, John Krzyszkowski, Todd Smith, Christopher Geiser and Hoon Kim
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the biomechanics of countermovement (CMJ) and preferred-style (PrefJ) jumps. Eight male basketball players (age: 19 ± 1 year; height: 1.84 ± 0.14 m; mass: 92.8 ± 11.4 kg) participated in a cross-se...
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Zhiqiang Zhu, Weijie Fu, En Shao, Lu Li, Linjie Song, Wei Wang and Yu Liu
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the acute effects of shoe midsole stiffness on the joint biomechanics of the lower extremities during specific basketball movements. Methods: Thirty participants wearing stiff midsole shoes (SS) and control shoes (...
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Ana Teresa Gabriel, Cláudia Quaresma and Pedro Vieira
Back pain is regularly associated with biomechanical changes in the spine. The traditional methods to assess spine biomechanics use ionising radiation. Vertebral Metrics (VM) is a non-invasive instrument developed by the authors in previous research that...
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M. Santos, L. Roseiro, E. Cortesão Seiça and A. M. Amaro
This article aims to analyze and contextualize osteotomies to treat hallux valgus pathology to find gaps in this area where engineering can significantly help.
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Mohd Tajularif Ibrahim, Nur Afiqah Hashim, Nasrul Anuar Abd Razak, Noor Azuan Abu Osman, Hossein Gholizadeh and Suryani Dyah Astuti
Increased pressure and shear stress distributions at the limb?socket interface are hypothesised to result from changes in the residual limb shape and volume, which can cause socket fit difficulties. Accurate residual limb volume measurements may aid clin...
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Carla Molz, David Scherb, Christopher Löffelmann, Johannes Sänger, Zhejun Yao, Andreas Lindenmann, Sven Matthiesen, Robert Weidner, Sandro Wartzack and Jörg Miehling
This research aims to provide a co-simulation model to derive design optimizations for technical support systems regarding the user needs.
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Yuvaraj Ramasamy, Juliana Usman, Rizal Razman, Yeap Ming Wei, Harley Towler and Mark King
The shoulder is a unique and complex joint in the human body with three bones and four joints, which makes it the most unstable joint in the body due to the amount of motion. To improve approaches toward understanding the performance of overhead throwing...
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Edoardo Bori and Bernardo Innocenti
The present study intends to help and support clinicians and specialists in the decision process concerning the length and type of stems to use in case varus?valgus deformity is present in a patient.
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Catarina C. Santos, Susana Soares and Mário J. Costa
Participants from across the age span participate in water fitness sessions. This challenges instructors to create proper exercise prescriptions. The aim of this study was to understand the effect of age on force production and symmetry during water exer...
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Ahmet Emre Öçal, Huseyin Lekesiz and Sevda Telli Çetin
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders are one of the main problems reducing the life quality of workers. Occupational exoskeletons are one of the most promising solutions for solving this issue. In this study, an innovative and passive upper-extremity e...
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E. Anyuli Alvarez Salcido, Daniel Centeno-Barreda, Yukio Rosales, Ricardo Lopéz-Gutiérrez, Sergio Salazar and Rogelio Lozano
This paper presents the development of a robust control algorithm to be applied in a knee and ankle joint exoskeleton designed for rehabilitation of flexion/extension movements. The goal of the control law is to follow the trajectory of a straight leg ex...
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Jonathan Sinclair and Paul John Taylor
This study examined the effects of minimal, maximal and conventional running footwear on tibial strains and stress fracture probability using finite element and probabilistic analyses. The current investigation examined fifteen males running in three foo...
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Nick van der Geest, Lorenzo Garcia, Roy Nates and Fraser Borrett
Sea turtles gracefully navigate their marine environments by flapping their pectoral flippers in an elegant routine to produce the required hydrodynamic forces required for locomotion. The propulsion of sea turtles has been shown to occur for approximate...
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Nick van der Geest, Lorenzo Garcia, Roy Nates and Alberto Gonzalez-Vazquez
Sea turtles are recognised as one of the ocean?s most remarkable migratory species, accomplishing journeys that cover thousands of kilometres. This fact is even more extraordinary when considering sea turtles consume mostly low-energy foods. The biology ...
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Satoshi Kato and Shinichi Yamagiwa
Identifying the key points of a movement performed by an expert is required for beginners who want to acquire a motor skill. By repeating a learning cycle, the beginner tries the movement, focusing on the key points. We can find many guiding methods for ...
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Andrea Biscarini, Cristina V. Dieni, Raffaele Losavio, Roberto Panichi and Samuele Contemori
(1) Background: The static body-weight wall-squat (SBWS) exercise is often included in the early rehabilitation stages of the lower limb. To establish its effectiveness and optimise its application, it is important to precisely quantify the muscle contri...
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