The hamstrings: anatomic and physiologic variations and their potential relationships with injury risk

J Afonso, S Rocha-Rodrigues, FM Clemente… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The incidence and recurrence of hamstrings injuries are very high in sports, posing elevated
performance and financial-related costs. Attempts to identify the risk factors involved in …

Muscle function during single leg landing

N Maniar, AG Schache, C Pizzolato, DA Opar - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Landing manoeuvres are an integral task for humans, especially in the context of sporting
activities. Such tasks often involve landing on one leg which requires the coordination of …

Lower limb sagittal gait kinematics can be predicted based on walking speed, gender, age and BMI

F Moissenet, F Leboeuf, S Armand - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Clinical gait analysis attempts to provide, in a pathological context, an objective record that
quantifies the magnitude of deviations from normal gait. However, the identification of …

Current perspectives on the biomechanical modelling of the human lower limb: a systematic review

M Silva, B Freitas, R Andrade, Ó Carvalho… - … Methods in Engineering, 2021 - Springer
The purpose of this systematic review is to report the characteristics and methods utilized in
human lower limb or knee joint only biomechanical models to provide state-of-the-art …

Comparison of posterior‐stabilized, cruciate‐retaining, and medial‐stabilized knee implant motion during gait

HA Gray, S Guan, TJ Young… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate knowledge of knee joint motion is needed to evaluate the effects of implant design
on functional performance and component wear. We conducted a randomized controlled …

SolAR: Energy positive human activity recognition using solar cells

MM Sandhu, S Khalifa, K Geissdoerfer… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The high power consumption of inertial activity sensors limits the battery lifetime of today's
wearable devices. Recent studies promise to extend the lifetime of wearable devices by …

Lower-limb muscle function during sidestep cutting

N Maniar, AG Schache, MH Cole, DA Opar - Journal of biomechanics, 2019 - Elsevier
To investigate lower-limb muscle function during sidestep cutting, prior studies have
analysed electromyography (EMG) data together with three dimensional motion analysis …

Predictive simulations of neuromuscular coordination and joint-contact loading in human gait

YC Lin, JP Walter, MG Pandy - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2018 - Springer
We implemented direct collocation on a full-body neuromusculoskeletal model to calculate
muscle forces, ground reaction forces and knee contact loading simultaneously for one cycle …

A biomechanics and energetics dataset of neurotypical adults walking with and without kinematic constraints

T Baček, M Sun, H Liu, Z Chen, C Manzie, E Burdet… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
Numerous studies have explored the biomechanics and energetics of human walking,
offering valuable insights into how we walk. However, prior studies focused on changing …

Sensory modulation of gait characteristics in human locomotion: A neuromusculoskeletal modeling study

A Di Russo, D Stanev, S Armand… - PLoS computational …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The central nervous system of humans and other animals modulates spinal cord activity to
achieve several locomotion behaviors. Previous neuromechanical models investigated the …