Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance

C Siviy, LM Baker, BT Quinlivan… - Nature biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in
individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users interact with wearable devices …

Training load and injury: causal pathways and future directions

JT Kalkhoven, ML Watsford, AJ Coutts, WB Edwards… - Sports Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Causal pathways between training loads and the mechanisms of tissue damage and athletic
injury are poorly understood. Here, the relation between specific training load measures and …

Ground reaction force metrics are not strongly correlated with tibial bone load when running across speeds and slopes: Implications for science, sport and wearable …

ES Matijevich, LM Branscombe, LR Scott, KE Zelik - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Tibial stress fractures are a common overuse injury resulting from the
accumulation of bone microdamage due to repeated loading. Researchers and wearable …

Estimation of joint torque in dynamic activities using wearable A-mode ultrasound

Y **, JT Alvarez, EL Suitor, K Swaminathan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The human body constantly experiences mechanical loading. However, quantifying internal
loads within the musculoskeletal system remains challenging, especially during …

Shear mode ultrasonic transducers from flexible piezoelectric PLLA fibers for structural health monitoring

YM Yousry, VK Wong, R Ji, Y Chen… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Shear mode guided waves are highly demanded for underwater structural health monitoring
(SHM) applications due to their simplified non‐dispersive feature and minimal acoustic …

How muscles maximize performance in accelerated sprinting

MG Pandy, AKM Lai, AG Schache… - Scandinavian Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We sought to provide a more comprehensive understanding of how the individual leg
muscles act synergistically to generate a ground force impulse and maximize the change in …

The iliotibial band: a complex structure with versatile functions

LA Hutchinson, GA Lichtwark, RW Willy, LA Kelly - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
The development of a pronounced iliotibial band (ITB) is an anatomically distinct evolution of
humans. The mechanical behaviour of this “new” structure is still poorly understood and …

Closed-loop optogenetic neuromodulation enables high-fidelity fatigue-resistant muscle control

G Herrera-Arcos, H Song, SH Yeon, O Ghenand… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
Closed-loop neuroprostheses show promise in restoring motion in individuals with
neurological conditions. However, conventional activation strategies based on functional …

Modulation of Achilles tendon force with load carriage and exosuit assistance

DG Schmitz, RW Nuckols, S Lee, T Akbas… - Science Robotics, 2022 - science.org
Exosuits have the potential to assist locomotion in both healthy and pathological
populations, but the effect of exosuit assistance on the underlying muscle-tendon tissue …

Measuring biomechanical loads in team sports–from lab to field

J Verheul, NJ Nedergaard… - … and Medicine in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The benefits of differentiating between the physiological and biomechanical load-response
pathways in football and other (team) sports have become increasingly recognised. In …