Last week, the conference of the Austrian Sport Science Community (Österreichische Sportwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, ÖSG) took place in Innsbruck. In three days, many very interesting and inspiring talks were held in various topics in the field of sport science including biomechanics, motor control, training science, nutrition or the use of movement analysis in the field. Paul […]
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Our group, alongside Bram Van Den Bosch (KU Leuven) and Tom Buurke (University Medical Center Groningen and KU Leuven), had the privilege of organizing the full-day musculoskeletal modeling workshop. Additionally, our group delivered seven presentations (five oral and two poster), and Dr. Hans Kainz was honored with the Dr. Tom Shannon Promising Scientist Award. List […]
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Last week, our research group attended the Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports. PhD student Alex Pürzel together with Assoc. Prof. Hans Kainz hosted a two-hour applied science session on powerlifting biomechanics, which was a great success. Additionally, Alex presented his latest research on powerlifting in the Young Investigator Award Session. Link […]
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The 29th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics in the wonderful city of Edinburgh was a fantastic experience. Members of the neuromechanics research group delivered three oral presentations, engaged in fruitful discussions with peers, and enjoyed a great social program. The icing on the cake was Willi Koller, a PhD student of the group, […]
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At the 29th annual congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, which will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from the 30th of June to the 3rd of July 2024, Willi Koller is nominated as a finalist for the ESB Student Award. Among three other students, he will hold a presentation during a special session about femoral bone growth predictions with multi-scale […]
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The mission of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) is to understand the mechanisms by which the central nervous system controls movement. The 33rdannual meeting of the Society was held this year from April 16thto 19thin Dubrovnik, Croatia. Hans Kainz and Paul Kaufmann attended the meeting and presented their work in two […]
Read More The 29th annual congress of the European Society of Biomechanics will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland, from the 30th of June to the 3rd of July 2024. Three abstracts from our research have been accepted for oral presentation. We look forward to meet new people and familar faces at the congress. PELVIS SHAPE AND BIPEDAL […]
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Dr. Exel took center stage in the International Week at the Faculty of Sports Studies, MUNI, on November 22nd. The International panel featured experts from Norway, Finland, Spain, Hungary, Great Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Cyprus. Dr. Exel’s presentation, titled “The Use of Technology in Sport: From the Laboratory to the Field,” not only showcased […]
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From July 4th to the 7th 2023, the largest European sports science congress of the year took place in Paris. The event bolstered an attendance of 3039 participants from 74 countries. Dr. Juliana Exel presented her work on biomechanics and motor control in climbing, with the title: “POSTURAL ADJUSTMENTS OF A FATIGUING FINGER HANGING TASK […]
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Dr. Juliana Exel participated in the 6th International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA) conference held in Bern, Switzerland, from August 7th to 10th, 2023. Hosted by ETH Zürich – Sensory-motor Systems Lab and the Center for Sport and Sport Science of the University of Bern, the event brought together approximately 50 experts from various global […]
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