New publication on muscle coordination re-training to reduce joint loads

  • February 20, 2024
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Excessive loads at lower limb joints can lead to pain and degenerative diseases. Altering joint loads with muscle coordination retraining might help to treat or prevent clinical symptoms in a non-invasive way. Knowing how much muscle coordination retraining can reduce joint loads and which muscles have the biggest impact on joint loads is crucial for […]

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New publication on climbing neuromechanics!

  • October 30, 2023
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Upper body strength is an important capacity for climbers and one aspect associated with performance is the lock-off ability, which stands for the pulling movements a climber perform with the upper limbs during ascent. Lock-offs are performed across a range of upper-body angles, thus climbers may experience varying degrees of joint loading. In this recently published study, Dr. Exel […]

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New paper by Ass-Prof Hans Kainz

  • October 19, 2023
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Femoral deformities, e.g. increased or decreased femoral anteversion and neck-shaft angle, can lead to pathological gait patterns, altered joint loads, and degenerative joint diseases. The mechanism how femoral geometry influences muscle forces and joint load during walking is still not fully understood. In collaboration with Dr. Mindler and Dr. Kranzl from the Orthopedic Hospital Speising, […]

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New paper from PhD student Willi Koller

  • October 9, 2023
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In the realm of complex surgeries like single-event multi-level surgeries, the fundamental question arises: should our focus lie in correcting the patient’s gait pattern or restoring the femoral geometry to a perceived ‘normal’? Understanding that loading patterns on bones significantly influence their development, our team investigated the impact of these parameters on the asymmetry of […]

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International Awards for Willi Koller and Dr. Hans Kainz at the ESMAC 2023 conference

  • October 3, 2023
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Last week, four members of the Neuromechanics Research Group were in Athens at the annual ESMAC conference. The purpose of ESMAC (the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children) is to stimulate and advance scientific knowledge, professional interaction and the exchange of ideas among society members relating to movement analysis in adults and children in […]

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Four oral presentations and seminar at ESMAC 2023 conference

  • June 15, 2023
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The purpose of ESMAC (the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children) is to stimulate and advance scientific knowledge, professional interaction and the exchange of ideas among society members relating to movement analysis in adults and children in clinical and research settings. This year’s annual meeting will take place in Athens, Greece from […]

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New paper from PhD student Willi Koller

  • March 1, 2023
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Do you want to know how the internal femoral geometry and growth plate load differ between children with and without cerebral palsy? Check out the latest paper of our PhD student Willi Koller, which got published as one of the highlights of the European Society of Biomechanics Congress 2022. Frontiers | Intra- and inter-subject variability […]

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New paper

  • December 2, 2022
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The article ‘Imaging-based musculoskeletal models alter muscle and joint contact forces but do not improve the agreement with experimentally measured electromyography signals in children with cerebral palsy’ by Ass-Prof Hans Kainz and Prof Ilse Jonkers has been published in the Journal of Gait and Posture. In this study, Hans Kainz in collaboration with Ilse Jonkers […]

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ESMAC 2022 conference

  • October 3, 2022
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Last week Ass-Prof Dr Hans Kainz was in Dublin at the ESMAC conference. The purpose of ESMAC (the European Society for Movement Analysis in Adults and Children) is to stimulate and advance scientific knowledge, professional interaction and the exchange of ideas among Society members relating to movement analysis in adults and children in clinical and […]

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Three conference papers got published in the Journal of Gait and Posture

  • October 20, 2021
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Ass-Prof Hans Kainz and PhD student Willi Koller presented their latest research at the ESMAC conference last week. The three conference abstracts related to their work got published in the Journal of Gait and Posture. Below you can find the title and link to each abstract. Asymmetric gait pattern versus femoral morphology – What is […]

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