Musculoskeletal modelling course in Budapest hosted by Kainz and Dr Goncalves

Last week, under the Erasmus Blended Intensive Program (BIP), two researchers from our research group, Dr. Hans Kainz and Dr. Basílio Gonçalves, hosted a course at the Hungarian University of Sports Science on the “Basics of Biomechanical Modelling with OpenSim”. Participants joined from 12 countries (Austria, China, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Qatar, Slovenia, and Sweden). The hybrid mode allowed over 200 participants to attend, either in person or online.

Participants had the opportunity to learn about recent advances in musculoskeletal modelling and experience first hand how computational techniques can help them “look inside the body”. Through the course participants learned to use OpenSim to predict muscle and joint forces during daily and sporting movements, as well as explore the possibilities to inform surgical interventions.

As a surprise for the participants, Professor Scott Delp from the University of Stanford and the “father” of OpenSim joined the course online on Wednesday to talk about the future of musculoskeletal modelling.

The week was full of cultural and scientific events, including the International Biomechanics Symposium entitled “Biomechanics in Sports and Ageing” directed mainly to students who want to pursue studies in biomechanics.

Special thanks to the organizing and scientific committee of the host university, particularly Professor Tibor Hortobágyi, Dr Annamária Péter, Dr András Hegyi, Dr Judit Kádár, Gabriella Sztojalovszky and Krisztina Cseh, who played a major role in the coordination and coordination of the event.