Our department hosted the National Biomechanics Day on April 4th. The National Biomechanics Day is a worldwide celebration of biomechanics for high school students and teachers. It was initiated by Dr. Paul De Vita in 2017 and has since been celebrated in 45 nations. In Austria, Dr. Hans Kainz and his research group initiated the […]
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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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Three members of the Neuromechanics Research Group participated in a workshop at Stanford University in California, USA, in the beginning of March. This workshop intended for advanced users of the musculoskeletal modelling software OpenSim, provided an opportunity to collaborate with the software developers and explore new applications in research. Approximately 50 participants coming from around […]
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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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Three members of the Neuromechanics Research Group are going to participate in a workshop at Stanford University in California, USA, scheduled for this March.. This workshop is intended for advanced users of the musculoskeletal modelling software OpenSim, providing an opportunity to collaborate with the software developers and explore new applications in research. Structured as a […]
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Dr. Juliana Exel was invited to participate as a speaker in the Lecture Series organised by Prof. Matthias Kempe at the University of Groningen. In the presentation “Unlocking the betas of performance in climbing with human movement sciences”, she talked about the role of biomechanics in supporting the assessment, diagnostics, and prescription of one of the […]
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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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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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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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