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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From October 12-15, the 33rd IADMS (International Association for Dance Medicine and Science) conference was held in Columbus, OH, USA. This multidisciplinary event focuses on health for dance and dance for health. The program included presentations and practical sessions on a wide variety of topics including training, medicine, biomechanics, nutrition, didactics and inclusion. In the […]
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This year the 14th Progress in Motor Control meeting of the International Society of Motor Control (https://i-s-m-c.org/ ) was held in the beautiful city of Rome (Italy) from 28 – 30 September. The aim of the society and the meeting, which is held every two years, is to foster knowledge exchange of experts and newcomers […]
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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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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, […]
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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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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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Last week the scientific symposium ‘Human reproduction and evolution: Perspectives from developmental biology, obstetrics, orthopedics and biomechanics’ took place at the Department of Evolutionary Biology of the University of Vienna. International experts from different fields joint the symposium, gave talks and discussed multi-disciplinary aspects of the so-called ‘obstetrical dilemma’ Dr Kainz was invited to give […]
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Yesterday Ass-Prof Hans Kainz gave a talk about in-silico simulations at the Griffith Centre for Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering at Griffith University (Australia). The talk was followed by a fruitful discussion with PIs and students. After lunch, Dr. Kainz had the opportunity to see the BioSpine research facilities, which recently received mutli-million dollar funding to […]
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Currently Ass-Prof Hans Kainz is on a research stay in Australia. Yesterday Dr Kainz visited the Training Centre for Joint Biomechanics at the University of Technology in Brisbane (Australia). During his visit, Hans gave a talk entitled ‘Musculoskeletal and multi-scale simulations to estimate internal loads and bone growth’. His talk led to a fruitful discussion […]
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