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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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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