On Tuesday we celebrated the first anniversary of the Neuromechanics Research Group. After a few hours of climbing on the Flakturm in Vienna, the whole group went to a brewery house for some well-deserved schnitzels.
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MSc student Callum Bühler published his first peer-reviewed paper. His work was supervised by Dr Hans Kainz and supported by PhD student Willi Koller and study assistant Florentina de Comtes. In this paper Callum and colleagues showed how the use of an elastic resistance band during hip exercises influence muscle force and hip joint contact […]
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Two weeks ago, PhD student Willi Koller, PhD student Martin Gröber and Ass-Prof Hans Kainz presented their latest research at the XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (https://isb2021.com/). The presentation from Willi Koller and Hans Kainz were recorded and are freely available on the youtube channel of the Neuromechanics Research Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7nIY1y-Q5Q&list=PLpiQ9H6oNiSZ4xgL2qu_cfitmKUSlN0sL The […]
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Last week MSc student Callum Bühler presented his latest research at the Technical Group on Computer Simulation (TGCS) symposium of the International Society of Biomechanics. His talk entitled ‘Quantifying muscle forces and joint loading during hip exercises performed with and without an elastic resistance band’ can be watched online with the following link: www.youtube.com/watch. Co-authors: Willi […]
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On the 14.07.2021 Ass-Prof Dr Hans Kainz gave a keynote lecture for participants of the MedTec Summer Academy. His talk entitled ‘Computational simulations to improve clinical decision-making’ was received very well and led to fruitful discussion with the students. Amongst others, the work presented by Dr Kainz addressed the use of neuro-musculoskeletal models, multi-scale simulations […]
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”Torsion Tool: An automated tool for personalising femoral and tibial geometries in OpenSim musculoskeletal models” In cooperation with researcher from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (the Netherlands), KU Leuven (Belgium) and Griffith University (Australia), Dr. Kainz developed a tool to personalize bony geometries in musculoskeletal models. The paper is freely available with the following link https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110589
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Last year Ass-Prof Hans Kainz received the Clinical Biomechanics Award from the European Society of Biomechanics. The paper related to the award is now published and freely available with the following link https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105405 In this paper, Dr Kainz and colleagues used a multi-scale mechanobiological modelling approach to investigate reasons for typical and pathological femoral growth […]
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How much modeling details are needed for musculoskeletal simulations in children with cerebral palsy? Dr Kainz in collaboration with colleagues from KU Leuven (Belgium) compared generic-scaled with highly subject-specific models and showed how including/excluding personalized musculoskeletal geometry and motor control affect simulation results. The paper is freely available with the following link ttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105402
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Three abstracts from the Neuromechanics Research Group got accepted for presentations at the International Society of Biomechanics Conference. Two papers, one from PhD student Willi Koller and one from Ass-Prof Hans Kainz, are related to musculoskeletal modelling in children with cerebral palsy, whereas the paper from BSc student Lorenz Zweier focusses on motor control during […]
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“3D free-hand ultrasound to register anatomical landmarks at the pelvis and localize the hip joint center in lean and obese individuals“ FH-Prof Dr Brian Horsak and his team at the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences in collaboration with Ass-Prof Dr Hans Kainz showed how reliable you can estimate anatomical landmarks with 3D ultrasound in […]
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