2026 June - 28 articles
Background/Objectives: Image-based finite element analysis (FEA) is increasingly used in dental biomechanics; however, its reliability is often limited by insufficient experimental benchmarking and a lack of standardized workflows. This study aimed t...
Background/Objectives: Accurate and accessible assessment of upper-limb motion is essential for rehabilitation research, ergonomic evaluation, human–machine interaction, and limb exercise. This work presents a comparative evaluation of upper-li...
Background: Walking a dog on-leash is a common activity for a large portion of our society. Many dogs consistently pull on the leash, which transmits potentially dangerous forces to the human body. The purpose of this in silico study was to determine...
Objective: To examine lower-body stretch–shortening cycle (SSC) indicators across chronological age categories and playing positions in elite male youth soccer players. Methods: In a cross-sectional design, 984 male players from Slovakia (U15&n...
Background/Objectives: Pickup acceleration refers to acceleration initiated from a non-static start and can be described as a function of Approach, Transition, and Pickup steps. Given the forward-leaning posture adopted during the Transition and Pick...
Background/Objectives: This study aimed to quantify the kinetic demands of multiple hops in series, movement tasks that are commonly used in strength and conditioning and physiotherapeutic practice. Focus was placed on comparing the demands of a quin...
Background/Objectives: Baseball pitching injuries associated with fatigue-induced mechanisms may be attributed to change in lower-body power. In this study, a stretch-resistant belt (theorized to increase intra-abdominal pressure) was studied to dete...
Background/Objectives: Maintaining an upright posture is a complex, adaptive neurophysiological process that relies on a set of stereotypical muscle synergies. Despite extensive research on postural control, the interaction between muscle dynamics an...
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare postural balance before (PRE) and 10 min after (POST) a warm-up sequence, under unmanipulated and manipulated sensory conditions using tendon vibration. Methods: Forty-three participants were divided i...
Background/Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare differences in positive lower limb joint work contributions during the concentric phase of the countermovement jump (CMJ) at various levels of perceived effort (PE). Methods: Twenty-four...
Background: Gait performance (spatiotemporal and kinetic parameters), physical function (range of motion [ROM] and muscle strength), quality of life (QOL), and other patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are interrelated in patients with hip oste...
Background: Trabecular-bone adaptation (TBA) continuously reshapes the trabecular-bone (TB) microstructure at the microscale in response to mechanical loading. While organ-scale adaptation has been extensively studied, the mechanisms governing the ev...
Background/Objectives: The A-Palp enables a calibrated anatomical systems technique (CAST) approach. Previous studies have demonstrated repeatability and concurrent validity for selected spinal curvature angles in patients with scoliosis. However, th...
Background/Objectives: Strain energy density-based algorithms are widely applied in modelling bone healing, yet their use under patient-specific geometry-based conditions remains underdeveloped. This study proposes a patient-specific geometry-based f...
Background/Objectives: Industry 5.0 emphasizes the protection and empowerment of human workers. Passive wearables reduce physical strain, but the evaluation of their efficacy remains incomplete when based solely on kinematics or electromyographic (EM...
Background: Standard clinical scales for pediatric and adolescent ataxia lack biomechanical granularity, limiting precision rehabilitation. This study aimed to identify compensatory gait phenotypes using unsupervised machine learning and establish a...
Background/Objectives: While restricted dorsiflexion range of motion (DF-ROM) is linked to deleterious sagittal and frontal plane knee and hip kinematics during landing, the literature is conflicted as to whether excessive foot pronation is linked to...
Background. Walking is a fundamental human activity, vital for daily living, social connection, employment, etc. Methods. In the current study, we present a mathematical model of it, based on the planar double pendulum system influenced by gravity. F...
Background: Ancient depictions of Pankration techniques have traditionally been interpreted through qualitative comparison with modern combat sports, without systematic biomechanical evaluation. The present study examines whether postural configurati...
Objective: To analyze the relationship between weekly accumulated external load and pre-match neuromuscular performance assessed through the countermovement jump (CMJ), in under-21 (U21) football players across 10 competitive microcycles. Methods: Si...
Background/Objectives: The Gait Variable Score (GVS) and Gait Abnormality Score (GAS) have been proposed as methods for quantitatively evaluating deviations from normal gait patterns. This study aimed to investigate whether the GVS or GAS is more use...
Background: Multibody models are essential for studying knee joint mechanics, but their reliability and subsequent clinical utility are limited by uncertainties in ligament and contact parameters. Currently, no consensus exists on which parameters to...
Background/Objectives: This paper investigates the application of radial basis function (RBF) interpolation to adapt the Toyota Human Model for Safety (THUMS) version 6 finite element (FE) models to diverse anthropometric profiles using ANSUR II data...
Background/Objectives: Biomechanical research in surfing provides important insights into performance optimization and injury prevention, but the evidence remains fragmented across multiple domains. Methods: This scoping review aimed to systematicall...
Objective: The effects of fatigue on swimming propulsion are unclear. This study examined upper-limb propulsive force and bilateral coordination during constant-speed front crawl performed until exhaustion. Methods: Twelve competitive swimmers comple...
Background: We assessed the effects of a 6-week, low-volume Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) intervention on hamstring flexibility, muscle mechanical properties and eccentric and isometric isokinetic knee flexion strength in recreationally active adul...
Background/Objectives: Traditional biomechanical models describe human locomotion as an articulated chain of rigid segments with constrained degrees of freedom, primarily focusing on kinematic descriptions of movement. While this approach facilitates...
Background/Objectives: The vibrotactile system, which is essential for guiding behavior in nocturnal rodents such as mice and rats, provides critical sensory input. To investigate the role of vibrotactile sensory inflow in neonatal locomotion, we use...
