Musculoskeletal Conditions, Movement Strategies, and Adaptive Biomechanics Across the Lifespan
A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2026 | Viewed by 19
Special Issue Editors
Interests: motion analysis; sports biomechanics; sports and injuries
2. OLab Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, China
Interests: sportswear R&D and innovation; sports science; foot and footwear biomechanics; gait biomechanics; running biomechanics; computational biomechanics and finite element modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Exercise, such as walking, running, and cycling, is a simple and effective way to improve cardiovascular fitness for people of all ages. Since the 21st century, an increasing number of individuals across the lifespan have become engaged in regular physical activity.
Individuals adopt movement strategies—coordinative and biomechanical patterns—that change with injuries, deformities, aging, sex/gender, and activity level. These strategy changes can reduce or increase joint loading, efficiency, and tissue stress, influencing symptoms, function, and future injury risk.
We invite research that clarifies how injuries, deformities, sex/gender, activity level, and age drive changes in movement strategies and the resulting biomechanical adaptations across the lifespan, and how these adaptations in turn influence musculoskeletal health.
Our goal is to inform about safer, more effective activities for all ages.
Dr. Guoxin Zhang
Dr. Jason Tak-Man Cheung
Dr. Gongcheng Xu
Guest Editors
Dr. Jia Yu
Dr. Chenxi Yan
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence in biomechanics
- biomechanical adaptations
- movement strategies
- musculoskeletal injuries
- sports science and health
- wearable technology in motion analysis
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