The research of the biomechanics group focuses on employing biomechanical principles to understand and improve movement performance in athletes, children, older people and clinical populations. We are particularly interested in the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system and the basic mechanisms of muscle-tendon and joint function during growth and development in children and young athletes and across the life-span.

Our work comprises both mechanistic and applied aspects. On a basic sciences level, we analyse the structure and function of muscles and tendons to understand the mechanisms underlying motor performance. For this purpose, we combine motion analysis and isokinetic dynamometry with electromyography and ultrasonography or other imaging techniques such as MRI to quantify the mechanical properties and in-vivo function of muscles and tendons.

On an applied level, we quantify and analyse the kinematics and kinetics of human movement with the goal of assessing and enhancing performance and preventing injuries in individual athletes, sports teams and clinical populations. For this purpose, we assess functional ability in clinical populations with neuromuscular or musculoskeletal pathologies and use specialist software to conduct performance analysis of sports teams or individual athletes and biomechanical modelling techniques to optimise sports performance and reduce musculoskeletal loading and prevent injuries.

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