Frontiers in Sport and Exercise Science and Medicine: Musculoskeletal system function across the lifespan

This free seminar will focus on the biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system and more specifically some key biomechanical and physiological mechanisms of muscle-tendon and joint function that affect performance, control and coordination of movement as well as loading and the associated injuries. The seminar will have a particular focus on in vivo muscle-tendon biomechanics during growth in children to understand the effects of changing body dimensions on human movement efficiency and performance and the modelling of in vivo muscle-tendon and joint function to understand the loading in the musculoskeletal system and prevent injuries.

The seminar will be of interest for academics in muscle physiology and biomechanics, motor control and coordination, peadiatric exercise science, sports medicine and rehabilitation, as well as sport and exercise scientists and coaches with multidisciplinary interests working with young athletes.

09:30 Dr Thomas Korff and Dr Charlie Waugh, CSMHP, Brunel University

‘Muscle -Tendon mechanics and neuromotor control during childhood’

10:00 Dr Tom O'Brien, Bangor University

‘Musculoskeletal System Scaling: Is a child a scaled-down version of an adult?’

10:30 Prof Dieter Rosenbaum, Institute for Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Münster

‘The development of the child's foot: Longitudinal evaluation of foot loading patterns between one and ten years of age’

11:00 Prof Costis Maganaris, Liverpool John Moores University

‘Adaptations of human tendon to disuse’

11:30 Coffee Break

11:50 Prof Markus Heller, University of Southampton

‘Towards an understanding of musculoskeletal load-function relationships in injury and degenerative disease’

12:20 Dr Andrew Spence, Structure & Motion Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College

‘Neuromechanics and optogenetics: Dissecting the neural and musculoskeletal contributions to locomotor control’

12:50 Prof Bill Baltzopoulos, CSMHP, Brunel University

‘In-vivo biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system: The need for individualised approaches and Closing Remarks’

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