New Trends in the Biomechanical Assessment of Posture and Gait
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1017
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomechanics; motion analysis; robotics; mechatronics; human–machine interaction
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Interests: robotics; mechatronics; industrial automation; fluid power transmissions; biomechanics; biomedical engineering
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, the systematic assessment of biomechanical performance is feasible and widely accepted thanks to the recent improvements in technologies for human motion analysis. The availability of systems and techniques aimed at providing quantitative and objective information about human motion has enabled an increasing number of observations with potential use in several scenarios, such as academic research, sport engineering and, ultimately, clinical environments. In addition, experimental trials can be supported by analytical or numerical modeling of the musculoskeletal system, which can potentially lead to in-depth biomechanical analyses that are not feasible in a practical scenario. The aim of this Special Issue is to present an overview of the latest advances in the biomechanical assessment of fundamental motion tasks such as posture and gait. In particular, the evaluation of posture control is of interest since the ability of a human being to maintain balance is critical to avoid or reduce the risk of falls, which still represent a relevant source of injury and death, especially in elderly people. An evaluation of gait biomechanics, on the other hand, is fundamental in many applications, such as during follow-up of patients that suffered an injury or underwent a treatment, or in R&D environments to test devices (prosthetics, orthotics, exoskeletons, wearables) that interact with the human body. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: the development of new techniques for the evaluation of posture in static and dynamic trials; new methods for gait analysis based on wearable sensors; approaches for biomechanical analyses in outdoor or harsh environments; low-cost systems for the biomechanical assessment of motion tasks; modeling of balance control system; parametric and non-parametric identification of musculoskeletal models for gait and posture analysis.
Dr. Carlo De Benedictis
Prof. Carlo Ferraresi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomechanics
- gait
- posture
- balance
- motion
- musculoskeletal modeling
