Read the two research articles at journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/... journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

This is a cool somewhat-recent study: rat tendons loaded cyclically to fatigue withstood more loading cycles before failure when loaded at faster strain rates: [1/4]

😃 In a new article published in J Biomech, Rose et al evaluates the impact of isolated restriction of ankle RoM on lower limb gait biomechanics in adults without ankle pathology, during treadmill walking at two different speeds 👀 buff.ly/IVJgbzh

Please repost. The School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan is seeking applications and nominations for our next Dean! Click the "leadership profile" link on the careers page below for full details. And Go Blue!

The Human Loco Lab had a blast at #ASB2025!

How do nulliparous women lift infants? Come talk to me at Poster 77 to find out! 4 pm - Ballroom B/C at #ASB2025 #Biomechanics

We’re bringing Longhorn research to #ASB2025! Check out the talks and posters from our amazing students and faculty in the UT Austin Department of Kinesiology and Health Education (see image for details) — come learn, connect, and cheer us on! 🤘🏾🧡 #Biomechanics

Calling all biomechanists: Come work with me at Texas Tech University! tinyurl.com/2uuu5jhw

Last publication from my dissertation out now (www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....) We increased foot arch spring stiffness in a simple, 2D computational model and examined rearfoot and non-rearfoot strike running. Increasing stiffness reduced arch energy storage/return in both, BUT... (1/2)

A book chapter we ( @hinksave.bsky.social ) wrote on Sarcomerogenesis and Function. books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...

First postdoc publication online today in the Journal of Applied Physiology (@apspublishing.bsky.social)! doi.org/10.1152/japp... We used fascicle dynamics, ankle kinetics, and EMG to estimate soleus metabolic cost across walking speeds and footwear stiffnesses. 1/3

We’re thrilled to announce the finalists for the🏅 Clinical Biomechanics Award and 🏆 Journal of Biomechanics Award! These awards recognize groundbreaking research in biomechanics. Congratulations to all the finalists! We can’t wait to celebrate your contributions at #ASB2025!

SARCOMERES divide! Mechanism how muscles grow while contracting - daughter sarcomeres appear everywhere. Seen live, registered on our cover. Pioneered by @clementrodier.bsky.social @friedrich-group.bsky.social Ian Estabrook @ibdm.bsky.social $ by @hfspo.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Wrapping the transverse foot arch improves running economy! doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

We are recruiting a Science Communication Fellow for the Integrative Movement Sciences Institute! You will work under the mentorship of Christian Hubicki @chubicki.bsky.social, IMSI Outreach Director to explore how science happens and how to communicate it. Further info: cims.uci.edu/sci-comm-fel...

BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity. This is a major win for public health.

Walking is a common form of human locomotion, but we rarely realize its connection to the brain unless it is disrupted. My research examines markers of walking and their associations with brain health. Check out our recent publication and write-up acsm.org/active-voice...

David Winter's observation of the "support moment" in human locomotion (sum of sagittal hip, knee, and ankle moments) is really well known but what's interesting/meaningful about it doesn't get discussed much. Winter DA (1980): doi.org/10.1016/0021... (1/3)

Thanks to the UNC Office of Research for featuring our work and our commitment to the community in such a remarkable way. Investing in academic research is investing in the health and vitality of people and communities. endeavors.unc.edu/science-in-e...

📢 🚨 Serial sarcomerogenesis does not contribute to the initial repeated bout effect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Latest work from the PowerLab Ethan & @hinksave.bsky.social

YES! Muscle Power Versus Strength as a Predictor of Mortality in Middle-Aged and Older Men and Women www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S002...

Our latest review is out now in @jphysiol.bsky.social The repair capacity spectrum of human skeletal muscle injury from sports to surgical trauma settings Great team effort 🙌 @grithhojfeldt.bsky.social, Christian Hoegsbjerg, Arvind von Keudell @ismcopenhagen.bsky.social doi.org/10.1113/JP28...

Tomorrow, the @amsocbiomech.bsky.social Student Committee will be hosting a webinar on “Biomechanics in Industry” with Melissa Boswell, Hannah O’Day, Kurt Beschorner, and Evan Dooley! Event starts at 4pm Eastern, email [email protected] for the Zoom Link.

A 10-Year Longitudinal Study of Muscle Morphology and Performance in Masters Sprinters onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Excited to share our work developing the 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿, named after the phoropter used by optometrists to dial in eyeglasses prescriptions. It's a passive prosthetic foot that enables rapid forefoot and hindfoot stiffness adjustment, emulating a wide range of feet. ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/doc...

😃 A new article published in J Biomech by Bolsterlee et al explores how the force-generating properties of animal muscles are scaled to human muscles, and for how the functional capacity of muscles is predicted from muscle architecture. 👀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #BiomechSky

Are you …Ready for It? In this Era of neurotechnology, we wrote this TIMEly review of the technological and biological failure modes of implanted neural interfaces and how to overcome these challenges, Swiftly published in Bioelectronic Medicine. PS I’m so proud of these figures. rdcu.be/eduek

This has been a long time in the making but I am absolutely delighted to share our latest paper published in @pnas.org where we use time-resolved X-ray diffraction to elucidate the regulatory roles of the thick and thin filaments during muscle relaxation #myoblue www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Labeling your axes and then explaining them slowly is perhaps the biggest bang for the buck you can get for making your slides more understandable.

The final piece of the puzzle for my PhD thesis, currently under review. We looked at the trajectory of age-related serial sarcomere loss across young (8 mo), middle-aged (20 mo), old (32 mo), and very old rats (36 mo) in 5 different muscles. A simple study but it provided a lot of cool insight!

Resiliency is hard to define and measure in research. Congrats to PhD student, Jack, and our collaborators @unomaha.bsky.social and @unmc.bsky.social for seeing this project through to the finish line. Access here: rdcu.be/ecyej

@jexpbiol.bsky.social Special Issue is now out... Integrating Biomechanics, Energetics and Ecology in Locomotion Was fun to be part of this paper led by Glen Lichtwark "Integrating muscle energetics into biomechanical models to understand variance in the cost of movement" tinyurl.com/2xvkwbra

Me to all of my students for any document they write: "Avoid abbreviations. This is really bad for the working memory of the reviewers and impairs readability"

Gerbils don't excel at any particular manoeuvre, but gerbils with long shins tend to be better jumpers while gerbils with long thighs are more manoeuvrable. They don't prioritise one manoeuvre at the expense of another 1/2🧵 @brown-ibes.bsky.social journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

As we get older walking gets more difficult because we push off more from the hip than the ankle & now @owen1beck.bsky.social & Negin Fallah show that swinging the leg from the hip is energetically expensive, which is why walking becomes more costly as we age journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...

How do the two arches in the foot influence progressive collapsing foot deformity? Lara Krüger & coauthors used CT imaging of donor cadaver feet under loading to answer this question. Read about their work in @orssociety.bsky.social 's Journal of Orthopaedic Research: https://buff.ly/40lMuwf #ORSSMC

Latest collaborative paper available now in the Journal of Applied Biomechanics: "The Effect of Shoe Insole Stiffness Modifications on Walking Performance in Older Adults: A Feasibility Study". So much more to come!! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39753120/

Torque-angle relationships of human toe flexor muscles highlight their capacity for propulsion in gait doi.org/10.1242/jeb.... @jexpbiol.bsky.social

Reduced ATP turnover during hibernation in relaxed skeletal muscle www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Running performance in Australopithecus afarensis: Current Biology www.cell.com/current-biol...

We just reposted our 2-year Research Scientist position at UNC Chapel HIll. Experience in Biplane Videoradiography for Orthopaedic Biomechanics? We want to talk to you! Spread the word! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/292...

😃New article published in J Biomech! "Joint-level contributions to reducing mechanical work during split-belt walking in older adults", by Johnson et al. 👀 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #journalofbiomechanics

At the single muscle fibre level, we found that aging amplifies shortening-induced residual force depression but does not change stretch-induced residual force enhancement. Check it out! 👇

🚨📢Paper alert! Real progress on identifying why residual force enhancement occurs in skeletal muscle! This was a study I dreamed about since grad school. Please share! 🔬💪🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The metabolic cost of producing joint moments is greater at the hip than the ankle @jexpbiol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1242/jeb....

Center of mass states render multi-joint torques throughout standing balance recovery journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.1... @kjakubowski.bsky.social @lenating.bsky.social