Are you interested in the role of visual information in controlling gait stability? In this new paper from our group we exploited optic flow perturbations to study the relationship between gait stability and gait speed. First-authored by Chunchun Wu, read it open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.hu...

Placing the Dominant Foot Behind Reduces Postural Sway During Tandem Stance (Heel-to-Toe) Across Age Groups Published: doi.org/10.1123/mc.2... by Anthi Angelou, Ioannis Amiridis, Chrysostomos Sahinis, Zoi Tsampalaki, Konstantinos Salonikidis, Theodoros Kannas, vassilia Hatzitaki, and Roger M Enoka

Notes on the margin of stability has made it onto the @jbiomech.bsky.social top cited list 🎉 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Very rewarding to see so many people finding our work helpful! @tombuurke.bsky.social @carolincurtze.bsky.social

We had a great time hosting Janneke Schwaner from Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems at our department the past days. Thanks Janneke for your inspiring lecture on the neuromechanics of agile movements, interactive discussions on comparative biomechanics and showing us why tails are useful.

📢 NEW GLMS lecture! 📅 When: Wednesday 10 December 🕦 Time: 11.30-12.30 📍 Location: Boeringzaal, Antonius Deusinglaan 1 @UMCG 🖥️ Lecturer: Janneke Schwaner MS PhD 🚶 🧠 Title: (Neuro)mechanics of agile movements: an integrative comparative perspective 💡 www.rug.nl/hms

We are hiring!!! We, Montana State University-Bozeman, are accepting applications for a tenure-track faculty position with focus in Exercise Physiology! jobs.montana.edu/postings/48964

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀! In April we hosted the first NL musculoskeletal modeling consortium meeting at @umcgroningen.bsky.social. To take the next step, we are excited to invite you to a follow-up workshop at @utwente.bsky.social on 17 Oct. Sign-up: shorturl.at/WrN9a

Co-activation can be functional, to stabilize, or pathological, e.g. after stroke, but both are captured in one EMG recording. In our recent paper (first-author Ellis van Can) we isolate functional co-activation through a leg-swinging task in healthy adults. Open access: doi.org/10.1016/j.ga...

The CEDE website is now up and running. Designing an experiment using EMG? Then check out this website and try the decision support tool: cede.isek.org

Want to learn about spinal reflex modulation during locomotor adaptation? Come to my talk tomorrow at #ISB2025 and find me after to talk about spinal locomotor control. 🗓️ 31 July, 08:10 AM 📍Room C4 💡Session 12G - Locomotion (Motor Control)

As promised - our new post-doc position is now available!! Join our productive inter-institutional team at UNC-Chapel Hill in an ongoing NIH-funded project collaborating with friends at Utah (reporter.nih.gov/search/nC8k4...) Apply now (Active until filled!): unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/304...

Next week we will be at the Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Stockholm 🇸🇪 Helene, Roos, Tom (Vendrig), Alessio and I will share the most recent biomechanics research from @umcgroningen.bsky.social @hmsgroningen.bsky.social with the Biomech community. See you there! #ISB2025

New job vacancy! Joint PhD: Prevent Falls with Augmented Reality (FallAR) at Maastricht & Hasselt Universities vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric... with me, @melvynroerdink.bsky.social Pieter Meyns & @kennethmeijer.bsky.social @ispgr.bsky.social @worldfallssociety.bsky.social

Will you be at ISB or ASB in the coming weeks? Definitely come talk to me or someone from our group about a new Postdoc Position we are looking to fill asap in foot neuromechanics, aging, and gait. I'll post the official call for applications soon. Join us at UNC Chapel Hill! Reposts encouraged.

Next week we will be at the Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Stockholm 🇸🇪 Helene, Roos, Tom (Vendrig), Alessio and I will share the most recent biomechanics research from @umcgroningen.bsky.social @hmsgroningen.bsky.social with the Biomech community. See you there! #ISB2025

We had an amazing time organizing #DynamicWalking 2025 in Aachen. It was great to see how our interactive single-track approach, including daily social events, city tours, a panel, demo's and more, sparked discussion between new and old members of our community. See you next year!

The last of my four consecutive European conferences is beginning. Thank you @rai-maclean.bsky.social, Heike Valley, @tombuurke.bsky.social, and @klpoggensee.bsky.social for organizing #DynamicWalking 2025!

It's almost time for the most exciting conference of the year: #DynamicWalking 2025 is just around the corner! Next week we'll host biomechanists and roboticists to discuss legged locomotion, manipulation and behaviour in Aachen, Germany 🇩🇪🇳🇱 Hope to see you there! 🤖🚶‍♀️ www.dynamicwalking2025.org

Just out! Can we share data? We tested kinematic consistency across 3 treadmill-based gait labs. ➡️ Turns out, yes we can — with standardized protocols. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @kennethmeijer.bsky.social Lynn Bar-On Pieter Meyns Rachel Senden

Poster-day! I'm very excited to share our first results on split-belt gait adaptation in people with functional neurological movement disorders. Want to know more about FND or discuss why they adapt faster than healthy controls? Please come by my poster (P01-N-123) at #ISPGR2025 @ispgr.bsky.social

𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 Yesterday, six of my master's students defended their thesis in front of their peers, professors, clinicians, friends and family in the UMCG. A short summary by a very proud supervisor can be found on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Applied Aspects of Contemporary Motor Control Theories: A Natural Science Perspective Published ahead of print: doi.org/10.1123/mc.2025-0004 by Mark L. Latash

Toe Grip Functionality as a Prerequisite of Vertical Jumping Skills in Children: A Longitudinal Study of Preschool Motor Development Published ahead of print: doi.org/10.1123/mc.2023-0155 by Aileen Kotzsch, Andy Papke, Angela Heine

🚨𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝🚨 📣𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬! 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞: forms.gle/9NuW3R8MnT4w... 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: June 13, 2025 To submit a late-breaking abstract, please prepare a 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 of up to 𝟐𝟎𝟎 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬. Late-breaking abstracts, once accepted, will be presented as posters at the conference.

In case you have not yet submitted a contribution to Dynamic Walking 2025 but would like to: The deadline has been extended to May 7th. 📢📢 The international robotics and biomechanics conference on legged locomotion is in Aachen, July 14-17 2025, as a cross-border event. forms.gle/qXrpTdhstGPj...

We're here! Ready to connect with readers, authors, reviewers, editors and others interested in Motor Control. Follow us to stay up-to-date and read our updates on new publications, editorial insights, classic papers in Motor Control and upcoming issues. journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal...

📢📢 Abstract submission extended 📢📢 The new deadline for your abstract submission is the 30th of April ‼️ All you need to do is submit your 1-minute video on what you'd talk about using this link: forms.gle/rk9GGtwDCPtN... Dynamic Walking 2025 is in Aachen, Germany on the 14th - 17th of July. 🦿🦵

Two weeks left to submit your abstract and attend the conference you want and need this summer.🌞 Interpretative robotic disco, kangaroo tango or waltz with an exo, we look forward to receiving your video abstract! (Non-creative videos are also allowed, yet not encouraged) dynamicwalking2025.org

Only two weeks left to submit your video abstract for Dynamic Walking!🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️ Are you planning something creative for your video? How likely do you think it is that someone will use the medium of interpretive dance? 💃🕺 Submission portal and details: dynamicwalking2025.org

Yesterday, we hosted the first Dutch Consortium on Musculoskeletal Modeling for Clinical Rehabilitation at @umcgroningen.bsky.social. Thanks to @irfanrefai.bsky.social, Massimo Sartori and Han Houdijk for co-hosting and big thanks to all presenters and attendees for their contributions. More soon!

It's what you've all been waiting and hoping for; the deets on Dynamic Walking 2025! 🚶🎉 The when: July 14th - 17th The Where: Aachen (Germany, but bordering the Netherlands) The submission process: dynamicwalking2025.org The deadline: April 25th 🚶‍♀️Hope to see you soon <3 🚶

Coming soon... 🤫 @dynamicwalking25.bsky.social

We're hiring! The University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) welcomes a talented researcher for the position of Assistant Professor to become part of our expertise network on lifestyle and prevention to connect the domains of human movement, nutrition and mental health. shorturl.at/ZARLG

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"

Narrow-based gait in people with Parkinson's disease: Its mechanisms explored. This paper concludes our series of three, led by Jorik Nonnekes and colleagues @radboudumc.bsky.social on narrow-based gait in people with PD. Open-access here, thread below: doi.org/10.1177/1877718X241313333 1/7

Today I gave my expert opinion in Flemish newspaper De Standaard on why humans swing their arms during walking. A question that seems to pop-up in our field every now and then. What do you think, do we understand the why and how of arm swing well enough? www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20240...

I am recruiting two PhD students to work on proprioception in an FWO funded project: www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #sensorimotor Spread the word

'Notes on the margin of stability' with Carolin Curtze and @chrismccrum.bsky.social is now published #OpenAccess (accepted version) in Journal of Biomechanics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #BiomechSky

📜Preprint alert🚨 I'm proud to share the new preprint by the talented Ellis Van Can, Han Houdijk and me: Quadriceps-hamstrings muscle co-activation during the swing phase of walking is modulated by task constraints in healthy adults doi.org/10.1101/2024... @biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social

International Women in Biomechanics Festive Quiz TODAY at 5pm GMT (12pm New York, 4am Sat Sydney). Six rounds including biomechanics emoji's, music intro round, animal biomechanics and more! All members and allies welcome - let me know if you'd like the Zoom link

Saturday at ESMAC 2023 I will present our novel approach to identify neural constraints in muscle coordination during walking after stroke. Interested? Come to the session or reach out to chat. ⏲️11:10 AM, Adult neurology 📌Olympia Hall at ESMAC 2023 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I desperately need an 'unclear' function in MATLAB. Waiting for my analysis to run again...⌛

Assistant Professor job- Comparative Biomechanics - Integrative Biology Department: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04087

Hello #BiomechSky I'm an assistant professor in clinical movement sciences, focused on human walking in healthy and clinical populations (mainly stroke & PD) using experiments and simulations. Today's to-do: Make ppt on post-stroke selective motor control for the ESMAC conference.