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Biomechanics at PeerJ

Biomechanics covers research into the analysis of movement in sport, to avoid injury and improve performance.

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Independent effects of mental fatigue and drop height on drop jump performance in American football athletes: an exploration of central-peripheral interaction
Zilong Wang, Ziqi Feng, Mengya Lu, Jing Sun, Tao Liu, Qiuxia Zhang, Xiangdong Wang
Core muscle endurance and psychosocial factors affecting functional mobility in chronic low back pain: cross-sectional results
Ravi Shankar Reddy, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Hani Hassan Alnakhli, Batool Abdulelah Alkhamis, Ghada Mohamed Koura, Debjani Mukherjee, Raee S. Alqhtani, Faisal M. Alyazedi, Amal Fahad Al Mukhid, Saeed Ahmed M. Alhudiry
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Pelvis-Trunk coordination strategies differ a cross preparatory court movement distances during the tennis forehand
Xiangwei Meng, Youngsuk Kim, Shuai Wang, Sukwon Kim, Ming Li
Hybrid contour and geometric partitioning for accurate plantar foot region segmentation
Shumei Zhang, Xi Liang, Minmin Wu, Weiming Gu

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Footfall patterns and stride parameters of Common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) on land
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Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics
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Changes in sprint performance and sagittal plane kinematics after heavy resisted sprint training in professional soccer players
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Predicting continuous ground reaction forces from accelerometers during uphill and downhill running: a recurrent neural network solution
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Pelvis-Trunk coordination strategies differ a cross preparatory court movement distances during the tennis forehand
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Lower limb joints’ contributions to ballet turnout during unipodal and bipodal jumps in fifth position in pre-professional dancers
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Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics
Logan Wade, Laurie Needham, Polly McGuigan, James Bilzon
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Healthcare applications of single camera markerless motion capture: a scoping review
Bradley Scott, Martin Seyres, Fraser Philp, Edward K. Chadwick, Dimitra Blana
60 citations · 7,390 views · 663 downloads
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