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

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Energy flow in men’s javelin throw and its relationship to joint load and performance
Hans-Peter Köhler, Maren Witt
Lower-limb sagittal joint angles during gait can be predicted based on foot acceleration and angular velocity
Takuma Inai, Tomoya Takabayashi
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Repetition velocity as a measure of loading intensity in the free weight and Smith machine Bulgarian split squat
Kaifang Liao, Chao Bian, Zhili Chen, Zhihang Yuan, Chris Bishop, Mengyuan Han, Yongming Li, Yong Zheng
Development and validation of lumbar spine finite element model
Tomasz Wiczenbach, Lukasz Pachocki, Karol Daszkiewicz, Piotr Łuczkiewicz, Wojciech Witkowski

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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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Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics
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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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Biomechanics of lower limb in badminton lunge: a systematic scoping review
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Applications and limitations of current markerless motion capture methods for clinical gait biomechanics
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49 citations · 8,553 views · 1,711 downloads
Predicting continuous ground reaction forces from accelerometers during uphill and downhill running: a recurrent neural network solution
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22 citations · 4,557 views · 460 downloads
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