Biomechanics Seminars on Video

Enjoy the Human Performance Lab's weekly seminar series.

Check out the recordings from the weekly biomechanics presentations that run between September and June each year. Want to attend a seminar? See who is speaking next week, or join to receive a reminder email.

Kelsey Lucas, PhD, Heather Jamniczky, PhD, Sara Perry and Duncan Kennedy of Biological Sciences

The use of biomechanics and ecology to understand fish distributions and evolution

Danielle Whittier

Investigating the complexities of bone adaptation during fracture healing using high resolution in vivo imaging

Nada Abughazaleh, PhD Candidate

Evaluating Shoulder and knee joints OA degeneration in Female Sprague Dawley rats

Julie Walton, MSc Candidate

Muscle-Tendon unit properties Stretch-Shorten Cycle Function and in Active Early Post Menopausal Females

Ellen Koch, PhD

In Vivo neuroimaging and motor kinematics in a mouse model of Huntington disease

Taylor Bader, PhD Candidate

Can differences in mechanics of degenerative spondylolisthesis and degenerative scoliosis IVD's be explained by altered matrix degradation?

Faizan Syed, MSc Candidate

The impact of collagenase on the passive and active properties of muscles in children with cerebral palsy.

Monica Russell, MSc

Accuracy and individual variability of peripheral oxygen saturation measurements with Polar Elixir

Bill Wanner, PhD

Footwear and sport surface research

Zoe Chan, PhD

Association between hoof asymmetry and movement asymmetry in racing thoroughbreds

Paolo Dominelli, PhD

Integrative exercise physiology, asking questions and building tools.

Ron Zernicke, PhD

Biomechanics of Human Performance, Musculoskeletal Adaption and Injury.

Patrick Milner, MSc Candidate

The Effects of Aft Shoes on Metatarsal Stress: A Finite Element Approach

Matt Jordan, PhD

The Neuromechanics of the Stretch-Shortening Cycle: Strength Diagnostics, Monitoring, and Return-to-Play

Chris Tiessen, BSc Candidate

Molten State Immunoglobulin Domain Mechanics in Titin

Tim R Leonard, PhD

Research Highlights 1988-2024

Brittany Davis, PhD Candidate

The effects of stereotypic behaviours on race horse biomechanics and nutritional requirements.

Shahab Alizadeh, PhD

The (in)effectiveness of foam rolling.

Zach Barrons, PhD Candidate

Midsole thickness: Does size matter?

Olivia Bruce, PhD Candidate

Tibial-fibular morphology variations associated with elevated bone strain and sex disparities.

Reyna Crawford, MSc Candidate

The Influence of Lateral Wedged Insoles on the Performance of Basketball-Specific Movements.

Nada Abu Ghazaleh, PhD Candidate

Evaluating the metabolic changes in female Sprague Dawley rats in an obesity-induced model of metabolic OA.

Seong-won Han, PhD

Contribution of Titin to Passive Force in Single Myofibrils.

Tim Hoenig, MD

How much loading can a bone withstand for how long?

Matt Jordan, PhD

Secondary and tertiary ACL injury prevention.

Hilkka Kontro, PhD Candidate

Sex differences in hematological variables in males and females matched for aerobic fitness.

Andrew Koshyk, PhD Candidate

Influence of Microarchitecture on the Mechanical Fatigue Behaviour of Equine Subchondral Bone.

Shuyue Liu, PhD Candidate

Are cross-bridges essential for residual force enhancement?

Kati Pasanen, PhD

Prevention of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries in Female Athletes.

Koren Roach, PhD

Developing advanced statistical techniques to predict osteoarthritis and characterize osteoarthritis progression.

Wolfgang Schoellhorn, PhD

Repetition hinders effective learning - Practical consequences of individual and situated movement patterns.

Ryan Schroeder, PhD

Humans minimize time and energy during a locomotor pursuit task.

Michael Slawinski, PhD

Power for the hour: Mathematical modelling of performance on velodromes. Power for the hour: Mathematical modelling of performance on velodromes.

Ashna Subramanium, PhD Candidate

The Teeter-Totter Effect: A Possible Explanation of the Performance Benefits Provided by Advanced Footwear Technology Shoes.

Joint Student Research Presentation

Chris Tiessen - Tracking immunofluorescent sarcomeres: Can we finally explain residual force enhancement?

Latif Omerkhil - Investigating active force in muscle fibres from children with cerebral palsy.

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Tim van der Zee, PhD Candidate

The missing piece in models of muscle force development.

Bryan Yu, MSc

In vivo vastus lateralis fascicle excursion during speed skating imitation.

Kenzie Friesen, PhD

From the field to the lab and back to the field: How my passion for sport has led to my research in sports injury prevention.

Charlotte Apps, PhD

The effect of in-shoe friction on foot sliding and change direction performance in team sports players.

Armaan Sekhon, Msc Candidate

Immunofluorescent Labelling in Sarcomeres.

Laura Crack, PhD Candidate

Bone loss and fracture risk following spinal cord injury: Patient priorities and treatment options.

Meghan Critchley, PhD

Informing Injury Prevention in Youth Dancers

Vahid Zare, PhD Candidate

Force enhancement as a remodeling phenomenon

Mauricio Delgado, PhD Candidate

Can inherent aerobic capacity protect the musculoskeletal system in a diet-induced obesity model?

Baaba Otoo, PhD Candidate

Dynamic properties of chondrocytes

Darren Stefanyshyn, PhD

Retirement

Reza Kakavand, PhD Candidate

Enhancing the efficiency of subject-specific knee joint biomechanical simulations with applications to osteoarthritis (OA)

Jalal Aboodarda, PhD

Non-local fatigue and muscle pain modulate exercise performance.

Don Anderson, PhD, Killam visiting scholar

A computational modeling framework to assess the effects of carbon fiber bracing on ankle joint function and contact mechanics.

John Bertram, PhD

Jillian Beveridge, PhD

The Impact of ACL Function on Knee Biomechanics and PTOA Risk.

Emily Bishop, PhD

Tri-compartment offloading: A biomechanical evaluation of the Spring Loaded knee brace.

Kirsten Bott, PhD

Exploring the effects of chronic inflammation on bone: a journey.

Joel Burma, PhD Candidate

Comprehensively understanding cerebrovascular regulation through a multimodal imaging protocol with the goal to increase female representation in physiological research.

Elizabeth Condliffe, PhD

Robotic gait trainers for people who cannot walk.

Kevin Dibbern, PhD

Evaluating Foot and Ankle Conditions under Load: Automatable 3D Assessments of Weightbearing CT Data.

Robert Griffiths, PhD

How does the mammalian diaphragm work?

Ifaz Haider, PhD

Influence of antiresorptive drugs on bone strength, fatigue life, density and microarchitecture: Implications for typical and atypical fractures.

Fabian Hoitz, PhD Candidate

Layer-wise relevance propagation for running biomechanics.

Fabian Horst, PhD

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in Biomechanics: Insights into Machine Learning Models for Gait Analysis.

Matt Jordan, PhD

Forecasting Recovery After ACL Injury: The When AMM I Ready Project.

Venus Jouma, PhD

Force Production in Skeletal Muscle: Do We Know the Whole Story?

Michael Kuczynski, PhD Candidate

The use of static and dynamic CT imaging to better understand the structure-function relationship in hand osteoarthritis.

Gregor Kuntze, PhD

Cerebral palsy gait biomechanics: Everything but the kitchen sink.

Meng Li, PhD Candidate

The nature of sarcomere length non-uniformity in skeletal muscles.

Tao Liu, PhD

Design of universal talus implants for total talus replacement.

Kelsey Lucas, PhD

Fish swimming biomechanics: revisiting surface pressures and thrust generation during carangiform locomotion.

Eng Moo, PhD

How collagen fibrous network determine the damaging effects of tissue cracks?

Thilo Pfau, PhD

Applied Equine Locomotor Biomechanics: Insights from Assessing Upper Body Movement.

Andy Pohl, PhD Candidate

Applying Bayesian inference to common problems in Biomechanics.

Stephanie Ross, PhD

Combining experiments and modelling to understand skeletal muscle mechanics in health and disease.

Reza Rouhi, PhD

A Critical Review on Some Bone Remodeling and Resorption Theories, and Their Applications in Orthopaedy and Dentistry.

Dr. Scott Sibole, PhD

Towards Understanding the multiscale mechanics of articular cartilage.

Hannah Smith, MSc Candidate

The effect of nutrition on musculoskeletal health: A diet-induced obesity model.

Robin Trama, PhD

Soft tissue vibrations: Toward the estimation of muscle vibrations based on ultrafast ultrasound and artificial intelligence.

Karen Troy, PhD

Using imaging and models to answer clinical questions about skeletal health, injury, and adaptation.

Tadiwa Waungana, MSc.

Imaging characteristics of a weigh-bearing, cone-beam CT system.

Derek Wolf, PhD

Achieving Reaching with Functional Electrical Stimulation.

Jackie Zehr, PhD Candidate

Compression Induced Changes to Spinal Joint and Endplate Mechanics.

Matt Zukowski, MSc Candidate

Assessing speed skating sprint performance: the need for specificity.

Research Revealed Undergraduate Forum 2022

Videos from Undergraduate Forum for Kinesiology, Exercise, Sociocultural, and Sport Sciences March 24, 2022.

Kevin Boldt, PhD

Exercise and obesity: Running away with your heart.

Fransiska Bossuyt, PhD

Muscle and tendon function in freely moving animal systems.

Olivia Bruce, PhD Candidate

Statistical shape modelling: Estimating participant-specific tibia and fibula geometry from anatomical landmarks.

Ruoqi Deng, PhD Candidate

Statistical shape modelling of the knee: follow-up research and plan of a poromechanical model of the knee joint.

Brent Edwards, PhD

Predicting the mechanical fatigue behavior of bone and bones.

Mike Esposito, PhD Candidate

Effects of midsole cushioning stiffness on Achilles tendon stretch during running.

Salvatore Federico, PhD

Biomechanicist by Chance: an Adventure in Continuum Biomechanics.

Nada Abu Ghazaleh, PhD Candidate

The Effect of Oligofructose Fibre Supplementation on knee OA Progression in Obese Rats.

Ifaz Haider, PhD

Mechanical fatigue of whole rabbit tibiae under combined compression-torsional loading is better explained by strained volume than peak strain magnitude.

Seong-won Han, PhD

Residual force depression in cardiac myofibrils.

Fabian Hoitz, PhD Candidate

Individuality decoded by gait.

Natalie Holt, PhD

Dynamic and comparative aspects of the force-length relationship in striated muscle.

Eric Honert, PhD

Biomechanics of long-duration running and performance footwear.

Venus Joumaa, PhD

X-ray diffraction patterns of skeletal muscle: A peek at the structure of sarcomeres after active stretch and shortening.

Arash Khassetara, PhD Candidate

Effects of prolonged downhill running on tibial strains: a finite element analysis

Nikolas Knowles, PhD

Digital volume correlation in bone research.

Michael Kuczynski, PhD Candidate

Reproducibility of joint angle measurements from dynamic CT scans of the trapeziometacarpal joint.

Drew Lawson, MSc Candidate

Lower extremity strength capacity and landing strategy in ACL-reconstructed athletes.

Koen Lemaire, PhD

Soft tissue work in human locomotion: Quantitative test and theoretical underpinnings.

Rick Lieber, PhD (Northwestern University)

Intraoperative and laboratory studies of human muscle contractures.

Baaba Otoo, PhD Candidate

Real-time chondrocyte volumetric strain changes during the unloading phase of dynamic loading.

Don Peterson

Towards lifestyle and health risk management in sarcopenia.

Hansol X. Ryu, PhD Candidate

Fishy locomotion - Central pattern generator, state estimator and swimming robot.

Gregory S. Sawicki, PhD, (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Looking under the skin to understand human-exoskeleton interaction during locomotion.

Ryan Schroeder, PhD

Passive loss and active cost in the spring-mass model of running.

Anupriya Singh, PhD Candidate

Biosensor for detection of biomarkers of osteoarthritis.

Ainsley Smith, MSc Candidate

Validation and applications of computed tomography internal calibration for muscle density analysis.

Ashna Subramanium (MSc Candidate)

Effects of Shoe Upper Construction on Lateral Shuffle Movements.

Jos Vanrenterghem, PhD (KU Leuven, Belgium)

Mechanotherapy: turning movement into medicine.

Danielle Whittier, PhD Candidate

When will you fracture? An investigation into predictive fracture modelling using machine learning and advanced medical imaging.

Bryan Yu, MSc Candidate

Vastus Lateralis Force-Length Relationship in Trained Speed Skaters & Operational Fascicle Length During the Turn Cable Exercise.

Michael Baggaley, PhD Candidate

Internal Tibia Moments During Graded Running.

Anja-Verena Behling, PhD candidate

Footloose – An attempt to understand foot movement.

Fransiska Bossuyt, PhD

Effect of fatiguing wheelchair propulsion on risk factors for shoulder pain in persons with spinal cord injury.

Sasa Cigoja, PhD candidate

Shoe bending stiffness and muscle-tendon unit function in running.

Elena Di Martino, PhD

Markers of wall vulnerability in aortic aneurysms.

Colin Firminger, PhD candidate

Effects of cyclic loading on the mechanical properties and failure of human patellar tendon.

Kotaybah Hashlamoun, PhD candidate

On the permeability and diffusivity of articular cartilage.

Matt Jordan, PhD

Monitoring the Return to Sport Transition After ACL Injury: Case Study to Prospective Study.

Arash Khassetarash, PhD candidate

Neuromuscular, biomechanical and energetics adjustments following repeated bouts of downhill running.

Gregor Kuntze, PhD

Pediatric rehabilitation: Secondary consequences of juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Art Kuo, PhD

A talk about upper extremity reaching and the energetics of locomotion.

Austyn R. Matheson, PhD candidate

rhPRG4 optimized collagen-based scaffolds for cartilage repair.

Emily Matijevich, PhD candidate

Obstacles and Opportunities for Monitoring Overuse Injury Risk with Wearables.

Ross Miller, PhD

Joint loading: friend or foe?

Eng Kuan Moo, PhD

Sacromere length non-uniformity in single myofibrils and entire muscles.

Nathaniel Morris, MSc

Neuromuscular Deficits Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstructive with Hamstring Autograft.

Delyle T. Polet, PhD

Energetically optimal quadrupedal locomotion.

Running costs revealed through reduced gravity.

Pratham Singh, MSc

Determining Speed and Stride Length Using a Local Positioning System.

Paris Vakiel, PhD

Correlations between changes in stress on the surface of articular cartilage.

Tim J. van der Zee, PhD candidate

High energetic cost of rapid force development.

Sasa Cigoja

Effects of midsole bending stiffness of sport shoes on lower limb biomechanics.

Christian Clermont

Making sense of sensor data for runners.

Trevor Day, PhD

Cerebral blood flow regulation during incremental ascent to high altitude: effects of superimposed hypoxia and hypocapnia.

Colin Firminger

Effects of different clamping techniques on patellar tendon fatigue testing.

Lindsay Gorrell

Electromyographic responses associated with spinal manipulation.

Seong-won Han

Residual Force Enhancement in Cardiac Myofibrils.

Fabian Hoitz

Generic and Specific Characteristics of Healthy Human Gait.

Eric Honert, PhD

Ankle and foot biomechanics during human walking.

Roman Krawetz, PhD

The role of cell cycle activation in endogenous cartilage regeneration.

Art Kuo, PhD

Much ado about induced accelerations.

Brian MacIntosh, PhD

Reflects on his career as a researcher in exercise physiology in the Faculty of Kinesiology post-retirement.

Sabina Manz

Running pattern recognition in a comfortable and uncomfortable shoe condition.

David Montero, PhD

Aerobic capacity in humans: importance of central and peripheral adaptations.

Mike Monument, PhD

Mouse models of sarcoma and immunotherapy applications.

Eng Kuan Moo, PhD

In situ Imaging of sarcomeres in skeletal muscle: using morphometry to derive biomechanics.

Kati Pasanen, PT, PhD

Prevention of lower extremity injuries in youth team sports.

Louis Passfield, PhD

The effect of 2-h cycling and recovery on efficiency and isokinetic peak power.

Delyle Polet

The mechanical logic of quadrupedal gait.

Jaqueline Lourdes Rios, PhD

Exercise and dietary interventions in a rat model of metabolic knee osteoarthritis.

Justin Tse, PhD

Analysis of subchondral bone and microvessels using a novel vascular perfusion contrast agent and optimized dual-energy computed tomography.

Kristy Arbogast, PhD

Pediatric Injury Prevention, Biomechanics, Road Traffic Injuries and Concussion.

Jeff Biernaskie, PhD

Understanding mesenchymal stem/progenitor cell biology in adult skin and their contributions to wound healing.

Olivia Bruce

Towards the Real-time Monitoring of Achilles Tendon Strain in Basketball Players.

Benjamin Dourthe, PhD

Osteoarthritis of the thumb joint: Occurrence mechanism and understanding via medical imaging and computer modelling techniques.

Salvatore Federico, PhD

Biomechanicist by Chance: an Adventure in Continuum Biomechanics.

Atsuki Fukutani, PhD

Does Residual Force Enhancement Contribute to Stretch-shortening Cycle?

Sean Gallagher, PhD

Musculoskeletal Injury as a Fatigue Failure Process.

Walter Herzog, PhD

Reflections on Muscle: intuition, Truth, Serendipity and Paradigms.

Dr. Andrew Huxley: Special Lecture

The 1999 ISB (International Society for Biomechanics) Wartenweiler Memorial Lecture.

Adrienne Kline, PhD

Multi-Modal imaging of the brain's functional Connections during lower limb locomotion: towards the development of brain-computer interfaces.

Renata Kruger

Isometric Assessment of Neuromuscular Fatigue: One Side of the Coin.

Danilo Lennatta

The Behaviour of the NIRS-derived Oxygen Extraction Signal at the Limit of Exercise Tolerance.

Lindsay Loundagin

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Determinants of Mechanical Fatigue in Bone.

Graham MacDonald

Childhood obesity: what is the issue with adipose tissue.

Jessica McNeil, PhD

Metabolic adaptations following weight loss: An evolutionary success story

Hansol Ryu

Do animals need an internal clock to generate cyclic movements.

Ian Smith, PhD

Tales of Mice and Men ... and Some Frogs: Are There Differences in the Way Our Muscles Relax?

Rogerio Soares

The Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to Measure Microvascular Function.

Billy Sperlich, PhD

High Intensity Interval Training: Benefits, Drawbacks and Future Application.

Daniel Ura, PhD

Friction in Tennis: Understand Shoe-Surface Interaction.

Marco Vaz, PhD

Electrical stimulation for neuromuscular testing and training.

Saied Jalal Aboodarda, PhD

The Effect of Fatiguing Exercise in One Limb on the Neuromuscular Function of the Contralateral Limb.

Michael Baggaley

Altering Lower Extremity Loading Through Step Length Manipulation.

John Bertram, PhD

The Converse Effects of Speed and Gravity on Walking and Running: The Energetics Explained.

Anthony Blazevich, PhD

How to Build A Human: Using Exercise To Engineer Muscle-tendon Units.

Tomasz Bugajski

Bracing of Pectus Carinatum: A quantitative analysis.

Osman Darici

Uneven Terrain Human Walking.

Matt Jordan, PhD

Asymmetries in ACL Reconstructed Elite Ski Racers.

Amanda Chen

Investigation the effect of proteoglycan 4 on the kinetic coefficient of friction of commercial contact lenses.

John Holash, PhD

Modelling Calcium Diffusion in Three-dimensional Sarcomere.

Jaqueline Rios

Exercise And Dietary Intervention in a Rat Model of Metabolic Osteoarthritis.

Vinzenz von Tscharner, PhD

Insight Into Neuro-motor Control Obtained by Electromyography (farewell lecture).

Ricky Watari

Evidence Informed Methods for Predicting Rehabilitation outcomes in Patellofemoral Pain.

James Wrightson, PhD

The Cognitive Control of Gait: An Examination of The Dual-process Account.

Yasir Al-Saffar

Breaking down the mechanics of cracked cartilage.

Tim Butterfield, PhD

Developing a rodent model of laryngeal exercise.

Brian MacIntosh, PhD

A fresh look at the slow component of oxygen uptake.

Dr. Willem Meeuwisse, MD, MPE, PhD, CCFP(SEM), Dip Sport Med

Sport Injury Prevention: A Career Reflection.

Jerry Pollack, PhD

Contractile Mechanism.

Vinzenz von Tscharner, PhD

EMG quo vadis?

For seminar information or to be a presenter, contact michael.baggaley1@ucalgary.ca or stephanie.ross1@ucalgary.ca.

Biomechanics Seminars on Video

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Taylor Bader, PhD Candidate

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Tim Hoenig, MD

Matt Jordan, PhD

Hilkka Kontro, PhD Candidate

Andrew Koshyk, PhD Candidate

Shuyue Liu, PhD Candidate

Kati Pasanen, PhD

Koren Roach, PhD

Wolfgang Schoellhorn, PhD

Ryan Schroeder, PhD

Michael Slawinski, PhD

Ashna Subramanium, PhD Candidate

Joint Student Research Presentation

Tim van der Zee, PhD Candidate

Bryan Yu, MSc

Kenzie Friesen, PhD

Charlotte Apps, PhD

Armaan Sekhon, Msc Candidate

Laura Crack, PhD Candidate

Meghan Critchley, PhD

Vahid Zare, PhD Candidate

Mauricio Delgado, PhD Candidate

Baaba Otoo, PhD Candidate

Darren Stefanyshyn, PhD

Reza Kakavand, PhD Candidate

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