Biomechanics of Physical Exercise
A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomechanics and Sports Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 250
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I warmly invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on “Biomechanics of Physical Exercise” of Bioengineering. Physical exercise biomechanics explore the mechanics of the human body during the execution of physical exercises, and the interaction between the performer, their equipment, and the surrounding environment. Various exercise categories can be delineated, reflecting the purposeful nature of physical exercises, including exercises designed to restore, maintain, or enhance posture and movement awareness, breathing function, neuromotor control, body composition, flexibility, mobility, stability, cardiorespiratory performance, strength, muscular endurance, power, balance, coordination, speed, agility, and quickness.
Physical exercise biomechanics comprise an investigation into the following key aspects:
- Exercise kinematics, osteo-kinematics, and arthro-kinematics;
- External resistances, ground reactions, and other external forces acting on the body;
- Inertial forces arising from accelerations of body segments and exercise equipment;
- Internal joint torques and joint power;
- Muscle forces and muscle activation patterns;
- Joint reaction forces and their components along relevant anatomic directions;
- Forces acting on specific joint structures.
Insights gained from this information can be used to optimize injury prevention strategies, fitness and athletic programs, rehabilitation interventions, and equipment design. Notably, physical exercise biomechanics also contribute to enhancing athletic performance by improving movement efficiency, refining technique, and maximizing power output. To these purposes, robotics, artificial intelligence, weight-bearing dynamic RMN, and other advanced and innovative technologies are nowadays used in addition to experimental techniques and devices traditionally used in exercise biomechanics (such as motion capture systems, force plates, electromyography, modeling and computer simulations, wearable sensors and implanted sensors, and medical imaging). This Special Issue aims to comprise research studies, review papers, and technical notes providing deeper insights and applicative advances into all aspects of physical exercise biomechanics.
Dr. Andrea Biscarini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomechanics
- kinematics
- kinetics
- muscle activation
- joint loads
- proprioception
- postural control and balance
- neuromotor control
- human movement
- physical exercise
- athletic training
- athletic performance
- sport
- injury prevention
- rehabilitation
- exercise equipment
- equipment design
- ergonomics
- motion analysis
- force plates
- electromyography
- EMG
- musculoskeletal modelling
- simulation
- sensors
- imaging
- magnetic resonance
- MRI
- artificial intelligence
- robotics
- new technologies
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