SwaveSports·Jun 18“Modern tennis? More biomechanics than talent”In recent weeks, some famous personalities from the world of tennis have expressed their views on the new generation of athletes. In particular, Toni Nadal sent a clear message by exploiting the withdrawal of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Spanish coach, through the editorial published in the newspaper El Pais, has in…Tennis2 min read
Brad Roth·Jun 17LimpingIn Chapter 1 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology, Russ Hobbie and I discuss biomechanics. One of our most important examples is the force on the hip. The forces in the hip joint can be several times a person’s weight, and the use of a cane can be very…Biomechanics3 min read
Hossein Mokhtarzadeh·May 27Simple Arm model Building in Colab using OpenSim APIPardis, our explorer, learned how to perform scaling a generic model in OpenSim API using Colab. It was great since she saw the changes in the model from the size of the model. She then thought: well I can do this, but how the model was developed? I need to…Opencolab2 min read
Hossein Mokhtarzadeh·May 23Explore the OpenSim model in Explorer!In a previous article on medium, we learned our neuro-biomechanics expert and traveler got some human movement data from a colleague. Pardis is our traveler! Pardis managed to get some insights into the movement data and the forces that the subject was feeling i.e., Ground Reaction forces (GRF). Now that…Opensim2 min read
Brad Roth·May 20Using the Mechanical Bidomain Model to Analyze the Biomechanical Behavior of CardiomyocytesDuring the decade of 2010–2020, my research shifted from bioelectricity and biomagnetism to biomechanics and mechanotransduction. I took the bidomain model of cardiac electrophysiology— described in Chapter 7 of Intermediate Physics for Medicine and Biology — and adapted it to describe growth and remodeling in response to mechanical forces. In…Mechanotransduction2 min read
Carla Winsor·May 10Becoming a self-aware BiomechanistSometimes a job can yield insights into who we are I’m always surprised by those moments when someone assigns you a task and suddenly you see your skillset in a totally different way. In an effort to help direct my career path in high school I took several aptitude tests…Career Identity6 min read
Nate Deitz·Apr 15Chiropractic 101: Arcs of LifeLast week, I published an article on the basics of chiropractic. If you haven’t read it yet, I highly suggest that you go back and read Chiropractic 101: Adjusting Perceptions. We got into the meat and potatoes of what it means to get adjusted, and why getting adjusted is important…Chiropractic6 min read
Ya-Ling J. Liou, D.C.·Apr 83 Questions to Ask Yourself While WalkingI do a lot of thinking when I’m on my dog walks. If I happen to be preparing a talk, I’ll go over my talk in my mind, but more often than not, I’m thinking over clinical cases and especially the ones with lower back, hip, leg or foot issues…Walking5 min read
Ideas Lab·Feb 7Ideas Lab’s Product Evolution in 2022At the end of Q3'21 last year, a fascinating paper came out exploring the various dimensions surrounding athlete preparations for the 2022 Beijing Olympics —including nutrition, training, technology and data. A month later, an article out of the Beijing Institute of Technology explored the various ways 3D motion capture…Biomechanics7 min read
Biomedgrid llc·Jan 26Ligamentum Capitis Femoris A Pilot an Experimental Study | Biomedgrid llcAbstract — Ligamentum capitis femoris (syn. ligamentum teres, ligament of head of femur), connecting the acetabulum and the head of femur. This is one of the least studied anatomical elements of the human body. In order to clarify the functions of the ligamentum capitis femoris, external ligaments and abductor muscle group, we…Biomedgrid8 min read
