Understanding the internal mechanisms of the body during motion is crucial to find the balance between performance optimization and injury prevention. However, internal mechanisms of the body are impossible or impractical to measure in vivo.
With the AnyBody Modeling System, simulations of human movement can provide realistic and non-invasive means to gain insight into a wide range of internal body parameters as individual muscle forces, joint contact-forces and moments, metabolism, elastic energy in tendons and antagonistic muscle action. Import and analyze motion data captured with optical marker-based or inertial measurement unit based (IMU) motion capture systems (AnyBody for Motion Capture) and investigate sports biomechanics.
Examples:
- Sports biomechanics and kinesiology
- Estimation of muscle, ligament, and joint forces
- Prediction of ground reaction forces
- Optimize sports performance
- Understand internal mechanisms of the body during motion
- Movement analysis
- Injury risk assessment
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Selected papers:
- Enqvist J, Joakim Holmberg L, Andersen MS, Arndt A, (2025), “Ground reaction force asymmetry underestimates asymmetries in knee joint reaction forces during countermovement jumps”. J. Biomech., pp. 112834. [ DOI, WWW ]
- Xiaogang M, Bing S, (2025), “Visual presentation of simulated muscle activation colors promotes the coordination of complex motor skill learning”. J. Sports Sci., vol. 00, pp. 1-16. [ DOI, WWW ]
- Ye B, Liu G, He Z, Xu J, Pan H, Zhu H, (2024), “Biomechanical mechanisms of anterior cruciate ligament injury in the jerk dip phase of clean and jerk: A case study of an injury event captured on-site”. Heliyon, vol. 10, [ DOI, WWW ]
- Rubio JE, Tong J, Sundaramurthy A, Subramani AV, Kote VB, Baggaley M, Edwards WB, Reifman J, (2023), “Differences in running biomechanics between young, healthy men and women carrying external loads”. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, vol. 11, [ DOI, WWW ]
- David S, Potthast W, (2021), “Control strategies during fast turning manoeuvers – the free moment and its contribution to body rotation and joint loading”. J. Sports Sci., pp. 1-9. [ DOI, WWW ]
- Skals S, Jung MK, Damsgaard M, Andersen MS, (2017), “Prediction of ground reaction forces and moments during sports-related movements”. Multibody Syst. Dyn., vol. 39, pp. 175-195. [ DOI, WWW ]