Welcome to the Associate Professorship of Biomechanics in Sports
Fundamental principles of human movement and applied biomechanical research in the fields of (competitive) sports, rehabilitation, prevention and health.
Latest News
"Back to school physical education despite rheumatism.
Development and testing of a sport scientific-based physical education certification"
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"Thigh muscle segmentation of chemical shift encoding-based water-fat magnetic resonance images: The reference database MyoSegmenTUM"
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Seiberl, W., Jensen, E., Merker, J., Leitel, M., & Schwirtz, A.: "Accuracy and precision of loadsol® insole force-sensors for the quantification of ground reaction force-based biomechanical running parameters."
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Bolger, Conor M.; Bessone, Veronica; Federolf, Peter; Ettema, Gertjan; Sandbakk, Øyvind: "The influence of increased distal loading on metabolic cost, efficiency, and kinematics of roller ski skating"
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Reports from our research with respect to applied biomechanics in sports are available.
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Crossing fingers for Lutz Klausmann and Nico Messinger!
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Veronica Bessone, Johannes Petrat, Wolfgang Seiberl and Ansgar Schwirtz: "Analysis of Landing in Ski Jumping by Means of Inertial Sensors and Force Insoles"
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Denis works in the DFG funded research project on muscle function in stretch-shortening cycles. Good luck!
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