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June 2025

 

  • President's Blog 

    Here you’ll find the outcomes of the ISB Council Elections, some updates on the approaching congress, and an update about our strategic plan... [read more]

  • Student's Corner

    • Student Representative Update: we are happy to provide two social activities for students during ISB 2025... [read more] 
    • We would also like to take this oportunity to congratulate all of the recipients of the 2025 ISB Congress Travel Grant award...[read more] 

  • Biomechanics Through Time

    In 2002, Vladimir Zatsiorsky described the torturous and frustrating process of trying to get his work published.... [read more]

  • ISB Election Results

    We are pleased to announce the results of the recent ISB Council elections for the 2025–2027 term...[read more]

  • ISB 2025 Is Around the Corner!

    The XXX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Stockholm is now less than two months away! So far, 1500 international delegates have registered, making this one of the most attended ISB congresses in history...[read more]

     

    Advancig Women in Biomechanics: in 2025 we are excited to provide two opportunities aimed at advancing women in the field of biomechanics....[read more]

     

    We are seeking sponsors for impactful initiatives at ISB 2025 in Stockolm....[read more]

     

  • ISB 2025 Awards 

Update

    • The International Society of Biomechanics received an outstanding number of applications for this year's conference awards — over 600 in total —reflecting the incredible breadth and quality of work across our biomechanics community.... [read more]   

  • Technical Group News

Comparative Neuromuscular Biomechanics Technical Group  

    • We are excited to welcome more than 70 scientists, including two keynote speakers and 17 invited presenters from 10 different countries.... [read more] 

Technical Group on Computer Simulation

    • The Technical Group in Computer Simulation (TGCS) is organizing the 20th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics, to be held in Uppsala, Sweden, from July 23rd to 25th... [read more]  

Footwear Biomechanics Group 

    • The 17th Biennial Footwear Biomechanics Symposium (FBS) received an impressive 166 abstract submissions... [read more]  

  • Affiliated Societies

International Women in Biomechanics

    • Join the International Women in Biomechanics community for a fun and welcoming social at ISB 2025!... [read more] 

  • Around the World

South America Representative

    • Biomechanics continues to flourish in South America, driven by international collaborations, regional initiatives, and the dedication of researchers committed to advancing education and research.... [read more] 

Share your updates

    • You can send your updates directly to your regional representative or connect with any council member to ensure your news is shared with our community.....[read more]

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There is so much to report in my final President’s Blog for ISB. Here you’ll find the outcomes of the ISB Council Elections, some updates on the approaching congress including Advancing Women in Biomechanics initiatives, and an update on some discussions we have been having about strategic directions for the society.

I'm delighted to share that we received 24 nominations and saw participation from 755 voters in the recent ISB Council elections. This reflects a strong level of engagement from our members and a deep commitment to volunteering and serving our vibrant society. Congratulations to all the elected Council members named in this newsletter, and thank you to all nominees for your willingness to serve. I would also like to thank our Past President, Alberto Leardini, for managing the nominations process, and to our Treasurer, Andy Cresswell, for organising distribution of ballot emails and providing a report on results. Our current President-Elect, Felipe Carpes, is currently discussing portfolio allocations in collaboration with the elected candidates, and I know that ISB is in good hands in the coming years. Please scroll down to see the election results then come back for more updates.

You will see an update from the 2025 Congress organisers in this newsletter, and I would also like to alert you to TWO Advancing Women in Biomechanics activities at the congress. One activity will be an Empowerment in Motion Mentoring Program, and the other will be a Wikipedia editing tutorial and edit-a-thon. More details on both events, including dates and times,  can be found in this newsletter below and on the congress website here: https://isb2025.com/advancing-women-in-biomechanics/

Importantly, to register for either/both events, all congress registrants will receive an email from Meetx (the congress organiser) in a few days, which will include separate links to register for these two events (please register separately for each event if you want to attend both). ISB is also looking for sponsorships to support Women in Biomechanics initiatives (more details in this newsletter below and through ISB Linked In and X accounts).

Finally and importantly I wanted to update you on some strategic plans that we have been discussing in the ISB Council since 2024. As you will know this process began with a strategic survey of our members – in which we had 280 responses. To see the results of the survey in full please see the link in my President’s blog in the September 2024 newsletter. The ISB Council discussed the results of the survey at our Council meeting in August 2024. I am excited to share that I’ve been working with ISB Council members to draft a strategic plan which I hope to be able to share with members for consultation and further development very soon. The draft plan focuses on five key priorities: empowering the next generation, advancing equity and diversity, enhancing educational resources, strengthening our global community, and ensuring financial sustainability. As part of this process, we have been discussing the future of the ISB website – the website is on an outdated platform which is difficult to edit, and it is a big expense for ISB. We are currently considering options to engage external support to update our website and streamline our processes. I hope to be able to update you at our AGM but these plans will take some time to complete. As I write my final blog post as president, I’m filled with gratitude and pride in the work of our current, outgoing council. Thank you so much. I know the future of our society is in great hands with incoming president, Felipe Carpes, and I’m confident we will continue working together to bring our new strategic plan to life.

Elizabeth Clarke

ISB President 

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Get ready for ISB 2025 in Stockholm!

The 30th Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics  27 – 31 July 2025 is just around the corner! We are happy to provide two social activities for students.

 

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Student-Night Out

We are thrilled with the interest shown in our student night out! The event will be on Monday, July 28th. We will send out more information regarding tickets and details for the event shortly.

ISB Student-Mentor Lunch

An ISB student-mentor lunch will be organized for you to meet a mentor and chat about academic, professional, and career-related topics during the ISB conference.

If you have any questions in the meantime, please feel free to contact me (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

 

Easily Find Jobs/Positions 

For any and all graduate positions and employment, remember to stay up to date with Biomch-L here.

 

Keep in touch!

Stay up to date with ISB by liking our ISB Facebook page, joining the Student Members Facebook page, and following ISB on Twitter. Please reach out to me with any comments, questions, suggestions, or just to talk. You can contact me at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Best Wishes,

Shaye Tiell

ISB Student Representative

  

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The 2023-2025 ISB Student Grant Cycle is almost complete!

Over the current two-year cycle, we have received a total of 172 applications and have funded 54 applications, providing over $75,000 USD toward travel expenses for our student and postdoctoral members!

We would also like to take this oportunity to congratulate all of the recipients of the 2025 ISB Congress Travel Grant award. We look forward to seeing you all next month at the ISB Congress meeting!

Student Congress Travel Grant award winners:

Denise Balogh, University of Saskatchewan

Sarah Bohunicky, University of Manitoba

Bradley Cornish, Griffith University

Inaê de Oliveira, Federal University of Pampa

Mauricio Delgado, University of Calgary

Yannick Denis, Offenburg University

Annette Hahn, Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Janina Helwig, Offenburg University

Andrew Koshyk, University of Calgary

Afet Mustafaoglu, University of Jyväskylä

Keara Peters, Nottingham Trent University

Morgan Potter, University of Delaware

Melissa Requist, University of Utah

Kathryn Rex, The Pennsylvania State University

Shraddha Sudhir, University of Illinois at Chicago

Faizan Syed, University of Calgary

Wies van de Meerakker, Delft University of Technology

Marni Wasserman, Indiana University Bloomington School of Public Health

 

Postdoctoral Congress Travel Grant award winners:

Kinyata Cooper, University of Florida

Pawel Kudzia, University of British Columbia

Barbara Postolka, University of Basel

Elmira Pourreza, University of Brescia

Ridhi Sahani, Northwestern University

Kayla Seymore, University of Southern California

Jacob Thomas, University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

Friendly Reminder: Applications received for the second round of the International Travel Grant Program (ITG) are currently under review. This long-standing student grant allows student members to travel abroad to experience science in other countries and cultures, and to build up international collaborations. Award notifications will be sent by July 1st, 2025.

Erica Bell, PhD

ISB Executive Council Student Awards Officer

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Here, you will uncover historical information about the society. Enjoy these nuggets curated by John Challis, our Archives Officer.  

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At the time of writing, PubMed reports it contains the details of more than 38 million biomedical papers, and online books.  Google scholar has a greater number of references, for example, in 2014 it was estimated to have citations for at least 114 million English-language scholarly documents (Khabsa & Giles, 2014).  Price (1965) presented evidence of a power-law like behavior in the distribution of citations received by scientific papers.  In this power-law distribution, the probability of k citations for a paper (p(k)) is proportional to k-a.  This relationship means a heavy tail to the distribution can be modelled, which would seem to be needed for the citation patterns of scientific papers.  Approximately half of published papers have been cited once or not at all, but in 2014 it took over 40,000 citations to be in the top ten of cited papers in the journal Nature (Van Noorden et al., 2014).  If a paper is cited over 1000 times, that represents 0.026% of published papers.  In the early days of ISB Congresses, presenters could submit manuscripts for publication in the conference proceedings, these proceedings were each published as a book.  For later congresses these books comprised two volumes to accommodate the number of congress presentations.  In 1981 the ISB Congress was held in Nagoya, Japan; one of the chapters from the 1981 proceedings has been cited over 1000 times.

The authors from the Central Institute of Physical Culture in Moscow produced a chapter “The mass and inertial characteristics of the main segments of the human body” (Zatsiorsky and Seluyanov, 1983).  This work used gamma-mass scanning to determine the inertial properties of 10 body segments.  The 100 male subjects had a mean age of 23.8 (6.2) years.  The mean normalized values of the inertial properties were presented, as were regression equations using body mass and height to estimate these inertial properties.  For mechanical analysis body segment inertial properties are frequently required.  Prior to this publication the reliance had been predominantly on inertial data from the analysis of cadavers from elderly populations (e.g., Dempster, 1955; Clauser et al., 1969).  This new, large data set from young live subjects made an important contribution.  Another presentation at the next ISB Congress extended this work, where the 1983 data set was modelled with regression equations using segmental dimensions to estimate inertial properties (Zatsiorsky and Seluyanov, 1985).  Then in 1990 the data set was expanded to include 15 female subjects (Zatsiorsky et al., 1990).  In their work the center of mass locations were defined relative to skeletal landmarks; to align with the practice in many other studies the data were adjusted to use joint centers, this work resulted in another highly cited paper (De Leva, 1996).

In 2002, Vladimir Zatsiorsky described the torturous and frustrating process of trying to get his work published.  In the Soviet Union all members of a seven-person university committee had to sign to give permission for the work to be considered for submission to a journal outside of the Soviet Union.  Once those signatures had been obtained, the university president or vice president would review the work, and if they felt it was appropriate they would propose sending it to a vice minister in the Government Agency for the Protection of Secrets in Media.  If these steps had been negotiated the vice minister could recommend the authors be invited to the agency to explain why this work should be published outside of the Soviet Union.  At this point a catch-22 like dilemma faced the authors: if the work was considered good why should it be shared with other nations, in contrast if the work was not particularly good why would they want to share it with other nations.  If approval was provided but subsequently the journal required revisions to a manuscript the whole process had to be repeated.  Thus, the work of Vladimir and colleagues resulted in some book chapters but never a full journal paper.  Despite the efforts of the Government Agency for the Protection of Secrets in Media, key aspects of this important work were presented and published due to ISB Congresses, and it became an impactful and highly cited work.

 

References

Clauser, C. E., McConville, J. T., & Young, J. W. (1969). Weight, Volume and Center of Mass of Segments of The Human Body (AMRL Technical Report 69-70). Ohio: Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

De Leva, P. (1996). Adjustments to Zatsiorsky-Seluyanov's segment inertia parameters. Journal of Biomechanics, 29(9), 1223-1230.

Dempster, W. T. (1955). Space Requirements of the Seated Operator (WADC Technical Report 55-159). Ohio: Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Khabsa, M., & Giles, C. L. (2014). The number of scholarly documents on the public web. PLoS One, 9(5), e93949.

Price, D. J. D. S. (1965). Networks of scientific papers: The pattern of bibliographic references indicates the nature of the scientific research front. Science, 149(3683), 510-515.

Van Noorden, R., Maher, B., & Nuzzo, R. (2014). The top 100 papers. Nature News, 514(7524), 550.

Zatsiorsky, V. M. (2002). Kinetics of Human Motion. Champaign, Il: Human Kinetics.

Zatsiorsky, V. M., & Seluyanov, V. (1983). The mass and inertial characteristics of the main segments of the human body. In H. Matsui & K. Kobayashi (Eds.), Biomechanics VIII-B (pp. 1152-1159). Baltimore: University Park Press.

Zatsiorsky, V. M., & Seluyanov, V. (1985). Estimation of the mass and inertia characteristics of the human body by means of the best predictive regression equations. In D. A. Winter, R. W. Norman, R. P. Wells, K. C. Hayes, & A. E. Patla (Eds.), Biomechanics IX-B (pp. 233-239). Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics Publishers.

Zatsiorsky, V. M., Seluyanov, V., & Chugunova, L. (1990). Methods of determining mass-inertial characteristics of human body segments. In G. G. Chernyi & S. A. Regirer (Eds.), Contemporary Problems of Biomechanics (pp. 272-291). Moscow: Mir Publishers.

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We are pleased to announce the results of the recent ISB Council elections for the 2025–2027 term. Congratulations to the following individuals who have been elected to serve on the ISB Council:

President-Elect

  • Brent Edwards

Student Representative

  • Elisa Romero Avila

Council Members
(Listed alphabetically by surname)

  • Yumna Albertus
  • Erica Bell
  • Valentina Camomilla
  • Heiliane de Brito Fontana
  • Taylor Dick
  • Luke Kelly
  • Kirsty McDonald
  • Todd Pataky
  • Hannah Rice
  • Jonas Rubenson
  • Jos Vanrenterghem

 

We thank all candidates for their willingness to contribute to the society and all members who participated in the election. Congratulations once again to the newly elected council members. We look forward to their contributions to the ISB community.

 

 

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The XXX Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Stockholm is now less than two months away! So far, 1500 international delegates, many of them students, have registered, making this one of the most attended ISB congresses in history.

ISB2025 is hosted by three Stockholm universities, The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), The Royal Technical College (KTH) and Karolinska Institute (KI). It will be held at the Stockholm Waterfront venue in the heart of beautiful Stockholm. The exceptionally strong scientific content will be emphasized by the Wartenweiler and Muybridge award lectures, five invited keynote lectures, and numerous oral and poster sessions. International industry partners in the field of biomechanics will be featured in the sponsor and exhibitor areas.

One of the most critical aspects of such a large international congress is the opportunity for networking within the community. Social events at ISB2025 promise to be spectacular; the Opening Reception will be hosted by Stockholm City in the stunning City Hall, a student night out will take place at the Gröna Lund tivoli, and the traditional ISB Banquet Dinner, to which all delegates are invited, will be held at the Waterfront congress venue.

We are, of course, extremely excited for this amazing event to begin! And there is still time to register if you would like to be a part of it, which promises to create memories for a lifetime. All information about the congress, including registration, can be found on the congress website: https://isb2025.com/

From the Chairpersons: Toni Arndt (GIH), Lane Gutierrez-Farewik (KTH), Joakim Holmgren (LiU), Li Tsai (KI)

**Click here for a quick glimpse into the profiles and exciting work of our keynote speakers.**

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In 2025 we are excited to provide two opportunities aimed at advancing women in the field of biomechanics:

 

Workshop: Empowerment in Motion Mentoring Program

The goal of this 2 hour workshop is to provide a framework and support for mentors and mentees, and an opportunity to meet potential mentors and mentees within the ISB community. Participants will work through materials developed by the Empowerment in Motion Mentoring Program (EMMP), and will have opportunities to work together in small groups to put these skills into practice. The session will conclude with networking, to facilitate new mentor/mentee relationships. This session is open to all genders and career levels, and participants are encouraged to become an EMMP participant as a mentor and/or mentee in the future.

The AWB workshop will be held on the evening of Wednesday 30th July, at the congress venue at the conclusion of the scientific program (6:30pm), with light refreshments provided. Information about how to register for the workshop will be emailed to all congress registrants in the next few days, and places will be limited.

 

Women in Biomechanics Wiki editing tutorial and edit-a-thon

The Women in Biomechanics Wikibomb is an initiative of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB). Wikipedia is the world’s most highly read knowledge reposition, but Wikipedia is seriously lacking in pages for Women in Biomechanics. We want the next generation of female scientists to be able to imagine a future in biomechanics and a key part of that is ensuring women in biomechanics are visible to the scientists of the future. Our first call out for the Women in Biomechanics Wikibomb initiative has seen 13 new profiles uploaded to Wikipedia.

As part of ISB 2025, we will be running an in-person Women in Biomechanics Wikipedia edit-a-thon from 1 – 4pm on Sunday the 27th of July 2025. Wikipedia Edit-a-thons are a fun way to learn a new skill and meet new people, all while helping to boost the online visibility of women and gender diverse people in biomechanics.

No experience is necessary to attend! Just bring your laptop and we will bring the training, a list of amazing women to write about and a team of Wikipedians on site to answer all our questions.

Information about how to register for the workshop will be emailed to all congress registrants in the next few days, and places will be limited.

 

🗓 All conference registrants will receive an email from Meetx in a few days

👉 Be sure to check your inbox and click the link to secure your spot in both!

More information: https://isb2025.com/advancing-women-in-biomechanics/

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The International Society of Biomechanics received an outstanding number of applications for this year's conference awards — over 600 in total — reflecting the incredible breadth and quality of work across our biomechanics community.

The review process is well underway. We have already requested full papers from the finalists for the Clinical Biomechanics and World Athletics Awards. For the early career awards, including the David Winter Young Investigator Award, Promising Young Scientist, Jacquelin Perry Emerging Female Scientists Award, and Carlo De Luca Emerging Scientist Award, successful applicants will be notified in late June and early July.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to contact every applicant individually. If you do not receive a notification in the coming months, please accept our sincere thanks for your application—we value your contribution and hope to see you in Stockholm.

At this year's meeting, ISB will host two dedicated awards sessions where the award recipients will showcase their contributions to biomechanics research. We look forward to celebrating their achievements with you at the conference.

 

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CNB-ISB 2025 Satellite meeting: Muscle-Tendon Mechanics Across Species

The CNB Technical Group, in collaboration with the University of Jyväskylä, is hosting the Muscle–Tendon Mechanics Across Species satellite meeting in Finland prior to the ISB Congress. We are excited to welcome more than 70 scientists, including two keynote speakers and 17 invited presenters from 10 different countries. The meeting is generously supported by the International Society of Biomechanics, the Finnish Federation of Learned Societies, The Company of Biologists, The Journal of Experimental Biology, Delsys, and Aurora Scientific.

Following the meeting, we will travel to Stockholm for ISB 2025, where we aim to continue fostering exchange and collaboration between the comparative and human biomechanics communities. Several current CNB Board members will be attending ISB—if you're interested in connecting, please don’t hesitate to reach out: CNB - people. 

In addition, CNB Board member elections will be held in the coming months. Further details will be posted on the CNB website  and shared with members. To receive announcements about the election and other CNB activities, we encourage you to join our mailing list. CNB is committed to building a Board that reflects diverse representation across academic disciplines, gender, ethnicity, and geographic regions.

We look forward to seeing many of you in Finland and Sweden this July!

 

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The Technical Group in Computer Simulation (TGCS) is organizing the 20th International Symposium on Computer Simulation in Biomechanics, to be held in Uppsala, Sweden, from July 23rd to 25th. The event will take place at the Hotel Clarion.

Upssala is just 70 km (about one hour) from Stockholm, where the Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics will be held two days after the TGCS event; making it very convenient for researchers working in computer simulation.

The symposium focuses on musculoskeletal simulations, ideal for those interested in exploring mathematical foundations, accelerating their analyses, and staying up to date with the latest advances in biomechanical simulation.

In this 20th edition, there will be 53 presentations (approximately 10 min each), covering topics such as motor control and musculoskeletal modelling for clinical purposes, using different methods including optimal control and machine learning. A total of 69 participants have registered so far.

The three-day event starts on July 23rd with two hands-on workshops:

On 24th and 25th, the 10 min-presentations will be organized into eight themed sessions. One unique aspect of this symposium is the opportunity for presenters and attendees to engage in in-depth discussions during the “Simulation Exhibits,” promoting informal and direct exchanges in a more personal setting than typical formal presentations.

There will also be two keynote presentations:

  • On 24th by Katherine Saul, from North Carolina State University (USA)
  • On 25th by Massimo Sartori, from University of Twente (Netherlands).

The Andrzej Komor New Investigator Award will be given to the best presentation by a participant who has not earned a PhD by January 1st, 2025. The award will be announced during the banquet on the evening of July 25th, held at the same hotel.

The organizing committee consists of Michael Skipper Andersen (Chair), Ruoli Wang, Dario Cazzola (Secretary General), Jennifer A Nichols, Carmichael Ong, Erica Beaucage-Gauvreau, Gil Serrancolí, Carlie Ede, and Luca Modenese. All information can be found on symposium website:

https://tgcs.isbweb.org/iscsb-2025/uppsala.html 

 

We are looking forward to meeting you in Uppsala!


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The 17th Biennial Footwear Biomechanics Symposium (FBS) will be held from July 23 to 25, 2025, at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo, Norway.

This year, the symposium received an impressive 166 abstract submissions, reflecting the continued growth and interest in the footwear biomechanics community.

Please note that registration will close once the cap of 300 attendees is reached, and that number is approaching quickly.

For more information and to register, visit the official website:
👉 https://www.fbs2025.footwearbiomechanics.org/

 

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Join the International Women in Biomechanics community for a fun and welcoming social at ISB! Meet peers, network, and celebrate women in our field over food and drinks. This event is proudly sponsored by HAS-Motion. We can’t wait to see you there!

📍 Location: John Scott's Lilla Bantorget

📅 Date & Time: Tuesday July 29th, Time TBD (evening)

✨ RSVP to help us plan and stay updated: https://www.intwomenbiomech.org/form/m/333637

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We invite our members to share news, achievements, and updates from their region with the council. You can send your updates directly to your regional representative or connect with any council member to ensure your news is shared with our community.

For specific regions, you can contact:

  • South American Representative (appointed):
    Felipe Carpes
    Center for Health Sciences
    The Federal University of Pampa
    Laboratory of Neuromechanics
    Uruguaiana, Brazil
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  • Asian Representative (appointed):
    Tung-Wu Lu
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    National Taiwan University
    Taipei, Taiwan
    📧 

 

  • African Representative (appointed):
    Obinna Fidelis
    Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Federal University of Technology
    Akure, Nigeria
    📧 

 

We look forward to hearing and celebrating your updates from around the globe!

 

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By Felipe Carpes, ISB South American Representative

Biomechanics continues to flourish in South America, driven by international collaborations, regional initiatives, and the dedication of researchers committed to advancing education and research. Recent events in Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay highlight the strength and vitality of our community. Below are two excellent examples showcasing how biomechanics research and education are expanding in the region.

Strengthening International Collaborations: The FitBone Project Between Chile and Brazil

Between May 14 and 20, 2025, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (PUCV, Chile) welcomed colleagues from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR, Brazil) for a technical visit supported by Brazil’s National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). This exchange was part of the FitBone Study, an international collaboration focused on biomechanics and bone health in children with obesity.

The visit featured a series of academic activities, including seminars, collaborative meetings, and hands-on workshops. A key highlight was the Conference on Physical Activity, Assessment, and Health in Older Adults, held at PUCV’s Sausalito Campus. Researchers from both countries shared insights into balance assessment and the challenges faced by health professionals working with aging populations.

Additionally, Professor Emmanuel Rocha (PUCPR) delivered a well-attended theoretical and practical course on Musculoskeletal Ultrasound, offering valuable training to undergraduate and postgraduate students in physical education, physiotherapy, and health sciences. The visit culminated with the FitBone Conference at the Curauma Campus, where participants discussed neuromechanical adaptations and bone health in children with obesity. This initiative, originally launched at PUCV, is now expanding into Brazil to further investigate how exercise can mitigate obesity-related musculoskeletal challenges in children.

A Decade of Knowledge Sharing: Knee Biomechanics Course in Uruguay

From March 25 to 28, the 10th edition of the Knee Biomechanics Course was held in Paysandú, Uruguay, hosted by LIBiAM – the Laboratory of Biomechanics and Movement Analysis at the Universidad de la República (CENUR Paysandú). Traditionally hosted in Montevideo, the course moved to the regional university center this year, offering an expanded focus on biomechanics applied to clinical practice, rehabilitation, and sports medicine, particularly targeting lower limbs.

The event attracted PhD and master’s students, professionals, and advanced undergraduates from diverse fields, including physiotherapy, biomedical engineering, medicine, and sports science. Organized by Carlo Biancardi, Germán Pequera, and Franco Simini, the course featured lectures from renowned regional and international experts. Keynote presentations were delivered by Felipe Carpes (Brazil), Leonardo Lagos (Chile), Juan Diego Ruiz Cárdenas (Spain), and Natalia Gomeñuka (Argentina).

Participants engaged in hands-on workshops using state-of-the-art lab equipment, fostering lively discussions and knowledge exchange. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the effective blend of theoretical content and practical application, as well as the collaborative and welcoming environment. The LIBiAM team continues to strengthen regional connections and is committed to advancing biomechanics education in Uruguay and beyond.

These initiatives exemplify how biomechanics in South America continues to grow through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and regional capacity-building. 

 

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