Resources

We have collected a range of online resources that we think may be useful and interesting to students, researchers, practitioners and enthusiasts of biomechanics. Please contact us if you have any suggestions for modifications or additions to the resources below.

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ONLINE COMMUNITIES

The Biomechanist
Biomch-L

EDUCATIONAL CONTENT

Video

Biomech-V (endorsed by the ISB)
European Society of Biomechanics channel
UCalgary Human Performance Lab
Walking with Richard (see especially the series Why we walk the way we do)
Ross Miller channel
OpenSim channel
Using Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM) in biomechanics (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4)
Vicon channel
Noraxon webinars
Sports Biomechanics Lecture Series
Dev Dan

Podcasts

BOOM Biomechanics
Move you DNA (Katy Bowman)
Biomechanics (Physics of Life)
The Gait Guys
The Real Science of Sport
Restoring Human Movement
BJSM

Reading

The Biomechanics Initiative
The Physics Teacher journal
IAAF Research Center
IAAF New studies in athletics

SOFTWARE TOOLS

Data processing

The biomechanics toolbar
Clinical gait analysis tools
BiomechZoo (Matlab toolbox)
Mocap Toolbox (Matlab)
BCoM (Matlab tool for calculate center of mass)

Data analysis

SPM toolboxes for Matlab and Python
FreeBody and SSMRT
Modeled optimal gait characteristics

MOBILE APPS

Stream sensor data from your phone (A, B, C, D, E, F)
Jump analysis (iPhone)
Video analysis on mobile (Hudl, CoachMyVideo)

DATA SETS

Ground reaction force metrics and tibial bone load
Adult healthy human gait at different walking speeds
Running kinematics and kinetics at different speeds