Journal of Applied Biomechanics
An Official Journal of the International Society of Biomechanics
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Print ISSN: 1065-8483 Online ISSN: 1543-2688
Volume 39 (2023): Issue 4 (Aug 2023)
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ORIGINAL RESEARCH
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TECHNICAL NOTE
Mission
The mission of the Journal of Applied Biomechanics (JAB) is to disseminate the highest quality peer-reviewed studies that utilize biomechanical strategies to advance the study of human movement. Areas of interest include clinical biomechanics, gait and posture mechanics, musculoskeletal and neuromuscular biomechanics, sport mechanics, biomechanical modeling, and biomechanics education and outreach. Studies of sport performance that explicitly generalize to broader activities, contribute substantially to fundamental understanding of human motion, or are in a sport that enjoys wide participation, are welcome. Also within the scope of JAB are studies using biomechanical strategies to investigate the structure, control, function, and state (health and disease) of animals.
JAB is published bimonthly (February, April, June, August, October, and December), and contains original research articles, technical notes, computational model articles, review articles, target articles, and book reviews. JAB is an official journal of the International Society of Biomechanics, and has a working affiliation with the American Society of Biomechanics. JAB was formerly known as the International Journal of Sport Biomechanics, and has been continuously published since 1985.
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Editor
Katherine A. Boyer
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Editors Emeriti
Richard C. Nelson (Founding Editor: 1985–1990)
Robert J. Gregor (1991–1996)
Mark D. Grabiner (1997–2002)
Thomas S. Buchanan (2003–2011)
J.J. Trey Crisco (2012–2016)
Michael L. Madigan (2017-2021)
Associate Editors
Biomechanical Modeling
Dennis Anderson
Harvard Medical School, USA
Ross Miller
University of Maryland, USA
Clinical Biomechanics
Laura A. Frey Law
University of Iowa, USA
Tom Kernozek
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, USA
Erika Nelson-Wong
Augustana University, USA
Gait & Posture Mechanics
Tanvi Bhatt
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Jason R. Franz
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Christopher McCrum
Maastricht University, Netherlands
Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
Warren Darling
University of Iowa, USA
Stephanie Forrester
Loughborough University, UK
Mark C. Miller
University of Pittsburgh, USA
Neuromuscular Biomechanics
Kelly J. Cole
Appalachian State University, USA
Laura-Anne Furlong
University of Limerick, Ireland
Jae Kun Shim
University of Maryland, USA
Sport Mechanics
Matthew T.G. Pain
Loughborough University, UK
Steve Rowson
Virginia Tech, USA
Editorial Board
Allison Clouthier, University of Ottawa, Canada
Jocelyn Hafer, University of Delaware, USA
Marius Henriksen, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
Steven Kautz, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Alberto Leardini, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Italy
Jason Machan, Rhode Island Hospital (Statistician), USA
Richard R. Neptune, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Riann M. Palmieri-Smith, University of Michigan, USA
Xingda Qu, Shenzhen University, China
Michael Rainbow, Queen's University, Canada
Stacie Ringleb, Old Dominion University, USA
Andrew Sawers, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
David John Saxby, Griffith University, Australia
Kota Takahashi, University of Utah, USA
Brian Umberger, University of Michigan, USA
Social Media Manager
Kiara Chan, Indiana University, USA
Social Media Assistant Manager
Kevin Wallbank, Loughborough University, UK
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Doug Hoepker, Senior Journals Managing Editor
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The Journal of Applied Biomechanics (JAB) disseminates the highest quality peer-reviewed studies that utilize biomechanical strategies to advance the study of human movement.
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