Biomechanics is the study of animal movement from a mechanical perspective. The field includes cellular mechanics, muscle behavior, material properties of skin, tissue and bone, macro-level analyses of joint motions and gross behaviors like locomotion, reaching and prehension. The principles of rigid-body mechanics, fluid mechanics, continuum mechanics, dynamical systems and optimization theory form the theoretical basis of biomechanics. Typical measurements are forces and displacements of the components of the system under scrutiny. 

Our group is currently involved in bipedal locomotion, reaching and grasping in healthy and pathological populations.