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The optimization of motion and trajectory planning is an effective and usually costless approach to improving the performance of robots, mechatronic systems, automatic machines and multibody systems. Indeed, wise planning increases precision and machine productivity, while reducing vibrations, motion time, actuation effort and energy consumption. On the other hand, the availability of optimized methods for motion planning allows for a cheaper and lighter system construction. The issue of motion planning is also tightly linked with the synthesis of high-performance feedback and feedforward control schemes, which can either enhance the effectiveness of motion planning or compensate for its gaps. To collect and disseminate a meaningful collection of these applications, this book proposes 15 novel research studies that cover different sub-areas, in the framework of motion planning and control.

humanoid robot --- walk fast --- rotational slip --- ZMP --- gait planning --- quadruped robot --- whole robot control --- location trajectory --- dynamic gait --- fin stabilizer --- command-filtered backstepping --- sliding mode control --- prescribed performance --- disturbance observer --- OES --- inertial stability accuracy --- low-speed performance --- speed observation --- disturbance observation --- state-augmented Kalman filter --- composed control scheme --- fractional calculus --- FOPD controller --- underwater vehicle --- motion control --- modal analysis --- flexible multibody systems --- linearized models --- six-legged robot --- whole-body motion planning --- rugged terrain --- support --- swing --- gesture-based teleoperation --- robotic assembly --- force feedback --- compliant robot motion --- pickup manipulator --- adaptive genetic algorithm --- trajectory optimization --- improved artificial potential field method --- obstacle avoidance planning --- robust estimation --- dynamic model --- unknown but bounded noise --- extended set-membership filter --- dynamic balancing --- shaking force balancing --- acceleration control of the center of mass --- fully Cartesian coordinates --- natural coordinates --- parallel manipulators --- passive model --- biped walking --- Impact and contact --- friction force --- dissipative force --- energy efficiency --- robot --- motion design --- functional redundancy --- UR5 --- hybrid navigation system --- weighted-sum model --- a heuristic algorithm --- piecewise cubic Bézier curve --- mobile robot --- n/a

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Writing or managing a scientific book, as it is known today, depends on a series of major activities, such as regrouping researchers, reviewing chapters, informing and exchanging with contributors, and at the very least, motivating them to achieve the objective of publication. The idea of this book arose from many years of work in biomechanics, health disease, and rehabilitation. Through exchanges with authors from several countries, we learned much from each other, and we decided with the publisher to transfer this knowledge to readers interested in the current understanding of the impact of biomechanics in the analysis of movement and its optimization. The main objective is to provide some interesting articles that show the scope of biomechanical analysis and technologies in human behavior tasks. Engineers, researchers, and students from biomedical engineering and health sciences, as well as industrial professionals, can benefit from this compendium of knowledge about biomechanics applied to the human body.

History of engineering & technology --- foot morphology --- toes function --- biomechanics --- barefoot --- jumping --- running --- jump throwing ability --- 3D motion analysis --- acceleration --- kidney --- torque --- exercise --- physical fitness --- peritoneal dialysis --- sports engineering --- ground reaction forces --- swimming --- performance --- neuromuscular training --- strength --- injury prevention --- young athletes --- basketball shoe --- comfort perception --- foot loading --- plantar pressure --- maneuver --- two-dimensional video analysis --- validity --- reliability --- quantitative biomechanical parameters --- artistic gymnastics --- minimalist index --- patellofemoral contact force --- patellofemoral contact stress --- footwear --- patellofemoral joint pain syndrome --- virtual reality --- visual speed perception --- treadmill running --- self-motion perception --- optical flow --- locomotion --- forefoot --- Gait --- Heel --- TUG --- Type 2 diabetes mellitus --- metabolic syndrome --- whole body vibration exercise --- range of motion of the knees --- surface electromyographic pattern --- neuromuscular activation --- sleep quality --- whole-body vibration exercise --- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index --- Epworth Sleepiness Scale --- Berlin Questionnaire --- mechanical vibration --- traditional Chinese medicine --- balance --- flexibility --- muscle strength --- stabilometry --- ballet dancers --- ankle injury --- chronic ankle instability --- functional --- movement --- evaluation --- assessment --- screen --- type 2 diabetes mellitus --- blood flow velocity --- skin temperature --- vibration --- 3D force modeling --- rowing biomechanics --- robot-assisted training --- individualized training --- virtual reality simulator --- training of experts --- rowing simulator --- tendon based parallel robot --- transversal vibration control --- physical training intensity --- therapeutic exercises --- work related neck pain --- musculoskeletal pain --- flight time --- vertical jump --- center of mass --- landing --- anthropometric variables --- hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio --- H/Q ratio --- isometric --- lower limb --- measurement acquisitions and techniques --- strength and conditioning --- sports training --- strength abilities --- anterior cruciate ligament --- automation --- drop jump --- injury risk --- deep learning --- machine learning --- movement screen --- OpenPose --- signal complexity --- texture analysis --- multiscale entropy analysis --- wavelet transform --- photoplethysmography --- orthosis --- tensile strength test --- robotic therapy --- posture stability --- football --- training --- slackline balancing --- dynamics reconstruction --- contact force modeling --- optimal control --- subject-specific modeling --- velocity --- technique --- overhead --- racket --- swing --- stroke --- modeling and simulation in sport science --- mechanical analyses of sports --- sport medicine --- injury in sport --- human behavior --- quality of life --- applied science in musculoskeletal disorders

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Writing or managing a scientific book, as it is known today, depends on a series of major activities, such as regrouping researchers, reviewing chapters, informing and exchanging with contributors, and at the very least, motivating them to achieve the objective of publication. The idea of this book arose from many years of work in biomechanics, health disease, and rehabilitation. Through exchanges with authors from several countries, we learned much from each other, and we decided with the publisher to transfer this knowledge to readers interested in the current understanding of the impact of biomechanics in the analysis of movement and its optimization. The main objective is to provide some interesting articles that show the scope of biomechanical analysis and technologies in human behavior tasks. Engineers, researchers, and students from biomedical engineering and health sciences, as well as industrial professionals, can benefit from this compendium of knowledge about biomechanics applied to the human body.

History of engineering & technology --- foot morphology --- toes function --- biomechanics --- barefoot --- jumping --- running --- jump throwing ability --- 3D motion analysis --- acceleration --- kidney --- torque --- exercise --- physical fitness --- peritoneal dialysis --- sports engineering --- ground reaction forces --- swimming --- performance --- neuromuscular training --- strength --- injury prevention --- young athletes --- basketball shoe --- comfort perception --- foot loading --- plantar pressure --- maneuver --- two-dimensional video analysis --- validity --- reliability --- quantitative biomechanical parameters --- artistic gymnastics --- minimalist index --- patellofemoral contact force --- patellofemoral contact stress --- footwear --- patellofemoral joint pain syndrome --- virtual reality --- visual speed perception --- treadmill running --- self-motion perception --- optical flow --- locomotion --- forefoot --- Gait --- Heel --- TUG --- Type 2 diabetes mellitus --- metabolic syndrome --- whole body vibration exercise --- range of motion of the knees --- surface electromyographic pattern --- neuromuscular activation --- sleep quality --- whole-body vibration exercise --- Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index --- Epworth Sleepiness Scale --- Berlin Questionnaire --- mechanical vibration --- traditional Chinese medicine --- balance --- flexibility --- muscle strength --- stabilometry --- ballet dancers --- ankle injury --- chronic ankle instability --- functional --- movement --- evaluation --- assessment --- screen --- type 2 diabetes mellitus --- blood flow velocity --- skin temperature --- vibration --- 3D force modeling --- rowing biomechanics --- robot-assisted training --- individualized training --- virtual reality simulator --- training of experts --- rowing simulator --- tendon based parallel robot --- transversal vibration control --- physical training intensity --- therapeutic exercises --- work related neck pain --- musculoskeletal pain --- flight time --- vertical jump --- center of mass --- landing --- anthropometric variables --- hamstring-to-quadriceps ratio --- H/Q ratio --- isometric --- lower limb --- measurement acquisitions and techniques --- strength and conditioning --- sports training --- strength abilities --- anterior cruciate ligament --- automation --- drop jump --- injury risk --- deep learning --- machine learning --- movement screen --- OpenPose --- signal complexity --- texture analysis --- multiscale entropy analysis --- wavelet transform --- photoplethysmography --- orthosis --- tensile strength test --- robotic therapy --- posture stability --- football --- training --- slackline balancing --- dynamics reconstruction --- contact force modeling --- optimal control --- subject-specific modeling --- velocity --- technique --- overhead --- racket --- swing --- stroke --- modeling and simulation in sport science --- mechanical analyses of sports --- sport medicine --- injury in sport --- human behavior --- quality of life --- applied science in musculoskeletal disorders

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In recent years, many technologies for gait and posture assessments have emerged. Wearable sensors, active and passive in-house monitors, and many combinations thereof all promise to provide accurate measures of physical activity, gait, and posture parameters. Motivated by market projections for wearable technologies and driven by recent technological innovations in wearable sensors (MEMs, electronic textiles, wireless communications, etc.), wearable health/performance research is growing rapidly and has the potential to transform future healthcare from disease treatment to disease prevention. The objective of this Special Issue is to address and disseminate the latest gait, posture, and activity monitoring systems as well as various mathematical models/methods that characterize mobility functions. This Special Issue focuses on wearable monitoring systems and physical sensors, and its mathematical models can be utilized in varied environments under varied conditions to monitor health and performance

Humanities --- Social interaction --- step detection --- machine learning --- outlier detection --- transition matrices --- autoencoders --- ground reaction force (GRF) --- micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) --- gait --- walk --- bipedal locomotion --- 3-axis force sensor --- shoe --- force distribution --- multi-sensor gait classification --- distributed compressed sensing --- joint sparse representation classification --- telemonitoring of gait --- operating range --- accelerometer --- stride length --- peak tibial acceleration --- running velocity --- wearable sensors --- feedback technology --- rehabilitation --- motor control --- cerebral palsy --- inertial sensors --- gait events --- spatiotemporal parameters --- postural control --- falls in the elderly --- fall risk assessment --- low-cost instrumented insoles --- foot plantar center of pressure --- flexible sensor --- gait recognition --- piezoelectric material --- wearable --- adaptability --- force sensitive resistors --- self-tuning triple threshold algorithm --- sweat sensor --- sweat rate --- dehydration --- IoT --- PDMS --- surface electromyography --- handgrip force --- force-varying muscle contraction --- nonlinear analysis --- wavelet scale selection --- inertial measurement unit --- gyroscope --- asymmetry --- feature extraction --- gait analysis --- lower limb prosthesis --- trans-femoral amputee --- MR damper --- knee damping control --- inertial measurement units --- motion analysis --- kinematics --- functional activity --- repeatability --- reliability --- biomechanics --- cognitive frailty --- cognitive–motor impairment --- Alzheimer’s disease --- motor planning error --- instrumented trail-making task --- ankle reaching task --- dual task walking --- nondestructive --- joint moment --- partial weight loading --- muscle contributions --- sit-to-stand training --- motion parameters --- step length --- self-adaptation --- Parkinson’s disease (PD) --- tremor dominant (TD) --- postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) --- center of pressure (COP) --- fast Fourier transform (FFT) --- wavelet transform (WT) --- fall detection system --- smartphones --- accelerometers --- machine learning algorithms --- supervised learning --- ANOVA analysis --- Step-detection --- ActiGraph --- Pedometer --- acceleration --- physical activity --- physical function --- physical performance test --- chair stand --- sit to stand transfer --- wearables --- gyroscopes --- e-Health application --- physical rehabilitation --- shear and plantar pressure sensor --- biaxial optical fiber sensor --- multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings --- frailty --- pre-frail --- wearable sensor --- sedentary behavior --- moderate-to-vigorous activity --- steps --- fall detection --- elderly people monitoring --- telerehabilitation --- virtual therapy --- Kinect --- eHealth --- telemedicine --- insole --- injury prevention --- biomechanical gait variable estimation --- inertial gait variable --- total knee arthroplasty --- falls in healthy elderly --- fall prevention --- biometrics --- human gait recognition --- ground reaction forces --- Microsoft Kinect --- high heels --- fusion data --- ensemble classifiers --- accidental falls --- older adults --- neural networks --- convolutional neural network --- long short-term memory --- accelerometry --- obesity --- nonlinear --- electrostatic field sensing --- gait measurement --- temporal parameters --- artificial neural network --- propulsion --- aging --- walking --- smart footwear --- frailty prediction --- fall risk --- smartphone based assessments --- adverse post-operative outcome --- intelligent surveillance systems --- human fall detection --- health and well-being --- safety and security --- n/a --- movement control --- anterior cruciate ligament --- kinetics --- real-time feedback --- biomechanical gait features --- impaired gait classification --- pattern recognition --- sensors --- clinical --- knee --- osteoarthritis --- shear stress --- callus --- woman --- TUG --- IMU --- geriatric assessment --- semi-unsupervised --- self-assessment --- domestic environment --- functional decline --- symmetry --- trunk movement --- autocorrelation --- gait rehabilitation --- wearable device --- IMU sensors --- gait classification --- stroke patients --- neurological disorders --- scanning laser rangefinders (SLR), GAITRite --- cadence --- velocity and stride-length --- power --- angular velocity --- human motion measurement --- sensor fusion --- complementary filter --- fuzzy logic --- inertial and magnetic sensors --- ESOQ-2 --- Parkinson’s disease --- UPDRS --- movement disorders --- human computer interface --- RGB-Depth --- hand tracking --- automated assessment --- at-home monitoring --- Parkinson’s Diseases --- motorized walker --- haptic cue --- gait pattern --- statistics study --- walk detection --- step counting --- signal processing --- plantar pressure --- flat foot --- insoles --- force sensors --- arch index --- sports analytics --- deep learning --- classification --- inertial sensor --- cross-country skiing --- classical style --- skating style --- batteryless strain sensor --- wireless strain sensor --- resonant frequency modulation --- Ecoflex --- human activity recognition --- smartphone --- human daily activity --- ensemble method --- running --- velocity --- smart shoe --- concussion --- inertial motion units (IMUs) --- vestibular exercises --- validation --- motion capture --- user intent recognition --- transfemoral prosthesis --- multi-objective optimization --- biogeography-based optimization --- smart cane --- weight-bearing --- health monitoring --- wearable/inertial sensors --- regularity --- variability --- human --- motion --- locomotion --- UPDRS tasks --- posture --- postural stability --- center of mass --- RGB-depth --- neurorehabilitation --- hallux abductus valgus --- high heel --- proximal phalanx of the hallux --- abduction --- valgus --- ultrasonography --- Achilles tendon --- diagnostic --- imaging --- tendinopathy --- foot insoles --- electromyography --- joint instability --- muscle contractions --- motorcycling --- wearable electronic devices --- validity --- relative movement --- lower limb prosthetics --- biomechanic measurement tasks --- quantifying socket fit --- rehabilitation exercise --- dynamic time warping --- automatic coaching --- exergame --- fine-wire intramuscular EMG electrode --- non-human primate model --- traumatic spinal cord injury --- wavelet transform --- relative power --- linear mixed model --- VO2 --- calibration --- MET --- VO2net --- speed --- equivalent speed --- free-living --- children --- adolescents --- adults --- gait event detection --- hemiplegic gait --- appropriate mother wavelet --- acceleration signal --- wavelet-selection criteria --- conductive textile --- stroke --- hemiparetic --- real-time monitoring --- lower limb locomotion activity --- triplet Markov model --- semi-Markov model --- on-line EM algorithm --- human kinematics --- phase difference angle --- cognitive-motor impairment --- Alzheimer's disease --- Parkinson's disease (PD) --- Parkinson's disease --- Parkinson's Diseases

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In recent years, many technologies for gait and posture assessments have emerged. Wearable sensors, active and passive in-house monitors, and many combinations thereof all promise to provide accurate measures of physical activity, gait, and posture parameters. Motivated by market projections for wearable technologies and driven by recent technological innovations in wearable sensors (MEMs, electronic textiles, wireless communications, etc.), wearable health/performance research is growing rapidly and has the potential to transform future healthcare from disease treatment to disease prevention. The objective of this Special Issue is to address and disseminate the latest gait, posture, and activity monitoring systems as well as various mathematical models/methods that characterize mobility functions. This Special Issue focuses on wearable monitoring systems and physical sensors, and its mathematical models can be utilized in varied environments under varied conditions to monitor health and performance

step detection --- machine learning --- outlier detection --- transition matrices --- autoencoders --- ground reaction force (GRF) --- micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) --- gait --- walk --- bipedal locomotion --- 3-axis force sensor --- shoe --- force distribution --- multi-sensor gait classification --- distributed compressed sensing --- joint sparse representation classification --- telemonitoring of gait --- operating range --- accelerometer --- stride length --- peak tibial acceleration --- running velocity --- wearable sensors --- feedback technology --- rehabilitation --- motor control --- cerebral palsy --- inertial sensors --- gait events --- spatiotemporal parameters --- postural control --- falls in the elderly --- fall risk assessment --- low-cost instrumented insoles --- foot plantar center of pressure --- flexible sensor --- gait recognition --- piezoelectric material --- wearable --- adaptability --- force sensitive resistors --- self-tuning triple threshold algorithm --- sweat sensor --- sweat rate --- dehydration --- IoT --- PDMS --- surface electromyography --- handgrip force --- force-varying muscle contraction --- nonlinear analysis --- wavelet scale selection --- inertial measurement unit --- gyroscope --- asymmetry --- feature extraction --- gait analysis --- lower limb prosthesis --- trans-femoral amputee --- MR damper --- knee damping control --- inertial measurement units --- motion analysis --- kinematics --- functional activity --- repeatability --- reliability --- biomechanics --- cognitive frailty --- cognitive–motor impairment --- Alzheimer’s disease --- motor planning error --- instrumented trail-making task --- ankle reaching task --- dual task walking --- nondestructive --- joint moment --- partial weight loading --- muscle contributions --- sit-to-stand training --- motion parameters --- step length --- self-adaptation --- Parkinson’s disease (PD) --- tremor dominant (TD) --- postural instability and gait difficulty (PIGD) --- center of pressure (COP) --- fast Fourier transform (FFT) --- wavelet transform (WT) --- fall detection system --- smartphones --- accelerometers --- machine learning algorithms --- supervised learning --- ANOVA analysis --- Step-detection --- ActiGraph --- Pedometer --- acceleration --- physical activity --- physical function --- physical performance test --- chair stand --- sit to stand transfer --- wearables --- gyroscopes --- e-Health application --- physical rehabilitation --- shear and plantar pressure sensor --- biaxial optical fiber sensor --- multiplexed fiber Bragg gratings --- frailty --- pre-frail --- wearable sensor --- sedentary behavior --- moderate-to-vigorous activity --- steps --- fall detection --- elderly people monitoring --- telerehabilitation --- virtual therapy --- Kinect --- eHealth --- telemedicine --- insole --- injury prevention --- biomechanical gait variable estimation --- inertial gait variable --- total knee arthroplasty --- falls in healthy elderly --- fall prevention --- biometrics --- human gait recognition --- ground reaction forces --- Microsoft Kinect --- high heels --- fusion data --- ensemble classifiers --- accidental falls --- older adults --- neural networks --- convolutional neural network --- long short-term memory --- accelerometry --- obesity --- nonlinear --- electrostatic field sensing --- gait measurement --- temporal parameters --- artificial neural network --- propulsion --- aging --- walking --- smart footwear --- frailty prediction --- fall risk --- smartphone based assessments --- adverse post-operative outcome --- intelligent surveillance systems --- human fall detection --- health and well-being --- safety and security --- n/a --- movement control --- anterior cruciate ligament --- kinetics --- real-time feedback --- biomechanical gait features --- impaired gait classification --- pattern recognition --- sensors --- clinical --- knee --- osteoarthritis --- shear stress --- callus --- woman --- TUG --- IMU --- geriatric assessment --- semi-unsupervised --- self-assessment --- domestic environment --- functional decline --- symmetry --- trunk movement --- autocorrelation --- gait rehabilitation --- wearable device --- IMU sensors --- gait classification --- stroke patients --- neurological disorders --- scanning laser rangefinders (SLR), GAITRite --- cadence --- velocity and stride-length --- power --- angular velocity --- human motion measurement --- sensor fusion --- complementary filter --- fuzzy logic --- inertial and magnetic sensors --- ESOQ-2 --- Parkinson’s disease --- UPDRS --- movement disorders --- human computer interface --- RGB-Depth --- hand tracking --- automated assessment --- at-home monitoring --- Parkinson’s Diseases --- motorized walker --- haptic cue --- gait pattern --- statistics study --- walk detection --- step counting --- signal processing --- plantar pressure --- flat foot --- insoles --- force sensors --- arch index --- sports analytics --- deep learning --- classification --- inertial sensor --- cross-country skiing --- classical style --- skating style --- batteryless strain sensor --- wireless strain sensor --- resonant frequency modulation --- Ecoflex --- human activity recognition --- smartphone --- human daily activity --- ensemble method --- running --- velocity --- smart shoe --- concussion --- inertial motion units (IMUs) --- vestibular exercises --- validation --- motion capture --- user intent recognition --- transfemoral prosthesis --- multi-objective optimization --- biogeography-based optimization --- smart cane --- weight-bearing --- health monitoring --- wearable/inertial sensors --- regularity --- variability --- human --- motion --- locomotion --- UPDRS tasks --- posture --- postural stability --- center of mass --- RGB-depth --- neurorehabilitation --- hallux abductus valgus --- high heel --- proximal phalanx of the hallux --- abduction --- valgus --- ultrasonography --- Achilles tendon --- diagnostic --- imaging --- tendinopathy --- foot insoles --- electromyography --- joint instability --- muscle contractions --- motorcycling --- wearable electronic devices --- validity --- relative movement --- lower limb prosthetics --- biomechanic measurement tasks --- quantifying socket fit --- rehabilitation exercise --- dynamic time warping --- automatic coaching --- exergame --- fine-wire intramuscular EMG electrode --- non-human primate model --- traumatic spinal cord injury --- wavelet transform --- relative power --- linear mixed model --- VO2 --- calibration --- MET --- VO2net --- speed --- equivalent speed --- free-living --- children --- adolescents --- adults --- gait event detection --- hemiplegic gait --- appropriate mother wavelet --- acceleration signal --- wavelet-selection criteria --- conductive textile --- stroke --- hemiparetic --- real-time monitoring --- lower limb locomotion activity --- triplet Markov model --- semi-Markov model --- on-line EM algorithm --- human kinematics --- phase difference angle --- cognitive-motor impairment --- Alzheimer's disease --- Parkinson's disease (PD) --- Parkinson's disease --- Parkinson's Diseases