Notes from the lab and the clinic: how we measure movement at home, how we parse mixed-vendor reports, and what the published papers actually showed. Research articles stay on their original URLs; new posts live here.
Themes
Evidence reviews · Markerless webcam ROM · Lab report unification · IMU strike diagnostics · PhysioSim education · ORCID series
August–September 2026
Systematic reviews find PT-led exercise telerehabilitation often non-inferior to face-to-face care for function, QoL and satisfaction — and how Biokineticum’s live PT + markerless model fits that frame.
Read the post →YOLOv8 on a home webcam for joint range of motion and a live sway map. Encrypted messengers, no LLM, 45 minutes from about 25 USD.
Read the post →A native desktop tool that extracts Biodex, Noraxon, Humac and force-plate PDF/CSV reports into one multi-sensor dataset — local RAG, offline, GDPR-minded.
Read the post →Open high-g IMU hardware (up to 200 g) for combat-sport strikes, firmware and Python, next to Noitom Perception Neuron 3 as a portable reference system.
Read the post →A Telegram Mini App for physiotherapy students: history, Lasègue, Phalen, Tinel, Lachman, imaging, and an automatic diagnostic-accuracy report.
Read the post →Popular explainers of peer-reviewed papers — ORCID series, 9 September 2026
Side kicks outscore turning kicks on a force plate (p<0.001). Gender, mass and height enter the model — some trained women still beat some men.
Read the post →Five elite women, 100 kicks: side kick mean peak ~1770 N vs turning ~1379 N. Effective mass ~85% of body mass on the side kick.
Read the post →Pilot on 30 athletes: sex and age explained total kicking force (R²=0.53). BPAQ aggression was not a significant predictor.
Read the post →Median force ~2662 N (turning) vs ~4596 N (side). Effective mass ~20% vs ~73% of body mass — technique, not scale weight.
Read the post →Nine black belts on plate + IMU: large force gaps between turning and side kicks; sex shapes how effective mass is utilised.
Read the post →Four elite men, 80 kicks: side kick resultant ~4429 N vs turning ~2649 N. Left–right turning kicks similar.
Read the post →Thirteen elites kicking a table-tennis ball: sternum and opposite-shoulder max velocities differed by side; correlations with toe speed were side-specific.
Read the post →RCT in 24 women hospital staff: ischemic-compression trigger-point care outperformed classic massage on NDI, VAS and Laitinen scores.
Read the post →27 patients (15 KT + standard rehab, 12 control): House-Brackmann −39.15% with KT vs −24.61% without.
Read the post →Black-belt case: punches 6.20–8.01 m/s. Best momentum transfer near 1.12–1.73% effective distance; later peaks nearly halved ball velocity.
Read the post →Vicon study: gender, leg and target all change front-kick speed (p<0.001). Men responded more to a board; women to a small ball.
Read the post →Case study: fist IMUs during saju-jirugi. Striking punch max velocity fell 11.68→8.55 m/s; opposite hand retract peaked at 12.67 m/s (r=0.65).
Read the post →30 male boxers, four techniques: cross Me 31.17±16.20 kg, jab 30.39±15.09 kg; hooks ~12–14 kg despite higher fist acceleration.
Read the post →Psychosocial, public-health, judo diagnostics and remaining gaps — 9 September 2026
Pilot in a semi-open facility (n=47): physical and questionnaire scores did not separate addicted from non-addicted men at p>0.05 — caution, not a blank cheque.
Read the post →Same cohort as the psych-profile pilot: addiction history linked to more irregular sway on harder balance tasks — a rehab signal, not a sentence.
Read the post →n=1458 across Podkarpacie, Lesser Poland and Lviv region (Jan–Apr 2022). Believers rated physical health highest; non-believers mental health — ANOVA showed faith-linked differences.
Read the post →SOC scores: men 36.83±12.45 vs women 33.17±10.60. Diverting attention from pain correlated with reinterpretation (r=0.75).
Read the post →450 + 490 + 725 respondents across age bands. Four scales: Respect, Convention, Gamesmanship, Cheating — ready for PE evaluation.
Read the post →SOC-29 meaningfulness + STAI in elites: engaged camp participation tracks with lower anxiety — salutogenic, not soft.
Read the post →72 min protocol in regular sauna users: HRavg 102.5 bpm, HRpeak 143.3; significant BP drop; no chaotic breakdown of homeostasis.
Read the post →Pandemic STAI above reference means; nutrition habits and university context partially predicted anxiety — multifaceted, not a single lever.
Read the post →Companion to the mixed-sex IJERPH paper: in men, pro-health eating attention and strong support entered significant anxiety models (R≈0.39–0.41).
Read the post →Ido 19(2):12–20 with Pavlova, Bodnar, Ortenburger, Wąsik: martial-arts PE as a bridge toward school demands for girls — open the DOI for full methods.
Read the post →Male/female experimental groups (n≈31–33) vs controls: Ketle, Robinson, lifetime and strength indices plus Schultz–Platonov mental work — PE as pedagogy, not only sweat.
Read the post →No DOI in Crossref; Arch Budo 14:143–157. Progressive vs constant kata-juji-jime with SWI indices — prophylaxis/therapy tool under medical-ethical standards.
Read the post →Brazil/Poland/Japan lead judo publishing; ~84% in science-tech and life-science bins. Therapy of mental disorders is occasional — a call, not a miracle claim.
Read the post →Physiotherapy lens: different diagnoses, similar high fall-risk profile — prevention must be lifelong, not a six-week module.
Read the post →Eight recreational judoka, three training states: recommend SASRT (+ self-perception); FFD usable; SABS fails standards — two overlapping papers, one guide.
Read the post →External push into a concrete wall from 2 m: both shielded the head; man A absorbed ~77% of collision energy in tissues vs ~91% for man B.
Read the post →Combined popular note on two overlapping 2015 texts: literature of struggle as a tool beside cognitive-behavioural work — not a substitute for clinical care.
Read the post →False-positive “covered” on the site before — dedicated note now. Musculoskeletal and neurological disabilities dominate older applicants.
Read the post →Dedicated popular post for DOI 10.16926/par.2023.11.02 — force plate + foot IMU; Me = Fmax/a; effect-of-force highest on roundhouse.
Read the post →Matsui, Mimura, Arakawa, Mosler: ICD-10 buckets hide motor differences — video functional assessment aims at fairer kata competition for wheelchair users and beyond.
Read the post →Previously published explainers — original pages, unchanged
Did you know that a powerful roundhouse kick depends heavily on what your arms and trunk are doing? We tested 13 elite athletes in the laboratory to understand what optimizes energy transfer to the striking foot.
Read full analysis →Higher speed doesn't always equal greater striking power. View the results of the latest biomechanical research on the differences between the lead hand (jab) and rear hand (cross) punch.
Read full analysis →In traditional karate, we spend hundreds of hours executing techniques in the air. However, my latest research using EMG sensors exposes that the human body behaves entirely differently when it must hit a physical target.
Read full analysis →What exactly is 'effective mass' and why do you utilize a mere fraction of your body weight during a punch? A biomechanical analysis of mass transfer in boxing strikes.
Read full analysis →Is it actually possible to measure a kick's colossal force without exorbitant dynamometric platforms? The results of our newest research indicate that Machine Learning models (LSTM) can calculate strike power based solely on body movement.
Read full analysis →Most martial arts training relies on techniques performed in the air. However, my latest research proves that your body moves fastest only when it encounters physical resistance in the form of a target pad.
Read full analysis →Different competitions require different executions of techniques. We analyzed 180 roundhouse kicks performed by Taekwon-do masters to check the biomechanical differences between the traditional and sports execution.
Read full analysis →Artificial intelligence helps us analyze not only movement but also the human psyche. See how we utilized machine learning algorithms to investigate anxiety and stress levels in crisis situations.
Read full analysis →Kyokushin Karate is considered one of the toughest combat sports in the world. We analyzed the injury histories of 61 elite competitors to see what gets damaged most often on the mat and how to effectively prevent it.
Read full analysis →VR headsets aren't just entertainment for gamers. Discover how we utilized virtual reality to study defense reactions and prevent dangerous falls, especially among the elderly.
Read full analysis →Combat sports are often associated with aggression. However, our analysis proves that adapting Para Taekwondo rules can be a powerful tool in behavioral therapy for individuals with intellectual disabilities.
Read full analysis →Thai boxing is one of the most brutal striking sports. We tested the pain thresholds of professionals and amateurs to see if years of taking hits can "reprogram" the nervous system.
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