*Editorial* **Advances in Biomechanics-Based Motion Analysis**

**Christina Zong-Hao Ma 1,2, \* , Zhengrong Li <sup>3</sup> and Chen He 4**


Motion patterns in humans have been closely associated with neurological/musculoskeletal/ behavioral/psychological health issues and competitive sports performance. Recent decades have witnessed the development of a number of motion capture and analysis techniques to assist professionals in quantitatively evaluating motion patterns. However, current assessments still mainly rely on the professionals' experience, questionnaires or scales, and functional tests. As a result, some pathological or elite athletes' motion patterns remained unclear. Moreover, the in-depth biomechanical/neuromuscular mechanisms of motion patterns are poorly understood. Therefore, in this Special Issue, we have assembled 23 research articles and review papers on the state-of-the-art advances in motion analysis from fundamental in vitro cell [1] and cadaveric studies [2] to in vivo experiments on human subjects. These studies have either applied validated biomechanical models and neuromuscular analyses to answer unresolved clinical/sports-related questions or focused on the development of novel motion analysis methods. We expect this Special Issue to shed light on future research and developments in biomechanics and motion analysis.
