Publications
O’Neill MC, Umberger BR, Holowka NB, Larson SG & Reiser PJ. (2017). Chimpanzee ‘super strength’
and human skeletal muscle evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 7343-
7348. [Link]
Umberger BR & Miller RH. (2017). Optimal control modeling of human movement. In B Müller & SI Wolf
(Eds.), Handbook of Human Motion. Berlin: Springer. 1-22. [Link]
Erdemir A, Guess TM, Halloran JP, Modenese L, Reinbolt JA, Thelen DG & Umberger BR. (2016).
Commentary on the integration of model sharing and reproducibility analysis to scholarly publishing
workflow in computational biomechanics. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 63, 2080-2085.
[PDF]
Young S, Gardiner B, Mehdizadeh A, Rubenson J, Umberger BR & Smith D. (2016). Adaptive
remodeling of Achilles tendon: A multi-scale computational model. PLOS Computational Biology 12,
e1005106. [PDF]
Lim J, Schuna JM Jr., Busa MA, Umberger BR, Katzmarzyk PT, van Emmerik REA & Tudor-Locke C.
(2016). Allometrically scaled children’s clinical and free-living ambulatory behavior. Medicine & Science
in Sports & Exercise 48, 2407-2416. [PDF]
Lee L-F & Umberger BR. (2016). Generating optimal control simulations of musculoskeletal
movement with OpenSim and MATLAB. PeerJ 4, e1638. [PDF]
LaPre AK, Umberger BR & Sup F. (2016). A robotic foot-ankle prosthesis with active alignment. Journal
of Medical Devices 10, 025001. [PDF]
Callahan DM, Umberger BR & Kent-Braun JA. (2016). Mechanisms of in vivo muscle fatigue in
humans: investigating age-related fatigue resistance with a computational model. Journal of
Physiology 594, 3407-3421. [PDF]
O’Neill MC, Lee L-F, Demes B, Thompson NE, Larson SG, Stern JT Jr. & Umberger BR. (2015). Three-
dimensional kinematics of the pelvis and hind limbs in chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and human bipedal
walking. Journal of Human Evolution 86, 32-42. [PDF]
Anderson DD & Umberger BR. (2015). Forward: Special issue on symposia organized by the American
Society of Biomechanics at the 7th World Congress of Biomechanics. Journal of Biomechanics 48,
2835-2836. [PDF]
Demes B, Thompson NE, O'Neill MC & Umberger BR. (2015). Center of mass mechanics of
chimpanzee bipedal walking. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 156, 422-433. [PDF]
Umberger BR & Caldwell GC. (2014). Musculoskeletal Modeling. In Robertson et al. (Eds.) Research
Methods in Biomechanics, 2nd Edition. Champaingn, IL: Human Kinetics. 247-276.
LaPre AK, Umberger BR & Sup F. (2014). Simulation of a powered ankle prosthesis with dynamic joint
alignment. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1618-1621. [PDF]
O’Neill MC, Lee L-F, Larson SG, Demes B, Stern JT Jr. & Umberger BR. (2013). A three-dimensional
musculoskeletal model of the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) pelvis and hind limb. Journal of
Experimental Biology 216, 3709-3723. [PDF]
Gruber AH, Umberger BR, Braun B & Hamill J. (2013). Economy and rate of carbohydrate oxidation
during running with rearfoot and forefoot strike patterns. Journal of Applied Physiology 115, 194-201.
[PDF]
Callahan DM, Umberger BR & Kent-Braun JA. (2013). A computational model of torque generation:
neural, contractile, metabolic and musculoskeletal components. PLOS ONE 8, e56013. [PDF]
Umberger BR, Augsburger S, Resig J, Oeffinger D, Shapiro R & Tylkowski C. (2013). Generation,
absorption, and transfer of mechanical energy during walking in children. Medical Engineering and
Physics 35, 644-651. [PDF]
Russell EM, Miller RH, Umberger BR & Hamill J. (2013). Lateral wedges alter mediolateral load
distributions at the knee joint in obese individuals. Journal of Orthopedic Research 31, 665-671. [PDF]
Miller RH, Umberger BR, Hamill J & Caldwell GC. (2012). Evaluation of the minimum energy hypothesis
and other potential optimality criteria for human running. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 279, 1498-
1505. [PDF]
Miller RH, Umberger BR & Caldwell GC. (2012). Sensitivity of maximum sprinting speed to characteristic
parameters of the muscle force-velocity relationship. Journal of Biomechanics 45, 1406-1413. [PDF]
Miller RH, Umberger BR & Caldwell GC. (2012). Limitations to maximum sprinting speed imposed by
muscle mechanical properties. Journal of Biomechanics 45, 1092-1097. [PDF]
Umberger BR & Rubenson J. (2011). Understanding muscle energetics in locomotion: new modeling
and experimental approaches. Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews 39, 59-67. [PDF]
Bolgla LA, Malone TR, Umberger BR & Uhl TL. (2011). Comparison of hip and knee strength and
neuromuscular activity in subjects with and without patellofemoral pain syndrome. International Journal
of Sports Physical Therapy 6, 285-296. [PDF]
Seeley MK, Umberger BR, Clasey JL & Shapiro R. (2010). The relation between mild leg-length
inequality and able-bodied gait asymmetry. Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 9, 572-579. [PDF]
Umberger BR. (2010). Stance and swing phase costs in human walking. Journal of the Royal Society
Interface 7, 1329-1340. [PDF] [Supplementary Material]
Bolgla LA, Malone TR, Umberger BR & Uhl TL. (2010). Reliability of evaluation tools used for assessing
hip and knee function, strength, and neuromuscular activity in females diagnosed with patellofemoral
pain syndrome. Journal of Electromyography & Kinesiology 20, 142-147. [PDF]
Click HERE for papers published before 2010.
Locomotion Research Group
Locomotion Research Group
Department of Kinesiology
University of Massachusetts
30 Eastman Lane
Amherst, MA 01003-9258
Phone: 413-545-1436
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