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Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biomechanical aspects of running-related injuries, particularly related to foot strike patterns, patellofemoral pain syndrome, hip strength, stress fractures, and gait analysis. It explores the influence of abnormal hip mechanics, altered lower-extremity kinematics, and intrinsic risk factors for the development of anterior knee pain in athletes. Additionally, it delves into the anatomy and biomechanics of the medial patellofemoral ligament and the role of impact forces and foot pronation in injury mechanisms.

  • Running Injuries
  • Biomechanics
  • Foot Strike Patterns
  • Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
  • Hip Strength
  • Kinematics
  • Stress Fractures
  • Gait Analysis
  • Medial Patellofemoral Ligament
  • Muscle Activation
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
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Which countries lead Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 813 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.7k works
  2. 2 China 813 works
  3. 3 Japan 500 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 369 works
  5. 5 India 361 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 294 works
  7. 7 Germany 293 works
  8. 8 South Korea 250 works
  9. 9 Brazil 238 works
  10. 10 Australia 228 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 33.4%China: 16.2%Japan: 10.0%United Kingdom: 7.3%6 others listed: 33.1%33%largest
United States1,681 · 33.4%China813 · 16.2%Japan500 · 10.0%United Kingdom369 · 7.3%6 others listed1,665 · 33.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Hospital for Special Surgery publishes the most Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies research, followed by La Trobe University and University of Calgary.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 49 works
  2. 2 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 32 works
  3. 3 University of CalgaryCanada 28 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 25 works
  5. 5 Ningbo UniversityChina 24 works
  6. 6 Rush University Medical CenterUnited States 24 works
  7. 7 Shanghai University of SportChina 23 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 23 works
  9. 9 Hiroshima UniversityJapan 23 works
  10. 10 Cairo UniversityEgypt 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies include Cyrus Cooper, David J. Hunter and Flavia Cicuttini.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
  2. 2 David J. Hunter Australia 3.3k citations
  3. 3 Flavia Cicuttini Australia 3.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies research done?

The largest centres of Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 134 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 120 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 117 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 111 works
  5. 5 New York United States 99 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 82 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 81 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 75 works
  9. 9 Melbourne Australia 71 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 67 works
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Where is the best place to study Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies?

Among universities, judged by research, La Trobe University, Kharazmi University and Shanghai University of Sport score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 17.27%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →La Trobe University: 32, 21.1%Kharazmi University: 9, 21.8%Shanghai University of Sport: 23, 18.2%University of Salford: 10, 18.2%University of Calgary: 28, 17.6%Auckland University of Technology: 10, 19.0%Hiroshima University: 23, 8.5%Beijing Sport University: 19, 12.2%Bu-Ali Sina University: 10, 7.3%University of Auckland: 10, 28.8%Kharazmi UniversityLa Trobe UniversityShanghai University …University of Salford
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 La Trobe UniversityAustralia 72.321.1%14.5×32 +51.1%
2 Kharazmi UniversityIran 66.021.8%13.0×9 +356.9%
3 Shanghai University of SportChina 65.718.2%53.9×23 +88.5%
4 University of SalfordUnited Kingdom 55.118.2%14.0×10 +27.3%
5 University of CalgaryCanada 54.217.6%6.0×28 +11.4%
6 Auckland University of TechnologyNew Zealand 52.819.0%7.8×10 +61.5%
7 Hiroshima UniversityJapan 52.68.5%9.5×23 +49.0%
8 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 51.912.2%36.9×19 +9.0%
9 Bu-Ali Sina UniversityIran 51.37.3%13.9×10 +356.6%
10 University of AucklandNew Zealand 49.328.8%2.8×10 +56.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.