Thor F. Besier

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• An EMG-driven musculoskeletal model to estimate muscle forces and knee joint moments in vivo.

  David G Lloyd;Thor F Besier

  1455
  Citations

• Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling: Estimation of Muscle Forces and Joint Moments and Movements From Measurements of Neural Command

  Thomas S. Buchanan;David G. Lloyd;Kurt Manal;Thor F. Besier

  1121
  Citations

• Grand Challenge Competition to Predict In Vivo Knee Loads

  Benjamin J. Fregly;Thor F. Besier;David Gavin Lloyd;Scott L. Delp

  744
  Citations

• External loading of the knee joint during running and cutting maneuvers.

  Thor F. Besier;David G. Lloyd;Jodie L. Cochrane;Timothy R. Ackland

  703
  Citations

• Anticipatory effects on knee joint loading during running and cutting maneuvers.

  Thor F. Besier;David G. Lloyd;Timothy R. Ackland;Jodie L. Cochrane

  690
  Citations

• Repeatability of gait data using a functional hip joint centre and a mean helical knee axis.

  Thor F. Besier;Daina L. Sturnieks;Jacque A. Alderson;David G. Lloyd

  653
  Citations

• Muscle activation strategies at the knee during running and cutting maneuvers

  Thor F Besier;David G Lloyd;Timothy R Ackland

  544
  Citations

• Muscle and external load contribution to knee joint contact loads during normal gait.

  C.R. Winby;David Gavin Lloyd;T.F. Besier;T.B. Kirk

  485
  Citations

• CEINMS: A toolbox to investigate the influence of different neural control solutions on the prediction of muscle excitation and joint moments during dynamic motor tasks.

  Claudio Pizzolato;David G. Lloyd;Massimo Sartori;Elena Ceseracciu

  367
  Citations

• Knee Muscle Forces during Walking and Running in Patellofemoral Pain Patients and Pain-Free Controls

  Thor F. Besier;Michael Fredericson;Garry E. Gold;Gary S. Beaupré

  347
  Citations

• Subject-specific knee joint geometry improves predictions of medial tibiofemoral contact forces

  Pauline Gerus;Massimo Sartori;Thor F. Besier;Benjamin J. Fregly

  313
  Citations

• Consensus for experimental design in electromyography (CEDE) project: Amplitude normalization matrix.

  Manuela Besomi;Paul W. Hodges;Edward A. Clancy;Jaap Van Dieën

  303
  Citations

• Toe-in gait reduces the first peak knee adduction moment in patients with medial compartment knee osteoarthritis

  Pete B. Shull;Rebecca Shultz;Amy Silder;Jason L. Dragoo

  262
  Citations

• Estimation of muscle forces and joint moments using a forward-inverse dynamics model.

  Thomas S. Buchanan;David Gavin Lloyd;Kurt Manal;Thor F. Besier

  252
  Citations

• A modeling framework to estimate patellofemoral joint cartilage stress in vivo.

  Thor F Besier;Garry E Gold;Gary S Beaupré;Scott L Delp

  230
  Citations

• Using Real-Time MRI to Quantify Altered Joint Kinematics in Subjects with Patellofemoral Pain and to Evaluate the Effects of a Patellar Brace or Sleeve on Joint Motion

  Christine E. Draper;Thor F. Besier;Juan M. Santos;Fabio Jennings

  193
  Citations

• Neuromuscular biomechanical modeling to understand knee ligament loading.

  David Gavin Lloyd;Thomas S. Buchanan;Thor F. Besier

  190
  Citations

• Training multi-parameter gaits to reduce the knee adduction moment with data-driven models and haptic feedback ☆

  Pete B. Shull;Kristen L. Lurie;Mark R. Cutkosky;Thor F. Besier

  168
  Citations

• Training Affects Knee Kinematics and Kinetics in Cutting Maneuvers in Sport

  Jodie L. Cochrane;David Gavin Lloyd;Thor F. Besier;Thor F. Besier;Bruce C. Elliott

  167
  Citations

• Men and women adopt similar walking mechanics and muscle activation patterns during load carriage.

  Amy Silder;Scott L. Delp;Thor Besier

  164
  Citations