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Biology and Biochemistry
Canada
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

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104
Citations
36190
World Ranking
1267
National Ranking
34

Medicine

D-Index
105
Citations
37441
World Ranking
6810
National Ranking
260

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  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Walter Herzog is affiliated with the University of Calgary in Canada. Their research contributions span multiple fields, primarily Medicine and Engineering, with significant expertise in Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

Their work includes publications in various prominent venues, reflecting a focus on biomechanics, muscle physiology, and sports medicine. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • Journal of Biomechanics
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
  • Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Herzog's research covers numerous subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, and Rheumatology.

Main topics of study in their work consist of:

  • Muscle activation and electromyography studies
  • Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
  • Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies
  • Sports injuries and prevention
  • Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
  • Muscle Physiology and Disorders
  • Sports Performance and Training

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Herzog include:

  • Skeletal Muscle in Cerebral Palsy: From Belly to Myofibril (2021), published in Frontiers in Neurology
  • The sarcomere force-length relationship in an intact muscle-tendon unit (2020), published in Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Monitoring the Return to Sport Transition After ACL Injury: An Alpine Ski Racing Case Study (2020), published in Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Machine Learning Classification of Articular Cartilage Integrity Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (2020), published in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering
  • Collagen fibres determine the crack morphology in articular cartilage (2021), published in Acta Biomaterialia

Frequent collaborators with Herzog include:

  • Venus Joumaa
  • Eng Kuan Moo
  • Rami K. Korhonen
  • Matthew J. Jordan
  • Salvatore Federico

Best Publications

  • Biomechanics of the musculo-skeletal system

    Benno Maurus Nigg;Walter Herzog

  • Model-based estimation of muscle forces exerted during movements

    Ahmet Erdemir;Scott McLean;Walter Herzog;Antonie J. van den Bogert

  • Asymmetries in ground reaction force patterns in normal human gait.

    Walter Herzog;Benno M. Nigg;Lynda J. Read;Ewa Olsson

  • Length dependence of active force production in skeletal muscle.

    D. E. Rassier;B. R. MacIntosh;W. Herzog

  • Use of force platform variables to quantify the effects of chiropractic manipulation on gait symmetry.

    R O Robinson;W Herzog;B M Nigg

  • Lines of action and moment arms of the major force-carrying structures crossing the human knee joint

    W Herzog;L J Read

  • IL-1β induces COX2, MMP-1, -3 and -13, adamts-4, IL-1β and IL-6 in human tendon cells

    M. Tsuzaki;G. Guyton;W. Garrett;J. M. Archambault

  • Electromyographic responses of back and limb muscles associated with spinal manipulative therapy.

    Walter Herzog;David Scheele;Philip J. Conway

  • Vibration training: an overview of the area, training consequences, and future considerations.

    Matthew J. Jordan;Stephen R. Norris;David J. Smith;Walter Herzog

  • Force enhancement following stretching of skeletal muscle: a new mechanism

    W Herzog;T R Leonard

  • Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Musculoskeletal Disease: Common Inflammatory Pathways Suggest a Central Role for Loss of Muscle Integrity

    Kelsey H. Collins;Walter Herzog;Graham Z. MacDonald;Raylene A. Reimer

  • Theoretical Models of Skeletal Muscle: Biological and Mathematical Considerations

    Marcelo Epstein;Walter Herzog

  • Stretch and interleukin-1β induce matrix metalloproteinases in rabbit tendon cells in vitro

    Joanne Archambault;Mari Tsuzaki;Walter Herzog;Albert J. Banes

  • Depression of cat soleus-forces following isokinetic shortening.

    W. Herzog;T.R. Leonard

  • Muscle weakness, afferent sensory dysfunction and exercise in knee osteoarthritis

    Ewa M. Roos;Walter Herzog;Joel A. Block;Kim L. Bennell

  • Moment-length relations of rectus femoris muscles of speed skaters/cyclists and runners.

    W Herzog;A C Guimaraes;M G Anton;K A Carter-Erdman

  • The role of muscles in joint adaptation and degeneration.

    W Herzog;D Longino;A Clark

  • Decrease in quadriceps inhibition after sacroiliac joint manipulation in patients with anterior knee pain.

    Esther Suter;Gordon McMorland;Walter Herzog;Robert Bray

  • Forces Exerted During Spinal Manipulative Therapy

    W Herzog;P J Conway;G N Kawchuk;Y Zhang

  • Regulation of muscle force in the absence of actin-myosin-based cross-bridge interaction.

    Tim R Leonard;Walter Herzog

Frequent Co-Authors

Rami K. Korhonen
Rami K. Korhonen University of Eastern Finland
Yuan-Ting Zhang
Yuan-Ting Zhang City University of Hong Kong
John Z. Wu
John Z. Wu National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Simo Saarakkala
Simo Saarakkala University of Oulu
Per Aagaard
Per Aagaard University of Southern Denmark
Benno M. Nigg
Benno M. Nigg University of Calgary
Belinda Pingguan-Murphy
Belinda Pingguan-Murphy University of Malaya
Jukka S. Jurvelin
Jukka S. Jurvelin University of Eastern Finland
Petro Julkunen
Petro Julkunen University of Eastern Finland
Richard R. Neptune
Richard R. Neptune The University of Texas at Austin

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