Submit a Manuscript to the Journal
Sports Biomechanics
For a Special Issue on
Aesthetic, athletic, artistry; Applications of biomechanics in dance
Manuscript deadline
Special Issue Editor(s)
Luke Hopper,
Edith Cowan University
[email protected]
Nahoko Sato,
Nagoya Gakuin University
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Alycia Fong Yan,
The University of Sydney
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Aesthetic, athletic, artistry; Applications of biomechanics in dance
- Biomechanics related injury risk factors and aetiologies in dance
- Understanding/observing dance using biomechanical methods for performance enhancement
- Biomechanical approaches to critically evaluating or judging dance performance
- Applications of biomechanical methods in the pursuit of understanding dance as an elite movement discipline
- Technology and innovation as it has developed to inform dance training and/or facilitate new enquiry into dance biomechanical studies
- Demonstrate the diversity of dance forms that exist internationally and have been assessed through biomechanical methods
- Considerations of applying biomechanical methods to dance as an aesthetic movement discipline
- Positioning dance biomechanics as a unique comparative study that may serve to initiate interdisciplinary biomechanical studies across athletic, robotic and other relevant disciplines.
Submission Instructions
- Select "special issue – Aesthetic, athletic, artistry; Applications of biomechanics in dance” when submitting your paper.
- These article types will be considered: Review, Original Research, Methods and Theoretical Perspectives.
- Word limit: 5000 for reviews and 3500 for others.
- Table and figure limit: 5 for reviews and 3 for others.
- Expected publication dates: TBC.
- Authors are encouraged to contact the editors to enquire about the topic of the potential submission before preparation.