Assoz. Prof. Mag. Hans Kainz, Privatdoz. MSc PhD
Consultation hours: by arrangement
Head of the Neuromechanics Research Group
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hans_KainzTwitter: @hans_kainz
Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=j73SjiQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
Summer term 2026
350046 SE BA3I - Bachelorarbeit - Abt. H - Fachgruppen: Biomechanik, Neuromechanik und Sportinformatik
350049 UE Begleitung der Abfassung einer Bachelorarbeit - Abt. H - Fachgruppen: Biomechanik, Neuromechanik und Sportinformatik
Winter term 2025
350147 SE BA3I - Bachelorarbeit - Abt. A - Fachgruppen: Biomechanik, Neuromechanik und Sportinformatik
Kainz H, Kranzl A. In-toeing gait requires less muscular effort and reduces lower limb joint loads in people with internal torsional deformities. Gait & Posture. 2022 Sept;97(Supplement 1):391-392. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.07.239
Guggenberger B, Horsak B, Habersack A, Smith C, Svehlik M, Kainz H. The influence of different walking strategies on patellofemoral and tibiofemoral contact forces in individuals with patellofemoral instability. Gait & Posture. 2022 Sept;97(Supplement 1):68-69. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.07.052
Kainz H, Koller W, Kaufmann P, Unglaube F, Kranzl A, Baca A. Impact of Bony Geometry on Static Optimization Based Estimations of Muscle Activations and Forces. In MATHMOD 2022 Discussion Contribution Volume: Discussion Contributions of the 10th Vienna Conference on Mathematical Modelling, Vienna, Austria, July 27 – 29, 2022. 2022. p. 15-16. (ARGESIM-Report, Vol. 17). doi: 10.11128/arep.17.a17042
Koller W, Baca A, Kainz H. Intra-Subject Variability of Femoral Growth Simulations Based on Personalized Finite Element Models. In ESB 2022: 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics: abstract book; 26 - 29 June 2022, Porto, Portugal. Porto: European Society of Biomechanics. 2022. p. 384
Horsak B, Simonlehner M, Dumphart B, Kainz H, Killen B, Jonkers I. Patella-femoral joint loading during the modified Star Excursion Balance Test: Preliminary results of an extensive simulation study. Gait & Posture. 2022;97(Supplement 1):5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.07.013
Kaufmann P, Zweier L, Baca A, Kainz H. Shared Synergies Between Complex Movements. In ESB 2022: 27th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics : abstract book; 26. - 29. June 2022, Porto, Portugal . Porto: European Society of Biomechanics. 2022. p. 368
Schwab C, Durstberger S, Kainz H, Baca A, Thajer A, Greber-Platzer S et al. Accuracy of 3-dimensional freehand ultrasound to estimate anatomical landmarks in children and adolescents with obesity. Gait & Posture. 2021 Oct;90(Supplement 1):232-233. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.09.120
Kainz H, Schwartz MH. Hints and pitfalls for estimating muscle-tendon lengths based on joint angles from the conventional gait model. Gait & Posture. 2021 Oct;90(Supplement 1):114-115. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.09.058
Veerkamp K, Kainz H, Killen BA, Jónasdóttir H, van der Krogt MM. Torsion Tool: An automated tool for personalising femoral and tibial geometries in OpenSim musculoskeletal models. Journal of Biomechanics. 2021 Aug 26;125:110589. Epub 2021 Jun 26. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2021.110589
Buehler C, Koller W, De Comtes F, Kainz H. Quantifying Muscle Forces and Joint Loading During Hip Exercises Performed With and Without an Elastic Resistance Band. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living. 2021 Aug 23;3:695383. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2021.695383
Kainz H, Killen BA, Van Campenhout A, Desloovere K, Garcia Aznar JM, Shefelbine S et al. ESB Clinical Biomechanics Award 2020: Pelvis and hip movement strategies discriminate typical and pathological femoral growth - Insights gained from a multi-scale mechanobiological modelling framework. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 2021 Jul;87:105405. Epub 2021 Jun 4. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105405
Kainz H, Wesseling M, Jonkers I. Generic scaled versus subject-specific models for the calculation of musculoskeletal loading in cerebral palsy gait: Effect of personalized musculoskeletal geometry outweighs the effect of personalized neural control. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 2021 Jul;87:1-9. 105402. Epub 2021 Jun 1. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2021.105402
Kainz H, Schwartz MH. The importance of a consistent workflow to estimate muscle-tendon lengths based on joint angles from the conventional gait model. Gait & Posture. 2021 Jul;88:1-9. Epub 2021 Apr 27. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.04.039
Koller W, Baca A, Kainz H. Impact of scaling errors of the thigh and shank segments on musculoskeletal simulation results. Gait & Posture. 2021 Jun;87:65-74. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.02.016
Horsak B, Schwab C, Durstberger S, Thajer A, Greber-Platzer S, Kainz H et al. 3D free-hand ultrasound to register anatomical landmarks at the pelvis and localize the hip joint center in lean and obese individuals. Scientific Reports. 2021 May 20;11(1):10650. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-89763-7
Vandekerckhove I, Wesseling M, Kainz H, Desloovere K, Jonkers I. The effect of hip muscle weakness and femoral bony deformities on gait performance. Gait & Posture. 2021 Jan;83:280-286. Epub 2020 Oct 25. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.10.022
Koller W, Baca A, Kainz H. Asymmetric gait pattern versus femoral morphology – What is the main reason for asymmetric hip joint loading? Gait & Posture. 2021;90(Supplement 1):125-126. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.09.065
Wesseling M, Kainz H, Hoekstra T, Van Rossom S, Desloovere K, De Groote F et al. Botulinum toxin injections minimally affect modelled muscle forces during gait in children with cerebral palsy. Gait and Posture. 2020 Oct;82:54-60. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2020.08.122
Kainz H, Killen BA, Wesseling M, Perez-Boerema F, Pitto L, Garcia Aznar JM et al. A multi-scale modelling framework combining musculoskeletal rigid-body simulations with adaptive finite element analyses, to evaluate the impact of femoral geometry on hip joint contact forces and femoral bone growth. PLoS ONE. 2020 Jul 23;15(7):e0235966. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235966
Van Rossom S, Kainz H, Wesseling M, Papageorgiou E, De Groote F, Van Campenhout A et al. Single-event multilevel surgery, but not botulinum toxin injections normalize joint loading in cerebral palsy patients. Clinical biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 2020 Jun 1;76:105025. Epub 2020 Apr 30. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2020.105025
Enchancing Gait Insights and Predicting Surgery Outcomes
Kainz, H. (Project Lead)
1/04/25 → 31/03/29
Project: Research funding
"In-silico simulations for early detection of abnormal bone loads to prevent the development of bony deformities (INSIDE-BONE)"
Kainz, H. (Project Lead)
1/04/25 → 31/03/30
Project: Research funding
Department of Sport and Human Movement Science
Auf der Schmelz 6a (USZ II)
1150 Wien
Room: 2.16a
T: +43-1-4277-48887