Dear Colleagues,

Musculoskeletal disorders are still one of the most popular reasons for incapacity for work and have diseases such as mental illnesses or upper respiratory tract diseases the highest prevalence. The relevance of ergonomic-optimized occupational settings is still outstanding in the field of occupational health, while the possibilities in the field of human movement and motion analysis and the resulting application options have evolved. Modern capabilities in motion analysis, such as inertial motion capture systems, enable much better quantification of posture and human motion in the field, allowing ergonomic derivations to be optimized and numerous applications, such as exoskeletons and other assistive devices, to be developed. Further fields of application that are not related to occupational health are prosthesis development or diagnostics by means of gait analysis. This Special Issue of Bioengineering on Human Movement and Ergonomics will focus on research papers and comprehensive reviews addressing the central role of modern methodologies assessing human movement and improving ergonomics bringing together contributions from worldwide experts on ergonomics, ergonomic risk assessment, motion analysis, posture and wearables.

Dr. Fabian Holzgreve
Prof. Dr. Daniela Ohlendorf
Dr. Christian Maurer-Grubinger
Guest Editors