Publications
2026
Chalitsios, C., Mylonas, V., Stergiou, N., & Nikodelis, T. (2026). Stride‐to‐Stride fluctuations and temporal patterns of muscle activity exhibit a stronger relationship in Running‐Induced fatigue. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 36(2), e70223. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.70223
Panoutsakopoulos, V., Athanasopoulos, E., Li, T., Kitsikoudis, P., & Chalitsios, C. (2026). Field-Based monitoring of linear sprint performance: agreement between the K-Power sensor and timing gates in trained youth sprinters. Applied Sciences, 16(3), 1268. https://doi.org/10.3390/app16031268
Papadakis, Z., Koutlianos, N., Panoutsakopoulos, V., & Kouidi, E. (2026). Beyond hypertrophy: a network physiology perspective on the cardio-neuromuscular trade-off in elite soccer. Frontiers in Network Physiology, 6, 1741770. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnetp.2026.1741770
Mangalam, M., & Stergiou, N. (2026). The equilibrium point hypothesis revisited: why threshold control does not explain human movement. Experimental Brain Research, 244(3), 44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-026-07242-9
Mylonas, V., Wiles, T. M., Kim, S. K., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2026). Hurst-Kolmogorov Process is a More Reliable and Statistically Powerful Alternative to Detrended Fluctuation Analysis for Estimating Hurst in Short Walking Trials. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-026-04011-1
2025
Chalitsios, C., Stergiou, N., & Nikodelis, T. (2025). Ground gradient affects stride-to-stride fluctuations and gait variability in overground walking. European Journal of Applied Physiology, 126(1), 259–267. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-025-05896-x
Wiles, T. M., Kim, S. K., Mangalam, M., Sommerfeld, J. H., Brink, K. J., Grunkemeyer, A., Manifrenti, M. K., Charles, A. E., Shakerian, N., Haghighatnejad, M., Mastorakis, S.,Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2025). NONAN GaitPrint: An IMU gait database of healthy older adults. Scientific Data, 12(1), 143. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04359-w
Mylonas, V., Grigoriadis, S., Chalitsios, C., Stergiou, N., & Nikodelis, T. (2025). Postural sway variability in young adults presents higher complexity during morning compared to evening hours while in older adults remains the same. Experimental Brain Research, 243(7), 176. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-025-07121-9
Grigoriadis, S., Mylonas, V., Nikodelis, T., Panoutsakopoulos, V., Loizidis, T., & Mihailidis, A. (2025). A validity and reliability study of the K-Muscle Controller Hand-Held Dynamometer in measuring shoulder’s internal and external rotation force. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 315125251364362. https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125251364362
Mylonas, V., Grigoriadis, S., Metaxiotis, D., Kellis, E., Stergiou, N., & Nikodelis, T. (2025). Medial parapatellar surgical approach leads to greater loss of postural sway complexity compared to mid‐vastus approach in women undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy. https://doi.org/10.1002/ksa.70057
Chalitsios, C., Stergiou, N., & Nikodelis, T. (2025). Multifractality of stride-to-stride variations in adolescent runners is sensitive to endurance training. Sports Biomechanics, 24(12), 3675–3691. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2025.2552176
Mylonas, V., Blom, P. M., Panoutsakopoulos, V., Stergiou, N., & Nikodelis, T. (2025). Transfer of motor learning in a motion-controlled video game is better facilitated using rotations of the torso rather than movements of the center of pressure as a controller. Human Movement Science, 103, 103400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2025.103400
Papadakis, Z., Panoutsakopoulos, V., Schwarz, A., & Antonio, J. (2025). Caffeine’s influence on vertical jump height: a real-life collegiate student-athlete approach. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 22(1), 2501063. https://doi.org/10.1080/15502783.2025.2501063
Papadakis, Z., Koutlianos, N., Panoutsakopoulos, V., & Kouidi, E. (2025). Stronger hearts, weaker leaps? The cardiac power paradox in elite soccer. European Journal of Applied Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-025-06026-3
Keskinis, I., Panoutsakopoulos, V., Merkou, E., Lazaridis, S., & Bassa, E. (2025). Examination of Step Kinematics Between Children with Different Acceleration Patterns in Short-Sprint Dash. Biomechanics, 5(3), 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomechanics5030060
Panoutsakopoulos, V., Schwarz, A., Merkou, E., Savvoulidis, S., Kotzamanidou, M., & Papadakis, Z. (2025). Handgrip Strength Asymmetry in Female Basketball Players: The critical role of arm position and the challenge of statistical power. Sports, 13(8), 279. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13080279
Keskinis, I., Bassa, E., Merkou, E., Lazaridis, S., & Panoutsakopoulos, V. (2025). The effect of ladder training on performance and kinematic parameters of sprinting in prepubertal track and field athletes. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching. https://doi.org/10.1177/17479541251384101
Joveini, G., Boozari, S., Zareiyan, A., Hejazi‐Shirmard, M., & Stergiou, N. (2025). Effectiveness of upper extremity exoskeletons in children with cerebral palsy within International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Domains: a Systematic review. Child Care Health and Development, 51(6), e70163. https://doi.org/10.1111/cch.70163
Brink, K. J., Haghighatnejad, M., Wiles, T. M., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2025). Haptic cueing modulates gait variability and is more user friendly than visual cues. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 110, 103817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ergon.2025.103817
Manifrenti, M. K., Kent, J. A., Wickstrom, J., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2025). Pacing to pink noise enhances gait recovery from a mechanical perturbation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 228(19). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.250650
Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D., Barfi, M., Deligiannis, T., Schlattmann, B., Likens, A., Kiyono, K., & Stergiou, N. (2025). Ageing alters postural sway responsivity to the centre of mass movement. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 22(229), 20250220. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2025.0220
Brink, K. J., Wiles, T. M., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2025). Higher entropy in movements may promote enhanced upper limb motor precision. Human Movement Science, 102, 103368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2025.103368
2024
Chalitsios, C., Nikodelis, T., Mavrommatis, G., & Kollias, I. (2024). Subject-specific sensitivity of several biomechanical features to fatigue during an exhaustive treadmill run. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51296-0
Chalitsios, C., Nikodelis, T., & Mougios, V. (2024). Mechanical deviations in stride characteristics during running in the severe intensity domain are associated with a decline in muscle oxygenation. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 34(8). https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14709
Nikodelis, T., Grigoriadis, S., Metaxiotis, D., Mylonas, V., & Kellis, E. (2024). Mid-vastus approach induces milder short-term effects on postural control compared to parapatellar approach in total knee arthroplasty. Clinical Biomechanics, 120, 106354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2024.106354
Athanasakis, P., Nikodelis, T., Panoutsakopoulos, V., Mylonas, V., Loizidis, T., Koutlianos, N. A., & Kollias, I. A. (2024). Acute effect of dry needling on trunk kinematics and balance of patients with non-specific low back pain. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 39, 24–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2024.02.010
Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Kiyono, K., Stergiou, N., & Mangalam, M. (2024). Spatial variability and directional shifts in postural control in Parkinson’s disease. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 10, 100249. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prdoa.2024.100249
Wiles, T. M., Kim, S. K., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2024). Pattern analysis using lower body human walking data to identify the gaitprint. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 24, 281–291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2024.04.017
Vaz, J. R., Cortes, N., Gomes, J. S., Jordão, S., & Stergiou, N. (2024). Stride-to-stride fluctuations and temporal patterns of muscle activity exhibit similar responses during walking to variable visual cues. Journal of Biomechanics, 164, 111972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2024.111972
Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Seleznov, I., Popov, A., Likens, A. D., Kiyono, K., & Stergiou, N. (2024). Older adults and individuals with Parkinson’s disease control posture along suborthogonal directions that deviate from the traditional anteroposterior and mediolateral directions. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54583-y
Vaz, J. R., Cortes, N., Gomes, J. S., Reis, J. F., & Stergiou, N. (2024). Stride-to-stride variability is altered when running to isochronous visual cueing but remains unaltered with fractal cueing. Sports Biomechanics, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2023.2298958
Hinton, E. H., Buffum, R., Kingston, D., Stergiou, N., Kesar, T., Bierner, S., & Knarr, B. A. (2023). Real-Time visual kinematic feedback during overground walking improves GAIT biomechanics in individuals Post-Stroke. Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 52(2), 355–363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-023-03381-0
Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Seleznov, I., Popov, A., Likens, A. D., Kiyono, K., & Stergiou, N. (2024b). Older adults and individuals with Parkinson’s disease control posture along suborthogonal directions that deviate from the traditional anteroposterior and mediolateral directions. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54583-y
Faria, A., Sousa, T., Vaz, J. R., Gabriel, R., Gama, J., & Stergiou, N. (2024). Females present reduced minimum toe clearance during walking as compared to males in active older adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A, 79(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glae109
Brink, K. J., Kim, S. K., Sommerfeld, J. H., Amazeen, P. G., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2024). Pink noise promotes sooner state transitions during bimanual coordination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(31). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400687121
Pradon, D., Tong, L., Chalitsios, C., & Roche, N. (2024). Development of surface EMG for GAIT analysis and rehabilitation of hemiparetic patients. Sensors, 24(18), 5954. https://doi.org/10.3390/s24185954
2023
Mylonas, V., Chalitsios, C., & Nikodelis, T. (2023). Validation of a portable wireless force platform system to measure ground reaction forces during various tasks. International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 18(6). https://doi.org/10.26603/001c.89261
Hinton, E. H., Buffum, R., Stergiou, N., Kingston, D., Bierner, S., & Knarr, B. A. (2023). A portable visual biofeedback device can accurately measure and improve hip extension angle in individuals post-stroke. Clinical Biomechanics, 105, 105967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2023.105967
Mangalam, M., Kelty-Stephen, D. G., Sommerfeld, J. H., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2023). Temporal organization of stride-to-stride variations contradicts predictive models for sensorimotor control of footfalls during walking. PLoS ONE, 18(8), e0290324. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.029032
Wilson, T. J., Mangalam, M., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2023). Multifractality in stride-to-stride variations reveals that walking involves more movement tuning and adjusting than running. Frontiers in Network Physiology, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnetp.2023.1294545
Morais, J. E., Barbosa, T. M., Lopes, T., Gourgoulis, V., Nikodelis, T., & Marinho, D. A. (2023). Analysis of upper limb propulsion in young swimmers in front-crawl through Statistical Parametric Mapping. Journal of Biomechanics, 159, 111792. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2023.111792
Nikodelis, T., Gourgoulis, V., Lola, A., Ntampakis, I., & Kollias, I. (2023). Front Crawl and Backstroke Sprint Swimming have Distinct Differences along with Similar Patterns Regarding Trunk Rotations. International Journal of Kinesiology and Sports Science, 11(3), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.ijkss.v.11n.3p.1
Vaz, J. R., Silva, L. M., & Stergiou, N. (2023). Stride‐to‐Stride fluctuations of human GAIT are affected by chronobiology: an exploratory study. Advanced Biology, 7(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/adbi.202200235
Jordão, S., Stergiou, N., Brandão, R., Pezarat-Correia, P., Oliveira, R., Cortes, N., & Vaz, J. R. (2023). Muscle activity variability patterns and stride to stride fluctuations of older adults are positively correlated during walking. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47828-9
Wiles, T. M., Mangalam, M., Sommerfeld, J. H., Kim, S. K., Brink, K. J., Charles, A. E., Grunkemeyer, A., Manifrenti, M. K., Mastorakis, S., Stergiou, N., & Likens, A. D. (2023). NONAN GaitPrint: An IMU gait database of healthy young adults. Scientific Data, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02704-z
Brink, K. J., Likens, A., & Stergiou, N. (2023). The evolution of Scholarship of Biomechanics and Motor Control within the Academy: The Past, the Present, and the Future. Kinesiology Review, 13(1), 42–54. https://doi.org/10.1123/kr.2023-0054
2022
Harrison SJ, Reynolds N, Bishoff B, Stergiou N, White E. Homing tasks and distance matching tasks reveal different types of perceptual variables associated with perceiving self-motion during over-ground locomotion. Exp Brain Res. 2022 Apr;240(4):1257-1266. doi: 10.1007/s00221-022-06337-3. Epub 2022 Feb 24. PMID: 35199188.
Giatsis G, Panoutsakopoulos V, Kollias IA. Drop Jumping on Sand Is Characterized by Lower Power, Higher Rate of Force Development and Larger Knee Joint Range of Motion. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2022 Feb 4;7(1):17. doi: 10.3390/jfmk7010017. PMID: 35225903; PMCID: PMC8883941.
Lin Y, Mukherjee M, Stergiou N, Chien JH. Using mastoid vibration to detect age-related uni/bilateral vestibular deterioration during standing. J Vestib Res. 2022;32(2):145-154. doi: 10.3233/VES-210042. PMID: 34180442.
Giatsis G, Tilp M. Spike Arm Swing Techniques of Olympics Male and Female Elite Volleyball Players (1984-2021). J Sports Sci Med. 2022 Sep 1;21(3):465-472. doi: 10.52082/jssm.2022.465. PMID: 36157399; PMCID: PMC9459771.
Chalitsios C, Nikodelis T, Konstantakos V, Kollias I. Sensitivity of movement features to fatigue during an exhaustive treadmill run. Eur J Sport Sci. 2022 Sep;22(9):1374-1382. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2021.1955015. Epub 2021 Jul 25. PMID: 34256682.
Panoutsakopoulos V, Chalitsios C, Nikodelis T, Kollias IA. Kinetic time-curves can classify individuals in distinct levels of drop jump performance. J Sports Sci. 2022 Oct;40(19):2143-2152. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2022.2140921.
2021
Nour B, Mastorakis S, Ullah R, Stergiou N. Information-Centric Networking in Wireless Environments: Security Risks and Challenges. IEEE Wirel Commun. 2021;28(2):121-127. doi: 10.1109/mwc.001.2000245. Epub 2021 Apr 6. PMID: 34366719; PMCID: PMC8340877.
Harrison SJ, Reynolds N, Bishoff B, Stergiou N. Assessing the relative contribution of vision to odometry via manipulations of gait in an over-ground homing task. Exp Brain Res. 2021Apr;239(4):1305-1316. doi: 10.1007/s00221-021-06066-z. Epub 2021 Feb 25. PMID: 33630131.
Jan MA, Khan F, Mastorakis S, Adil M, Akbar A, Stergiou N. LightIoT: Lightweight and secure communication for energy-efficient IoT in health informatics. IEEE Trans Green Commun Netw. 2021 Sep;5(3):1202-1211. doi: 10.1109/tgcn.2021.3077318. Epub 2021 May 4. PMID: 35449692; PMCID: PMC9017590.
2020
Stergiou N. (2020). Introduction to Biomechanics. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 1-16). London, UK: Elsevier.
Likens AD, Stergiou N. (2020). Basic Biomechanics. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 17-64). London, UK: Elsevier. In Press.
Bates BT, Dufek JS, Stergiou N. (2020). Advanced Biomechanics. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 65-80). London, UK: Elsevier.
Bates BT, Dufek JS, Stergiou N. (2020). Why and how we move: The Stickman story. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 81-98). London, UK: Elsevier.
Skiadopoulos A, Stergiou N. (2020). Power spectrum and filtering. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 99-148). London, UK: Elsevier.
Rowen DR, Likens AD, Stergiou N. (2020). Revisiting a classic: Muscles, Reflexes, and Locomotion by McMahon. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 149-224). London, UK: Elsevier.
Silva LM, Stergiou N. (2020). The basics of gait analysis. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 225-250). London, UK: Elsevier.
Cavanaugh JT, Stergiou N. (2020). Gait variability: a theoretical framework for gait analysis and biomechanics. In: N. Stergiou (Ed.), Biomechanics and Gait Analysis (pp. 251-286). London, UK: Elsevier.
2019
Groff BR, Antonellis P, Schmid KK, Knarr BA, Stergiou N. Stride-time variability is related to sensorimotor cortical activation during forward and backward walking. Neurosci Lett. 2019 Jan 23;692:150-158. doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2018.10.022. Epub 2018 Oct 24. PMID: 30367957; PMCID: PMC6351206.
Vaz JR, Groff BR, Rowen DA, Knarr BA, Stergiou N. Synchronization dynamics modulates stride-to-stride fluctuations when walking to an invariant but not to a fractal-like stimulus. Neurosci Lett. 2019 Jun 21;704:28-35. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.03.040. Epub 2019 Mar 25. PMID: 30922850; PMCID: PMC7196175.
Kent JA, Sommerfeld JH, Mukherjee M, Takahashi KZ, Stergiou N. Locomotor patterns change over time during walking on an uneven surface. J Exp Biol. 2019 Jul 16;222(Pt 14):jeb202093. doi: 10.1242/jeb.202093. PMID: 31253712; PMCID: PMC6679350.
Chalitsios C, Nikodelis T, Panoutsakopoulos V, Chassanidis C, Kollias I. Classification of Soccer and Basketball Players’ Jumping Performance Characteristics: A Logistic Regression Approach. Sports (Basel). 2019 Jul 4;7(7):163. doi: 10.3390/sports7070163. PMID: 31277434; PMCID: PMC6681078.
Kent JA, Sommerfeld JH, Stergiou N. Changes in human walking dynamics induced by uneven terrain are reduced with ongoing exposure, but a higher variability persists. Sci Rep. 2019 Nov 27;9(1):17664. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-54050-z. PMID: 31776376; PMCID: PMC6881352.