Publications

Complete Publication List

Representative Publications

Slaughter, P. R., & Zelik, K. E. (2025). Wearable weight distribution devices for reducing injury risk: How varying amounts of body armor offloading affect biomechanics and comfort. Applied Ergonomics, 129, 104613.

ARTICLE – POSTER OVERVIEW

Rodzak, K. M., Slaughter, P. R., Wolf, D. N., Ice, C. C., Fine, S. J., & Zelik, K. E. (2024). Can back exosuits simultaneously increase lifting endurance and reduce musculoskeletal disorder risk?. Wearable Technologies, 5, e17.

ARTICLE – SUPPLEMENT – PRESS RELEASE – POPULAR PRESS

Slaughter, P. R., Rodzak, K. M., Fine, S. J., Ice, C. C., Wolf, D. N., & Zelik, K. E. (2023). Evaluation of US Army Soldiers wearing a back exosuit during a field training exercise. Wearable Technologies, 4, e20.

ARTICLE – VU PRESS RELEASE – ARMY PRESS RELEASE – POPULAR PRESS – TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION

Elstub, L. J., Grohowski, L. M., Wolf, D. N., Owen, M. K., Noehren, B., & Zelik, K. E. (2022). Effect of pressure insole sampling frequency on insole-measured peak force accuracy during running. Journal of Biomechanics, 145, 111387.

ARTICLE

Lamers, E. P., Soltys, J. C., Scherpereel, K. L., Yang, A. J. and Zelik, K. E. (2020). Low-Profile Elastic Exosuit Reduces Back Muscle Fatigue. Scientific Reports, 10 (1), 1-16.
ARTICLE – PRESS RELEASE – POPULAR PRESS

Yandell, M. B., Ziemnicki, D. M., McDonald, K. A. and Zelik, K. E. (2020). Characterizing the Comfort Limits of Forces Applied to the Shoulders, Thigh and Shank to Inform Exosuit Design. PLoS One. 15.2: e0228536.
ARTICLE – EXOSKELETONREPORT

Matijevich E. S., Scott, L. R., Volgyesi, P., Derry, K. H., and Zelik, K. E. (2020). Combining wearable sensor signals, machine learning and biomechanics to estimate tibial bone force and damage during running.Human Movement Science, 74, 102690.
ARTICLE – PREPRINT – PRESS RELEASE – POPULAR PRESS

King, S. T., Eveld, M. E., Martínez, A., Zelik, K. E and Goldfarb, M. (2019). A novel system for introducing precisely-controlled, unanticipated gait perturbations for the study of stumble recovery. J NeuroEngineering & Rehabilitation. 16(1), 69.
ARTICLE

Matijevich E. S., Branscombe, L. M., Scott, L. R., and Zelik, K. E. (2019) Ground reaction force metrics are not strongly correlated with tibia load during running across speeds and slopes: implications for science, sport and wearable tech. PLoS One. 14 (1), e0210000.
ARTICLE – PRESS RELEASE – DATA & INTERACTIVE GUI – GUI VIDEOS

Zelik, K. E. and Honert, E. C. (2018). Ankle and foot power in gait analysis: Implications for science, technology and clinical assessment. J Biomech.
ARTICLE – PREPRINT WITH SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL