Willi Koller, BSc MSc PhD
T: +43-1-4277-48894
Wintersemester 2026
Sommersemester 2026
Wintersemester 2025
Rathmair, L., Koller, W., Egner, C., Kitir, K., & Kainz, H. (2026). Alterations in Hip and Knee Joint Contact Force Waveforms and Orientation Induced by Gait Modifications: A Case Study. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS). https://doi.org/10.36950/2026.5ciss011
Pürzel, A., Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Deimel, D., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2026). Differences in hip, knee, and ankle joint moments during squats across load intensities, gender classes, and performance level in elite powerlifters. Scientific Reports, 16, Artikel 13418. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-43999-3
Koller, W., Kranzl, A., Mindler, G., Svehlik, M., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2025). Impact of Femoral Derotation Osteotomies on Gait, Growth Plate Loading, and Femoral Growth Trajectories in Children with Idiopathic Torsional Deformities. in Gait & Posture https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.07.133
Astl, M., Koller, W., Kranzl, A., Horsak, B., & Kainz, H. (2025). Influence of anthropometric variation in femur and tibia length on muscle-tendon length during walking. in Gait & Posture https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.07.028
Pürzel, A., Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Wallnöfer, E. K., Kainz, H., & Baca, A. (2025). Biomechanical analysis of hip, knee, and ankle joint contact forces during squats in elite powerlifters. PLoS ONE, 20(7). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327973
Guggenberger, B., Koller, W., Habersack, A., Kraus, T., Sperl, M., Svehlik, M., & Kainz, H. (2025). Impact of Femoral and Tibial Torsion on Patellofemoral Loading in Individuals With Patellofemoral Instability. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: a journal for musculoskeletal investigations, 43(5), 973-983. https://doi.org/10.1002/jor.26058
Pürzel, A., Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Pöhlmann, L., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2025). Muscle Force Dynamics Across Increasing Squat Intensity Conditions in Elite Powerlifters. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 35(5).
Koller, W., Horsak, B., Kranzl, A., Unglaube, F., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2025). Physiological plausible muscle paths: A MATLAB tool for detecting and resolving muscle path discontinuities in musculoskeletal OpenSim models. in Gait & Posture https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2025.01.063
Koller, W., Svehlik, M., Wallnöfer, E., Kranzl, A., Mindler, G., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024, Dez. 13). Femoral bone growth predictions based on personalized multi-scale simulations: Validation and sensitivity analysis of a mechanobiological model. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.09.627496
Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Wallnöfer, E. K., Goncalves, B., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024). Increased trial-to-trial similarity and reduced temporal overlap of muscle synergy activation coefficients manifest during learning and with increasing movement proficiency. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Artikel 17638. https://doi.org/10.1038/S41598-024-68515-3
Koller, W., Wallnöfer, E. K., Holder, J., Kranzl, A., Mindler, G., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024). Increased knee flexion in participants with cerebral palsy results in altered stresses at the distal femoral growth plate compared to a typically developing cohort. Gait & Posture, 113, 158-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2024.06.012
Kainz, H., Koller, W., Wallnöfer, E. K., Bader, T., Mindler, G., & Kranzl, A. (2024). A framework based on subject-specific musculoskeletal models and Monte Carlo simulations to personalize muscle coordination retraining. Scientific Reports, 14, Artikel 3567. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1038/S41598-024-53857-9
Koller, W., Kranzl, A., Mindler, G., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024). Advanced multi-scale mechanobiological simulations enable the distinction between healthy and pathological bone growth patterns. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS). https://doi.org/10.36950/2024.4ciss007
Wallnöfer, E. K., Schnack, T. J., Koller, W., & Baca, A. (2024). Digitale Technologien zur Förderung der Bildung im und durch den Sport. in D. Memmert (Hrsg.), Digitale Technologien zur Förderung der Bildung im und durch den Sport (S. 1-18). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-68241-8_9-1
Pürzel, A., Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Deimel, D., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024). Hip moment increases while knee and ankle moments remain constant during squats with increasing loads in elite powerlifters. ISBS - International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, Proceedings, 42(1), 776-779. https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/17
Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Wallnöfer, E. K., Goncalves, B., Scheer, C., Exel, J., Froschauer, O., Hlavac, C., Wiplinger, M., Zweier, L., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024). Human motor control during movements with high demands. Current Issues in Sport Science (CISS). https://doi.org/10.36950/2024.4ciss006
Goncalves, B., Pürzel, A., Koller, W., Deimel, D., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2024). Impact of femoral morphology on muscle and joint loads during high-load squats in elite powerlifters. ISBS - International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, Proceedings, 42(1). https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/258
Exel, J., Deimel, D., Koller, W., Werle, C., Baca, A., Maffiodo, D., Sensana, R., Colombo, A., & Kainz, H. (2023). Neuromechanics of finger hangs with arm lock-offs: analyzing joint moments and muscle activations to improve practice guidelines for climbing. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5, Artikel 1251089. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1251089
Koller, W., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2023). The gait pattern and not the femoral morphology is the main contributor to asymmetric hip joint loading. PLoS ONE, 18(9), Artikel e0291789. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291789
Kaufmann, P., Koller, W., Wallnöfer, E., Goncalves, B., Baca, A., & Kainz, H. (2023, Sept. 22). Trial-to-trial similarity and distinctness of muscle synergy activation coefficients increases during learning and with a higher level of movement proficiency. Vorzeitige Online-Publikation. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.19.558460
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