Mohr Maurice
Name: Univ.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Maurice Mohr, PhD
Email: Maurice.Mohr[at]uibk.ac.at
Phone number: +43 512 507 45871
Office location: PT-118
Office hours: Tuesday, 1pm – 3:30pm.
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Address: Fürstenweg 189, 6020, Innsbruck
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-730X
Research area: Biomechanics, Neurophysiology of exercise
Maurice Mohr is Full Professor of Sports Biomechanics at the Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck. He received his scientific training at the Human Performance Laboratory of the University of Calgary, Canada, where he completed his PhD in Kinesiology with a specialization in biomechanics (2018). During this time, he also worked as a scientific consultant on sports footwear research with industry partners and spent a research stay at EPFL Lausanne studying athletes' gait with wearable sensors.
He joined the University of Innsbruck in 2019 as a postdoctoral fellow in the Neurophysiology Research Group and was appointed Assistant Professor in 2021. In this role, he built a research program at the intersection of biomechanics, motor control, and training science, focusing on knee injury prevention through lab-based and wearable movement analysis. He completed his habilitation in Sport Science (Human Movement Science) in 2025 and has led the professorship in sports biomechanics since 2026.
His current work combines motion analysis, biomechanical modelling, and machine learning to understand and reduce injury risk in sports with a specific focus on knee injuries.
Maurice Mohr's research centres on the knee joint: how it is loaded in sport, how injuries occur, and how joint health can be maintained across the lifespan. From a primary prevention perspective, he investigates the movement strategies that expose athletes to anterior cruciate ligament injuries, particularly during change-of-direction and landing manoeuvres, and develops and evaluates training interventions that reduce knee joint loading without compromising performance. From a joint health perspective, he studies the long-term consequences of knee injuries, including persistent changes in neuromuscular control and movement patterns that may contribute to post-traumatic osteoarthritis, as well as return-to-sport assessment after injury. Methodologically, his group combines laboratory-based and markerless motion capture, wearable sensors, electromyography, and musculoskeletal modelling and simulation to move injury-related movement analysis from the laboratory onto the field.
Teaching (ongoing):
- VO Biomechanik
- UE Neurophysiologische Messmethoden: Elektromyographie
- PS Empirische Methoden
- SE Forschung und Problemanalyse in der Neurophysiologie
Past courses
- VO Laufschuhforschung
- VU Datenanalyse
- Introduction to Biomechanics (University of Calgary)
Mohr-Google-Scholar-Publications
Highlighted publications:
Mohr, M., & De Santis, F. (2026). Laser tag training reduces knee abduction moments and improves performance during change-of-direction movements. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 8(1686129), 1686129. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2026.1686129
Kühne, M., Sanin, C., & Mohr, M. (2026). Anticipation and sequential demands influence on-field change-of-direction kinematics related to ACL injury risk. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 8(1659044), 1659044. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2026.1659044
Federolf, P., Kühne, M., Schiel, K., Reimeir, E., Debertin, D., Calisti, M., & Mohr, M. (2025). Validation of markerless (Theia3DTM) against marker-based (ViconTM) motion capture data of postural control movements analyzed through principal component analysis. Journal of Biomechanics, 189(112831), 112831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiomech.2025.112831
Mohr, M., Federolf, P., Heinrich, D., Nitschke, M., Raschner, C., Scharbert, J., & Koelewijn, A. D. (2024). An 8-week injury prevention exercise program combined with change-of-direction technique training limits movement patterns associated with anterior cruciate ligament injury risk. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 3115. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-53640-w
Röhrl, F., Federolf, P., & Mohr, M. (2023). Ergonomic saddle design features influence lumbar spine motion and can reduce low back pain in mountain biking. Sports Biomechanics, 24(11), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2023.2284173
Mohr, M., Peer, L., De Michiel, A., van Andel, S., & Federolf, P. (2025). Whole-body kinematic adaptations to running on an unstable, irregular, and compliant surface. Sports Biomechanics, 24(10), 3093–3107. https://doi.org/10.1080/14763141.2023.2222022