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Jiří Skýpala

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Academic degree, name, surname:

Mgr. Jiří Skýpala, Ph.D.

Room, floor, building:

CS 436, Building CS

Position:

Head of the Biomechanics and Imaging Methods Laboratory

Research interests and teaching:

Research Interest and Teaching: Research Methods in Kinanthropology, Biomechanics of Human Movement, Prevention of Running Injuries, Sports Performance, Running

Department (Faculty):

Department of Human Movement Studies (Faculty of Education)
Human Motion Diagnostic Centre (Faculty of Education)

Phone number, mobile:

+420 553 46 2855

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Achilles tendon dimensions, ankle stiffness and footfall patterns in recreational runners

Jiří Skýpala, Andrea Monte, Joseph Hamill, Jan Plešek, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2023, Journal of Sports Sciences

journal article

Achilles tendon structure is associated with regular running volume and biomechanics

Daniel Jandačka, Vera Kristýna Jandačková, Vladimir Juras, Dominik Vilímek, Jiří Skýpala, Steriani Elavsky, Jaroslav Uchytil, Andrea Monte, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2023, Journal of Sports Sciences

journal article

Correlations between Achilles tendon material and structural properties and quantitative magnetic resonance imagining in different athletic populations

Andrea Monte, Jiří Skýpala, Dominik Vilímek, Vladimir Juras, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2023, Journal of Biomechanics

journal article

Jiří Skýpala, Joseph Hamill, Michal Sebera, Steriani Elavsky, Andrea Monte, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2023, Journal of Applied Biomechanics

journal article

Reliability of a measurement technique for Achilles tendon length

Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka, Joseph Hamill

Year: 2019, Journal of Sport Sciences

journal article

Reliability of a new analysis to compute time to stabilization following a single leg drop jump landing in children

Xavier García-Massó, Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka, Isaac Estevan

Year: 2019, PLoS ONE

journal article

Association between T2 relaxation time and biomechanical loading of the anterior cruciate ligament in healthy individuals

David Zahradník, Joseph Hamill, Jan Plešek, Denisa Blaschová, Michal Burda, Miika Nieminen, Victor Casula, Roman Farana, Jaroslav Uchytil, Lukáš Slovák, Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2025, Sports Biomechanics

journal article

Biomechanical insights into Achilles tendinopathy risk and protection in runners: a large prospective study 4HAIE

Daniel Jandačka, Jiří Skýpala, Jan Plešek, Jan Urbaczka, Miloš Golian, Michal Burda, Jan Šustek, David Zahradník, Steriani Elavsky, Vera Kristýna Jandačková, Scott Selbie, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2025, British Journal of Sports Medicine

journal article

Elevated glycated haemoglobin affects Achilles tendon properties and walking capacity in healthy people without a diagnosis of diabetes

Magris Riccardo, Jaroslav Uchytil, Lukáš Cipryan, Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka, Andrea Monte ... other authors

Year: 2025, Scientific Reports

journal article

Modifying landing mat properties elicits different lower limb biomechanical responses in gymnasts and non-gymnasts

Pavel Brtva, Lucia Bizovska, Bethany Canty, Jiří Skýpala, Gareth Irwin, Roman Farana ... other authors

Year: 2025, Scientific Reports

journal article

A Three-Generation Perspective on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior of School-Aged Children: A Scoping Review

Barbora Kaštovská, Dominik Šindler, Jiří Skýpala, Steriani Elavsky

Year: 2024, Journal of Intergenerational Relationships

journal article

ANKLE KINEMATICS AND PLANTAR FASCIITIS IN RUNNERS: A ONE-YEAR PROSPECTIVE 4HAIE STUDY

Jan Plešek, Jiří Skýpala, Joseph Hamill, Julia Freedman-Silvernail, Jan Urbaczka, Steriani Elavsky, David Zahradník, Jaroslav Uchytil, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2024

abstract in proceedings

Coordination and coordination variability during single-leg drop jump landing in children

Gonzalo Monfort-Torres, Xavier García-Massó, Jiří Skýpala, Denisa Blaschová, Isaac Estevan

Year: 2024, HUMAN MOVEMENT SCIENCE

journal article

Effect of kinematics on ground reaction force during single-leg jump landing in children: a causal decomposition approach in jumpers and non-jumpers

Carlos Cruz-Montecinos, Isaac Estevan, Jiří Skýpala, Claudio Tapia-Malebrán, Xavier García-Massó

Year: 2024, PEERJ

journal article

High levels of glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) are associated with lower knee joint cartilage quality and higher knee joint symptoms in healthy individuals

Andrea Monte, Dominik Vilímek, Jaroslav Uchytil, Jiří Skýpala, Lukáš Cipryan, Victor Casula, Daniel Jandačka, Miika T. Nieminen ... other authors

Year: 2024, EUR J APPL PHYSIOL

journal article

IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL BIOMECHANICAL RISK FACTORS FOR RUNNING OVERUSE INJURIES FROM A PROSPECTIVE 4HAIE STUDY – PILOT ANALYSES

Jiří Skýpala, Jan Plešek, Jan Urbaczka, Steriani Elavsky, Joseph Hamill, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2024

abstract in proceedings

MAXIMAL INTERNAL KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT IS NOT RELATED TO LATERAL CENTRAL FEMUR CARTILAGE STRUCTURE IN HEALTHY RUNNERS

Daniel Jandačka, Jiří Skýpala, Jan Plešek, Jaroslav Uchytil, Victor Casula, Miika T. Nieminen, Michal Burda, Vera Kristýna Jandačková, Dominik Vilímek, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2024

abstract in proceedings

Regular Running Is Related to the Knee Joint Cartilage Structure in Healthy Adults

Daniel Jandačka, Victor Casula, Joseph Hamill, Dominik Vilímek, Vera Kristýna Jandačková, Steriani Elavsky, Jaroslav Uchytil, Jan Plešek, Jiří Skýpala, Miloš Golian, Michal Burda, Miika T. Nieminen ... other authors

Year: 2024, MED SCI SPORT EXER

journal article

Running Distance and Biomechanical Risk Factors for Plantar Fasciitis: A One-Year Prospective 4HAIE Cohort Study

Jan Plešek, Joseph Hamill, Michal Burda, Steriani Elavsky, Jiří Skýpala, Jan Urbaczka, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Ph.D., David Zahradník, Jaroslav Uchytil, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2024, Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

journal article

Age differences in running biomechanics during footstrike between preschool children and adults

Jan Plešek, Joseph Hamill, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2023, J SPORT SCI

journal article

Achilles tendon dimensions, ankle stiffness and footfall patterns in recreational runners

Jiří Skýpala, Andrea Monte, Joseph Hamill, Jan Plešek, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2023, Journal of Sports Sciences

journal article

Achilles tendon structure is associated with regular running volume and biomechanics

Daniel Jandačka, Vera Kristýna Jandačková, Vladimir Juras, Dominik Vilímek, Jiří Skýpala, Steriani Elavsky, Jaroslav Uchytil, Andrea Monte, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2023, Journal of Sports Sciences

journal article

Correlations between Achilles tendon material and structural properties and quantitative magnetic resonance imagining in different athletic populations

Andrea Monte, Jiří Skýpala, Dominik Vilímek, Vladimir Juras, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2023, Journal of Biomechanics

journal article

Jiří Skýpala, Joseph Hamill, Michal Sebera, Steriani Elavsky, Andrea Monte, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2023, Journal of Applied Biomechanics

journal article

ASSOCIATION BETWEEN T2* RELAXATION TIME AND THE MECHANICAL PARAMETERS OF THE ACHILLES TENDON IN TRAINED AND UNTRAINED POPULATIONS: PRELIMINARY DATA

Andrea Monte, Jiří Skýpala, Jaroslav Uchytil, Vladimir Juras, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2022

abstract in proceedings

CORRELATION BETWEEN VARIABLES DEFINING THE FOOT-STRIKE PATTERN DURING RUNNING

Jiří Skýpala, Joseph Hamill, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2022

abstract in proceedings

FOOTFALL PATTERN IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED ACHILLES TENDON T2* RELAXATION TIME OF RECREATIONAL DISTANCE RUNNERS

Daniel Jandačka, Jiří Skýpala, Andrea Monte, Jan Plešek, Jan Urbaczka, Vladimir Juras, Dominik Vilímek, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2022

abstract in proceedings

Running in minimalist shoes: does it prevent injuries?

Jan Urbaczka, Jiří Skýpala, David Zahradník, Steriani Elavsky, Joseph Hamill, Julia Freedman Silvernail ... other authors

Year: 2022

presentations (congresses, symposia, conferences, workshops)

SEX DIFFERENCES IN ACHILLES TENDON T2* RELAXATION TIME IN RUNNERS

Daniel Jandačka, Vladimir Juras, Vera Kristýna Jandačková, Jiří Skýpala, Jan Plešek, Denisa Blaschová, Jan Urbaczka, Jaroslav Uchytil, Roman Minárik, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2022

abstract in proceedings

Marker Placement Reliability and Objectivity for Biomechanical Cohort Study: Healthy Aging in Industrial Environment (HAIE-Program 4)

Jan Malůš, Jiří Skýpala, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Jaroslav Uchytil, Joseph Hamill, Tomáš Barot, Daniel Jandačka ... other authors

Year: 2021, SENSORS

journal article

BIOMECHANICS IN THE 4HAIE STUDY: AIR POLLUTION AND MUSCULOSKELETAL HEALTH – AN UPDATE

Daniel Jandačka, Jaroslav Uchytil, David Zahradník, Roman Farana, Dominik Vilímek, Jiří Skýpala, Jan Urbaczka, Jan Plešek, Adam Motyka, Denisa Blaschová, Gabriela Beinhauerová, Markéta Rygelová, Pavel Brtva, Zuzana Golembiovská, Klára Balážová, Jan Malůš, Veronika Horká, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Gareth Irwin, Miika T Nieminen, Victor Casula, Vlado Juras, Miloš Golian, Steriani Elavsky, Lenka Knapová, Radim Šrám, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2020

abstract in proceedings

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ACHILLES TENDON IN RUNNERS WITH TENDINOPATHY: A PILOT STUDY

Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2020

abstract in proceedings

Running and Physical Activity in an Air-Polluted Environment: The Biomechanical and Musculoskeletal Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study 4HAIE (Healthy Aging in Industrial Environment-Program 4)

Daniel Jandačka, Jaroslav Uchytil, David Zahradník, Roman Farana, Dominik Vilímek, Jiří Skýpala, Jan Urbaczka, Jan Plešek, Adam Motyka, Denisa Blaschová, Gabriela Beinhauerová, Markéta Rygelová, Pavel Brtva, Klára Balážová, Veronika Horká, Jan Malůš, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Gareth Irwin, Miika T.Nieminen, Victor Casula, Vladimir Juras, Miloš Golian, Steriani Elavsky, Lenka Knapová, Radim Šrám, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

journal article

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACHILLES TENDON DIMENSIONS AND FOOT STRIKE INDEX IN REARFOOT AND NON-REARFOOT RUNNERS

Jiří Skýpala, Joseph Hamill, Daniel Jandačka

Year: 2020

abstract in proceedings

TRENDELENBURG TEST AND ACL RISK FACTORS DURING UNANTICIPATED CUTTING MANOEUVRE – A PILOT STUDY

Gabriela Beinhauerová, Joseph Hamill, Daniel Jandačka, Jiří Skýpala, David Zahradník

Year: 2020

abstract in proceedings

Reliability of a measurement technique for Achilles tendon length

Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka, Joseph Hamill

Year: 2019, Journal of Sport Sciences

journal article

Reliability of a new analysis to compute time to stabilization following a single leg drop jump landing in children

Xavier García-Massó, Jiří Skýpala, Daniel Jandačka, Isaac Estevan

Year: 2019, PLoS ONE

journal article

Sex differences in elbow and wrist joint loading during the cartwheel and round off with different hand positions performed by young gymnasts

Roman Farana, Gerda Strutzenberger, Timothy Exell, Jiří Skýpala, Huw Wiltshire, Gareth Irwin ... other authors

Year: 2019, JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES

journal article

Asociace mezi biomechanikou běhu, mechanickými vlastnostmi a incidencí zranění Achillovy šlachy při běhu

Jiří Skýpala

Year: 2018

presentations (congresses, symposia, conferences, workshops)

Gender differences in technique selection: elbow and wrist joint loading during round off in gymnastics

Roman Farana, Gerda Strutzenberger, Timothy Exell, Jiří Skýpala, Huw Wiltshire, Gareth Irwin ... other authors

Year: 2018

abstract in proceedings

Knee Joint Kinematics and Kinetics During Walking and Running After Surgical Achilles Tendon Repair

Daniel Jandačka, Jan Plešek, Jiří Skýpala, Jaroslav Uchytil, Julia Freedman Silvernail, Joseph Hamill ... other authors

Year: 2018, The Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

journal article

Zahraniční výzkumná stáž – University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Massachusetts, USA)

Jiří Skýpala

Year: 2017

work experience abroad

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Abbreviation

Subject

E-FLO

Floorball

E-MTH

Methodology of thesis

METOV

Metodologie výzkumu

TEMVY

Metody empirického výzkumu

TETBC

Metodologie bc. práce

TINAN

Úvod do kinantropologie

TSVAF

Diagnostika svalových funkcí při zátěži

TZDAT

Statistické zpracování dat

1KMEB

Metodologie bc. práce

1STAT

Statistické zpracování dat

2MEDP

Výzkumné metody v kinantropologii

6BIOM

Biomechanika sportu a tělesných cvičení

6BPS1

Seminář k bakalářské práci 1

6BPS2

Seminář k bakalářské práci 2

6MODT

Metodologie tvorby odborného textu

6MTOT

Metodologie tvorby odborného textu

6PBP1

Seminář k Bc. práci 1 – Zadání BP

6PBP2

Seminář k Bc. práci 2 – Prezentace BP

6PBS1

Seminář k bakalářské práci 1

6PBS2

Seminář k bakalářské práci 2

6PORT

Seminář k portfóliu

6PPOR

Seminář k portfóliu

6PPOT

Seminář psaní odborného textu

6PPO1

Seminář psaní odborného textu

6PPO2

Seminář k portfóliu

6SBP1

Seminář k bakalářské práci 1

6SBP2

Seminář k bakalářské práci 2

6SDSF

Diagnostika svalových funkcí při zátěži

6SPOT

Seminář psaní odborného textu

6STAT

Základy statistiky

6TBIM

Biomechanika sportu a tělesných cvičení

6TMBC

Metodologie bakalářské práce

6TMBP

Metodologie bakalářské práce

66BP1

Seminář k Bc. práci 1 – Zadání BP

66BP2

Seminář k Bc. práci 2 – Prezentace BP

66DSF

Diagnostika svalových funkcí při zátěži

66HST

Hodnocení sportovní techniky

66MBP

Metodologie bakalářské práce

66MOT

Metodologie tvorby odborného textu

66PO1

Seminář psaní odborného textu

66PO2

Seminář k portfóliu

7BDBL

Diagnostika biomechaniky lidského pohybu

7DBLP

Diagnostika biomech. lidského pohybu

7DPS1

Seminář k diplomové práci 1

7DPS2

Seminář k diplomové práci 2

7PDI1

Seminář k DP práci 1 – Zadání DP

7PDI2

Seminář k DP práci 2 – Metodologie

7PDP1

Seminář k DP 1 – Zadání diplomové práce

7PDP2

Seminář k DP 2 – Metod. a prez. výsledků

7SDP1

Seminář k diplomové práci 1

7SDP2

Seminář k diplomové práci 2

7VKIN

Výzkumné otázky v kinantropologii

7VOKI

Výzkumné otázky v kinantropologii

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A Novel Approach for Reducing Running Injuries: One-Year Longitudinal Study with Randomized Controlled Intervention Tria

Period

1/2026 – 12/2028

Provider

Standardní grantový projekt GA AV

State

solved

Role in the project

Principal Investigator

Total costs

4 800 000 CZK

Biomechanical Analysis of the Full Golf Swing of Female

Period

1/2025 – 12/2025

Provider

Specifický VŠ výzkum

State

solved

Role in the project

Principal Investigator

Total costs

304 700 CZK

COMPLETION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF VIOLIN ACCESSORIES . Completion of the investigation of violin playing methodology into physiology, historical practise, diagnosis of the acoustic impact of shoulder rests and the subsequent design of measurem

Period

1/2025 – 12/2025

Provider

Specifický VŠ výzkum

State

solved

Role in the project

Co-Investigator

Total costs

293 700 CZK

Motor and biomechanical testing – FA module – 5 tests, including basic analysis via Functional assessment module

Period

12/2024 – 12/2024

Provider

Smluvní výzkum

State

finished

Role in the project

Principal Investigator

Association between T2* relaxation time and the mechanical parameters of the Achilles tendon

Period

1/2022 – 12/2022

Provider

Specifický VŠ výzkum

State

finished

Role in the project

Principal Investigator

Total costs

328 900 CZK

Podpora talentovaných studentů dr. studia

Period

9/2017 – 8/2020

Provider

Děkanát PdF, Moravskoslezský kraj

State

finished

Role in the project

Co-Investigator

Total costs

1 490 400 CZK

Prevention of Running Injuries

Period

1/2017 – 12/2018

Provider

Specifický VŠ výzkum

State

finished

Role in the project

Principal Investigator

Total costs

333 300 CZK