Falk Mersmann

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Falk Mersmann is a scholar working on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Falk Mersmann has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 12 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Falk Mersmann's work include Sports injuries and prevention (43 papers), Sports Performance and Training (30 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (28 papers). Falk Mersmann is often cited by papers focused on Sports injuries and prevention (43 papers), Sports Performance and Training (30 papers) and Tendon Structure and Treatment (28 papers). Falk Mersmann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Greece and United Kingdom. Falk Mersmann's co-authors include Adamantios Arampatzis, Sebastian Böhm, Arno Schroll, Alessandro Santuz, Robert Marzilger, Marc Kraft, Heide Boeth, Georg N. Duda, Lida Mademli and Stefanie Bierbaum and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Journal of Physiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Falk Mersmann

59 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Human tendon adaptation in response to mechanical loading: a systematic review and meta-analysis of exercise intervention studies on healthy adults

2015 299 citations Sebastian Böhm, Falk Mersmann et al. Sports Medicine - Open profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Falk Mersmann Germany	26	1.4k	596	417	231	146	61	1.8k
Mitchell L. Cordova United States	28	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 1.7×	596 1.4×	99 0.4×	81 0.6×	69	2.0k
Ryota Akagi Japan	26	1.2k 0.9×	845 1.4×	325 0.8×	122 0.5×	125 0.9×	88	1.9k
Christopher A. Knight United States	25	700 0.5×	842 1.4×	168 0.4×	190 0.8×	210 1.4×	51	1.5k
Hideaki Yata Japan	18	1.1k 0.8×	521 0.9×	260 0.6×	59 0.3×	55 0.4×	26	1.3k
Émilie Simoneau-Buessinger France	18	527 0.4×	509 0.9×	123 0.3×	235 1.0×	163 1.1×	52	968
Paulo Roberto Garcia Lucareli Brazil	18	497 0.4×	592 1.0×	244 0.6×	163 0.7×	262 1.8×	85	1.2k
Hsing‐Kuo Wang Taiwan	20	895 0.7×	301 0.5×	706 1.7×	140 0.6×	124 0.8×	59	1.5k
Thomas Korff United Kingdom	18	731 0.5×	465 0.8×	139 0.3×	125 0.5×	232 1.6×	38	1.1k
Diana Hopper Australia	26	1.1k 0.8×	452 0.8×	535 1.3×	76 0.3×	169 1.2×	47	1.6k
Žiga Kozinc Slovenia	16	635 0.5×	429 0.7×	141 0.3×	140 0.6×	50 0.3×	130	1.1k

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Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). Biarticular gastrocnemii muscles increase their joint energy transfer potential at high running speeds. Royal Society Open Science. 12(4). 241933–241933.

Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2025). A Personalized Muscle–Tendon Assessment and Exercise Prescription Concept Reduces Muscle–Tendon Imbalances in Female Adolescent Athletes. Sports Medicine - Open. 11(1). 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Böhm, Sebastian, Arno Schroll, Falk Mersmann, & Adamantios Arampatzis. (2024). Assessment and modelling of the activation‐dependent shift in optimal length of the human soleus muscle in vivo. The Journal of Physiology. 602(7). 1371–1384. 1 indexed citations

Santuz, Alessandro, et al.. (2024). Spatiotemporal modulation of a common set of muscle synergies during unpredictable and predictable gait perturbations in older adults. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(7). 7 indexed citations

Schroll, Arno, et al.. (2024). Effect of the temporal coordination and volume of cyclic mechanical loading on human Achilles tendon adaptation in men. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 6875–6875. 6 indexed citations

Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2024). Addressing muscle–tendon imbalances in adult male athletes with personalized exercise prescription based on tendon strain. European Journal of Applied Physiology. 124(11). 3201–3214. 5 indexed citations

Arampatzis, Adamantios, et al.. (2023). Biarticular mechanisms of the gastrocnemii muscles enhance ankle mechanical power and work during running. Royal Society Open Science. 10(8). 230007–230007. 10 indexed citations

Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2023). Effect of sex on muscle–tendon imbalances and tendon micromorphology in adolescent athletes—A longitudinal consideration. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports. 33(12). 2561–2572. 7 indexed citations

Mersmann, Falk, et al.. (2023). Longitudinal Evidence for High-Level Patellar Tendon Strain as a Risk Factor for Tendinopathy in Adolescent Athletes. Sports Medicine - Open. 9(1). 83–83. 11 indexed citations

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Mersmann, Falk, et al.. (2021). A Functional High-Load Exercise Intervention for the Patellar Tendon Reduces Tendon Pain Prevalence During a Competitive Season in Adolescent Handball Players. Frontiers in Physiology. 12. 626225–626225. 14 indexed citations

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Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2021). Vastus lateralis muscle volume prediction in early-adolescent boys. Journal of Biomechanics. 128. 110735–110735. 2 indexed citations

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Mersmann, Falk, et al.. (2019). Patellar Tendon Strain Associates to Tendon Structural Abnormalities in Adolescent Athletes. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 963–963. 23 indexed citations

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Karamanidis, Kiros, Gaspar Epro, Matthias König, Falk Mersmann, & Adamantios Arampatzis. (2019). Simplified Triceps Surae Muscle Volume Assessment in Older Adults. Frontiers in Physiology. 10. 1299–1299. 5 indexed citations

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Böhm, Sebastian, Robert Marzilger, Falk Mersmann, Alessandro Santuz, & Adamantios Arampatzis. (2018). Operating length and velocity of human vastus lateralis muscle during walking and running. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 5066–5066. 80 indexed citations

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Santuz, Alessandro, Antonis Ekizos, Lars Janshen, et al.. (2018). Modular Control of Human Movement During Running: An Open Access Data Set. Frontiers in Physiology. 9. 1509–1509. 39 indexed citations

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Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2018). Follow-up efficacy of physical exercise interventions on fall incidence and fall risk in healthy older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports Medicine - Open. 4(1). 56–56. 42 indexed citations

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Mersmann, Falk, et al.. (2017). Muscle and Tendon Adaptation in Adolescence: Elite Volleyball Athletes Compared to Untrained Boys and Girls. Frontiers in Physiology. 8. 417–417. 34 indexed citations

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Mersmann, Falk, Sebastian Böhm, Arno Schroll, & Adamantios Arampatzis. (2014). Validation of a simplified method for muscle volume assessment. Journal of Biomechanics. 47(6). 1348–1352. 25 indexed citations

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Böhm, Sebastian, et al.. (2012). Cognitive demand and predictive adaptational responses in dynamic stability control. Journal of Biomechanics. 45(14). 2330–2336. 22 indexed citations

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Mersmann, Falk, et al.. (2011). A wide number of trials is required to achieve acceptable reliability for measurement patellar tendon elongation in vivo. Gait & Posture. 35(2). 334–338. 37 indexed citations

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