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“My first experience with research came during my undergraduate honours degree. I was conducting athletic assessments for varsity athletes at the University of Regina using force plates and motion capture technology.

Although this was a small independent project, it became a transformative experience for me and my future research career. I developed a real passion for the world of biomechanics and its potential to impact musculoskeletal health and performance. However, I also found that the current state of lab-based biomechanics tools limited the impact of this work. Not only was the equipment expensive, but the data collection was also time-consuming and the analysis was labor-intensive.

I quickly realized that many of these athletes were primarily looking for a simple, easy-to-interpret assessment that could provide them with some actionable insights for their training and overall health. This became an eye-opening experience that has inspired my current research path of integrating accessible biomechanical technologies, such as wearable sensors with data science to directly impact public musculoskeletal health.”

As a faculty member with the Department of Kinesiology, Dylan Kobsar’s research aims to make biomechanics and human movement analyses more accessible and real-world relevant, with a focus on using wearable inertial sensors to track and treat musculoskeletal disorders and injuries. Dylan earned a Ph.D. in Kinesiology (Biomechanics) from the University of Calgary and an MSc in Kinesiology and a Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of Regina. Prior to joining McMaster, Dylan was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia. Outside the lab and classroom, Dylan explores Hamilton, Niagara, and Toronto with his wife and two boys stay active at the gym and follows the National Football League and the National Basketball Association.