EDUCATION – I studied Aerospace Engineering at the University of Padua (Italy) and took my Master’s Degree in 2009. From 2006 to 2013 I worked as a freelance Motorsport Race Engineer, with a specialisation in Race Car’s Vehicle Dynamics and Suspension System design. Since January 2013 I am a PhD student in the department of Training and Movement Sciences at the Humboldt-University of Berlin. Since January 2017 I am research fellow and lecturer in the same department. My research focuses on motor control of locomotion, with a specific interest on running. The most important topics I deal with are motor control, foot strike patterns, barefoot running and running economy. Here you can find a list of the publications I authored, with the link to download them, when available (opens in new tab).

Peer-reviewed publications

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Eckardt, N., Kibele, A. & Arampatzis, A. Challenging human locomotion: stability and modular organisation in unsteady conditions. Sci. Rep. 8, 2740 (2018).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Janshen, L., Baltzopoulos, V. & Arampatzis, A. The Influence of Footwear on the Modular Organization of Running. Front. Physiol. 8, 958 (2017).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Janshen, L., Baltzopoulos, V. & Arampatzis, A. On the Methodological Implications of Extracting Muscle Synergies from Human Locomotion. Int. J. Neural Syst. 27, 1750007 (2017).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. A Pressure Plate-Based Method for the Automatic Assessment of Foot Strike Patterns During Running. Ann. Biomed. Eng. 44, 1646–1655 (2016).

Bohm, S., Marzilger, R., Mersmann, F., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Operating length and velocity of human vastus lateralis muscle during walking and running. (Submitted).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Transition from shod to barefoot alters dynamic stability during running. Gait Posture 56, 31–36 (2017).

Janshen, L., Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. Modular control during incline and level walking in humans. J. Exp. Biol. 220, 807–813 (2017).

Conference proceedings

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. Effects of exercise-induced changes in muscle mechanical advantage on energy cost and modular organisation of running. in 22^nd Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (2017).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Baltzopoulos, V. & Arampatzis, A. Modular organisation of shod and barefoot running. in Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology 33, 205–206 (2017).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. Changing lower limb’s muscle mechanical advantage during running: effects on energy cost and modular organisation. in 25^th International Congress of Physical Education and Sport Science (2017).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Janshen, L., Baltzopoulos, V. & Arampatzis, A. Foot strike patterns and modular organisation during running: a methodological and experimental study. in 22^nd Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics (2016).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Eckardt, N., Kibele, A. & Arampatzis, A. Motor modules are not fully preserved during uneven-ground locomotion. in 11^th joint Conference on Motor Control & Learning, Biomechanics & Training (eds. Wiemeyer, J. & Seyfarth, A.) 21–23 (2016).

Santuz, A., Janshen, L., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. On the methodological implications of using the muscle synergies concept. in XXV Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (2015).

Santuz, A., Janshen, L., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. Influence of the factorisation criteria on the muscle synergies assessment. in DVS 2015 Sektion Biomechanik 96 (2015).

Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. A new pressure plate-based method for foot strike patterns evaluation. in 19^th annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science 28 (2014).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A., Eckardt, N., Kibele, A. & Arampatzis, A. Challenging locomotion: stability and modular organization in perturbed running. in 22^nd Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (2017).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Transition from shod to barefoot alters dynamic stability during running. in Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology 33, 206 (2017).

Eckardt, N., Santuz, A., Ekizos, A., Arampatzis, A. & Kibele, A. Kinematic strategies to keep an unchanged margin of stability during treadmill running on an even and uneven surface. in 35^th International Conference on Biomechanics in Sports (2017).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Altered neuromuscular control during barefoot running: a methodological and experimental approach. in 21^st annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science (2016).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Reliability of local dynamic stability assessment during running. in 11^th joint Conference on Motor Control & Learning, Biomechanics & Training 24–27 (2016).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Decreased local dynamic stability during barefoot running. in 7^th Congress of the Hellenic Society of Biomechanics (2016).

Janshen, L., Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. Muscle synergies in level and inclined walking. in XXV Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (2015).

Ekizos, A., Santuz, A. & Arampatzis, A. Vertical and medio-lateral displacement in barefoot and shod running. in DVS 2015 Sektion Biomechanik 32, (2015).

Janshen, L., Santuz, A., Ekizos, A. & Arampatzis, A. Muskelsynergien beim Gehen mit und ohne Steigung. in DVS 2015 Sektion Biomechanik 103 (2015).