🙋🏻‍♀️ Hello, my name is Hyunji Kim (김현지)

I'm building a platform that supports people with disabilities and exercise beginners maintain regular physical activity. My dream is to create an environment where everyone can develop their own motivation and exercise consistently, regardless of their starting point.

Biomechanist

Sports science researcher

Ph.D. Candidate in Sports Engineering Laboratory

✏️ Research interests

• Comprehensive biomechanical assessment for people with disabilities, with specialized focus on individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and brain lesion
  • Wheeling pattern analysis
  • Developing fitness level test
  • Developing EMG-based XR game interaction framework
    • Grasping
    • Gesture
• Quantifying human motor performance & factors of injury risk
  • Comprehensive assessment of walking & running pattern
  • Musculoskeletal modeling & simulations
  • Evaluation of footwear & insole technologies
  • Developing algorithm of metabolic metrics

📧 Contact

hyunji94@snu.ac.kr

kimhyunji520@naver.com

Kakao @isreal94

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💁 About Me

• Skills
• Soft skills
• Languages
• Hobbies

💼 Works & Projects

• 🗓️ Biomechanist - present laboratory (2019 - )
• 🗓️ Sports Coach
• 🕒 Before biomechanics:

🧑‍🎓 Education

• 🗒️ Ph.D. candidate Seoul National University (Sep 2021- )
• 🗒️ M.S. Seoul National University (Sep 2019 - Aug 2021)
• 🕒 Before biomechanics:

💫 Achievement

Publications

• (In preparation) H.Kim, J.Hwang, J.Lee, H.Min, Y.Choi, C.Lee, J. Choi, J. Kim, J. Kim, J.Ahn Modulating Cadence in Running : Impacts on Running Patterns and Locomotor-Respiratory Coordination, and Stability
• (In preparation) H.Kim, J.Cho, J.Ahn Understanding Physical Fitness Evaluations in Wheelchair Users: A Systematic Scoping Review
• K. Kim, H. Kim (Co-first author), W. Hwang, Y. Choi, K. Kim, J. Ahn & H. Lee (2025) A multidisciplinary review on footwear 3D printing: from biomechanics to therapeutics, International Journal of Bioprinting
• (Submitted) J. Choi, J. Kim, H. Kim, Y. Choi, J. Lee, J. Hwang, Y. Choi, H. Min, J. Kim & J. Ahn (2025) Estimation of Pulmonary Oxygen Uptake (VO2) and Carbon Dioxide Production (VCO2) Using Transfer Learning,
• S.Hong, H.Kim (Co-first author), J.Ahn, W.Park (2025) Impacts of Disability Duration and Physical Activity Level on Wheelchair Propulsion Kinematics and Muscle Activity in People with T12/L1 Spinal Cord Injury, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 26, 807.
• (Under review) H.Kim, S.Hong (Co-first author), W.Park, J.Ahn (2025) A Bottom-Up Classification of Wheelchair Users Based on Propulsion Kinematics beyond Injury Level
• H. Kim, ****J. Ahn (2025) Technologically Advanced Running Shoes Reduce Biomechanical Factors of Running Related Injury Risk, Scientific Reports 15, 17828
• P. Pathak, H. Kim, H. Kim, K. Lee, J. Park & J. Ahn (2023) Feasibility of mitigating out-toeing gait using compression tights with inward-directing lines, PLOS ONE
• B. Lim, H. Kim (Co-first author), J. Bae, J. Seo, S. Kwak, C. Shin, J. Ahn & W. Song (2021) Effect of masticatory movement using gum on walking and cycling: a randomized crossover design, Exercise Science