Abstract The last 25 years have seen immense changes, both in the world generally and scientific publishing. It is now hard to imagine that our original editorial responsibilities included managing filing cabinets full of manuscripts making frequent trips post office! In this first Invited Viewpoint, we invited ourselves highlight some key breakthroughs been made on topics are within scope Trib...

This review describes the principles of skin friction and wear for benefit sports scientists, engineers clinicians. Skin exhibits complex behaviour, defying tribological laws dry contact; hence, its characteristics are affected by sliding speed, normal load, contact area. Some seek to increase enhance performance; however, this needs be offset against injury risk given that abrades when slid ac...