Background:Marginal changes in the execution of competitive sports movements can represent a significant change for performance success.However,such differences may emerge only at certain execution intensities and are...Background:Marginal changes in the execution of competitive sports movements can represent a significant change for performance success.However,such differences may emerge only at certain execution intensities and are not easily detectable through conventional biomechanical techniques.This study aimed to investigate if and how competition standard and progression speed affect race walking kinematics from both a conventional and a coordination variability perspective.Methods:Fifteen experienced athletes divided into three groups(elite,international,and national) were studied while race walking on a treadmill at two different speeds(12.0 and 15.5 km/h).Basic gait parameters,the angular displacement of the pelvis and lower limbs,and the variability in continuous relative phase between six different joint couplings were analyzed.Results:Most of the spatio-temporal,kinematic,and coordination variability measures proved sensitive to the change in speed.Conversely,non-linear dynamics measures highlighted differences between athletes of different competition standard when conventional analytical tools were not able to discriminate between different skill levels.Continuous relative phase variability was higher for national level athletes than international and elite in two couplings(pelvis obliquity—hip flex/extension and pelvis rotation—ankle dorsi/plantarflexion) and gait phases(early stance for the first coupling,propulsive phase for the second) that are deemed fundamental for correct technique and performance.Conclusion:Measures of coordination variability showed to be a more sensitive tool for the fine detection of skill-dependent factors in competitive race walking,and showed good potential for being integrated in the assessment and monitoring of sports motor abilities.展开更多
Trials is a specialty of off-road cycling in which the rider has to face obstacle courses without resting feet on the ground. Technique in this sport has a great importance, since it reduces the risk of committing pen...Trials is a specialty of off-road cycling in which the rider has to face obstacle courses without resting feet on the ground. Technique in this sport has a great importance, since it reduces the risk of committing penalties and allows more efficient execution of the gesture. To improve technique, the motion analysis allows to study the gesture both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this work video analysis was used to study the side hop from rear wheel technique. Two different executions of this technique were analyzed. The primary purpose is the identification of the phases that make up the technical gesture. It was given an explanation to the movement strategies adopted in the execution of the jump in the two different situations.展开更多
文摘Background:Marginal changes in the execution of competitive sports movements can represent a significant change for performance success.However,such differences may emerge only at certain execution intensities and are not easily detectable through conventional biomechanical techniques.This study aimed to investigate if and how competition standard and progression speed affect race walking kinematics from both a conventional and a coordination variability perspective.Methods:Fifteen experienced athletes divided into three groups(elite,international,and national) were studied while race walking on a treadmill at two different speeds(12.0 and 15.5 km/h).Basic gait parameters,the angular displacement of the pelvis and lower limbs,and the variability in continuous relative phase between six different joint couplings were analyzed.Results:Most of the spatio-temporal,kinematic,and coordination variability measures proved sensitive to the change in speed.Conversely,non-linear dynamics measures highlighted differences between athletes of different competition standard when conventional analytical tools were not able to discriminate between different skill levels.Continuous relative phase variability was higher for national level athletes than international and elite in two couplings(pelvis obliquity—hip flex/extension and pelvis rotation—ankle dorsi/plantarflexion) and gait phases(early stance for the first coupling,propulsive phase for the second) that are deemed fundamental for correct technique and performance.Conclusion:Measures of coordination variability showed to be a more sensitive tool for the fine detection of skill-dependent factors in competitive race walking,and showed good potential for being integrated in the assessment and monitoring of sports motor abilities.
文摘Trials is a specialty of off-road cycling in which the rider has to face obstacle courses without resting feet on the ground. Technique in this sport has a great importance, since it reduces the risk of committing penalties and allows more efficient execution of the gesture. To improve technique, the motion analysis allows to study the gesture both qualitatively and quantitatively. In this work video analysis was used to study the side hop from rear wheel technique. Two different executions of this technique were analyzed. The primary purpose is the identification of the phases that make up the technical gesture. It was given an explanation to the movement strategies adopted in the execution of the jump in the two different situations.
