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Kinematics of Shot-Put, Discus and Javelin Throwing in Paralympic Athletes
Published in Youlian Hong, Routledge Handbook of Ergonomics in Sport and Exercise, 2013
The discipline of sports biomechanics specifically focuses on the intra-body segment relationships, or posture, in order to minimize risk from injury and to enhance sporting performance. Too often, the exercise science profession concentrates on enhancing sport performance through a combination of generalized and specific training, at the expense of reducing the risk of injury. This may not be optimal as ultimately the ‘net gain’ from training is the sum of the negative consequence of injury added to the positive outcomes from performance enhancement.
Using technology to unify the areas of biomechanics and textile
Published in Gianni Montagna, Cristina Carvalho, Textiles, Identity and Innovation: In Touch, 2020
L. Neiva, J. Neiva, L. Lorenzetti, D. Júnior
Biomechanics studies different areas related to the movement of human beings and animals, including: (a) how muscles, tendons, ligaments, cartilages and bones work; (b) loads and overloads of specific structures; and (c) factors that influence performance (TEIXEIRA, 2007). Sports Biomechanics is dedicated to the study of the human body and sports movement, in connection with rules and principles of physio mechanics, including knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the human body (AMADO & DUARTE, 1996).
Bridging the lab-to-field gap using machine learning: a narrative review
Published in Sports Biomechanics, 2023
During the last decades, machine learning (ML) has become more prominent in our daily lives, either as part of recommendation systems (e.g., Netflix (Steck et al., 2021) or Amazon (Belacel et al., 2020)), or in fitness trackers (e.g., Fitbit (Haghayegh et al., 2020) or Garmin (G. Ltd., 2023)). A similar uptake of ML can be found in the scientific literature, spanning a variety of research fields (Xu et al., 2021), including sports biomechanics. Many applications of ML in sports biomechanics involve the development of tools for on-field motion analysis (Dindorf et al., 2023). In this paper, I will summarise recent advancement in this area as presented in the Hans Gros Emerging Researcher Award lecture at the annual conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports 2022.
Applications of regularized regression models in sports biomechanics research
Published in Sports Biomechanics, 2022
Kristof Kipp, John Warmenhoven
Research in sports biomechanics has two broad aims: to improve sports performance and reduce injuries (Bartlett & Bussey, 2013; Elliott, 1999). The experimental approaches of this research often involve studying athletes as they perform a task within their sport and assessing associations between biomechanical variables and performance outcomes of said task (Bartlett & Bussey, 2013; Chow & Knudson, 2011; Elliott, 1999). From a statistical perspective these approaches often rely on linear regression techniques with least-squares estimation to model the relationship between independent (predictor) and dependent (outcome/response) variables within the framework of deterministic models of sports performance (Chow & Knudson, 2011; Glazier & Mehdizadeh, 2019). Within this framework, sports biomechanists often use these statistical models for different purposes, such as data exploration, drawing inferences, or making predictions (Tredennick et al., 2021).
The next steps for expanding and developing sport biomechanics
Published in Sports Biomechanics, 2020
Sport biomechanics is an area of applied biomechanics, of which the primary goals are to improve sport techniques through investigation and analysis of skilled performers’ motions, to design effective training methods, and to reduce the risk of injury. One important objective of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) is to bridge the gap between the researchers and practitioners. To achieve this goal, the author has studied multiple topics in sport biomechanics, including: 1) Scientific activities of the Japan Association of Athletic Federations (JAAF), specifically the ‘Biomechanics research project of JAAF’, 2) Standard motion and classification of motion for various sports, 3) Analyses of sports techniques, 4) Developmental biomechanics, particularly basic human movements, 5) Inprovement loop and coaching of sport techniques, 6) Biomechanical database of standard motions, 7) Biomechanical data feedback, 8) Qualitative movement evaluation and diagnosis, 9) Performance analysis, 10) Education of sport biomechanics, and 11) Motion-decision criteria and objective functions of human movements, for example, which criteria decide contribution and recruitment of particular body segments.