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Modelling in Rowing
Published in Youlian Hong, Routledge Handbook of Ergonomics in Sport and Exercise, 2013
Rowing is a sport consisting of a continuous cyclical movement, which demands efficiency and accurate coordination of the full body to maximize performance. The rowing cycle is formed by the rower sliding back and forth along a monorail through the action of cyclical extension and flexion of the lower limbs. This general concept refers to different sports; for instance, the sport where the subject pulls one oar (in boat or indoor) and the ergometer rowing. In the ergometer rowing, the subject pulls a handle, which is connected to the flywheel that generates the rowing resistance. In recent years, this rowing motion has become a new competitive sport, a training for on-water race-pace rowers or simply an indoor exercise for healthy purposes. A statistical analysis describing motion and load characteristics of ergometer rowing is used to test the hypothesis that rowing stroke technique is associated with the incidence of low back pain (see O’Sullivan et al., 2003). Indeed, the use of the values obtained for the torques may improve performance and prevent injuries such as chronic back pain (Bartlett and Bussey, 2011).
Comparison of isokinetic knee torque and bioelectrical activity for hamstrings, quadriceps and erector spinae muscles in elite rowers
Published in Sports Biomechanics, 2022
Jarosław Kabaciński, Anna Fryzowicz, Anna Błaszczyk, Michał Murawa, Joanna Gorwa, Małgorzata B. Ogurkowska
Rowing is a sport which involves a symmetric technique with two oars (scull rowing) and an asymmetrical technique, i.e. holding one oar with both hands (sweep rowing) (Readi, Rosso, Rainoldi, & Vieira, 2015; Strahan et al., 2011). The rowing cycle begins with bending of the lower extremities, forward bending of the torso, extension of the upper limbs and pulling them forward, and ends with extension of the lower extremities, backward bending of the torso backwards and bending of the upper extremities (Buckeridge, Hislop, Bull, & McGregor, 2012). Rowing training is primarily aimed at increasing strength, power, endurance and improving rowing techniques (Gee, Olsen, Berger, Golby, & Thompson, 2011; Penichet-Thomas & Pueo, 2017).