Elena Bergamini

Biomechanics of sprint running

A methodological contribution

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Produktbeschreibung

The aim of sports biomechanists is to support coaches with reliable information about athletes technique. The lack of methods allowing for in-field athlete evaluation and for accurate joint force estimates are the main limitation to this purpose. The present work aimed at contributing in the development of such methods through a Low Resolution Approach (LRA), where the use of inertial measurement units (IMUs) is exploited during sprint running, and a High Resolution Approach (HRA), where subject-specific constraints for knee joint kinematic modelling used in multi-body optimization techniques are defined. LRA results proved that IMUs are a valid alternative to laboratory-based instrumentation for in-field running evaluation. As concerns the HRA, a mathematical model was provided that allowed the estimate of non-rigid ligament lengths as a function of knee flexion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9783846596579
• ISBN-10: 3846596574
• Artikelnr.: 34536261

Autorenporträt

M.Sc. in Bioengineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in 2006, she worked as a Product Specialist at Otto Bock GmbH during 2007 and, in 2011, she concluded her co-tutoring PhD program in Bioengineering at the University of Bologna and at the Arts et Metiers ParisTech. She is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Rome "Foro Italico".