Sports EngineeringPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-08-04DOI: 10.1007/s12283-025-00511-w
Jonathan Audet, Abdelghani Benghanem, Alexis Lussier-Desbiens
{"title":"Insightful skiing: developing explainable models of on-snow performance through physical attribute selection of alpine skis.","authors":"Jonathan Audet, Abdelghani Benghanem, Alexis Lussier-Desbiens","doi":"10.1007/s12283-025-00511-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12283-025-00511-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evaluating alpine skis on snow is pivotal for ski development and consumer decision-making, yet it is resource-intensive and hindered by subjective assessments. Leveraging recent extensive ski physical measurements and on-snow ski evaluation metrics, this study proposes an automated methodology that employs elastic net regression, bootstrap resampling, and intelligent feature selection to predict the on-snow performance using a minimal set of physical attributes. Results on 192 skis divided into 10 categories and 29 metrics indicate promising predictive capabilities, with models exhibiting an average Mean Absolute Error rank prediction of 15%. Importantly, the models utilize less than three physical attributes on average, underscoring their simplicity and effectiveness in identifying key performance-defining properties. These findings, to the authors' knowledge, represent the most comprehensive description of ski on-snow performance to date and hold implications for ski design and consumer guidance. Moreover, the automated methodology enables the easy integration of other evaluation sources, facilitating further refinement and validation, while promising to consider the diversity of opinions related to ski on-snow performance assessment.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12283-025-00511-w.</p>","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"28 2","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12327194/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144795823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports EngineeringPub Date : 2025-01-01Epub Date: 2025-07-28DOI: 10.1007/s12283-025-00516-5
Rachael F Vatter, Diana Segura-Velandia, Isabel S Moore, Aimée C Mears
{"title":"The effect of a pelvic compression belt on postural stability in postpartum women.","authors":"Rachael F Vatter, Diana Segura-Velandia, Isabel S Moore, Aimée C Mears","doi":"10.1007/s12283-025-00516-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12283-025-00516-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The health benefits of physical activity are well known, however, for the postpartum population there are barriers to retuning to physical activity such as pelvic pain and a fear of movement. Pelvic pain can manifest from instability in the pelvic region and lead to impaired balance and postural stability, exacerbating fear of movement. This study aimed to assess the effect of pelvic compression on postural stability in postpartum women and a nulligravida control cohort. The participants' postural stability was measured using an inertial measurement unit, and the outcome measures JERK, mean velocity, trajectory area index, and root mean squared acceleration calculated, across two visual conditions (eyes open and eyes closed) during tandem and unilateral stances with and without the use of a pelvic compression belt. Significant improvements were observed, particularly in root mean square acceleration (<i>p</i> = 0.003) and JERK (<i>p</i> = 0.001), when a compression belt was used indicating enhanced postural stability, with the participants moving more smoothly and less intensely when maintaining balance. The effect of compression was highly individualised, suggesting pelvic compression could serve as an effective intervention to improve postural stability, though individual responses warrant a tailored approach for optimal results.</p>","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"28 2","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12327193/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144795824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Weidensager, D. Krumm, Daniel Potts, S. Odenwald
{"title":"Estimating vertical ground reaction forces from plantar pressure using interpretable high-dimensional approximation","authors":"Laura Weidensager, D. Krumm, Daniel Potts, S. Odenwald","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00444-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00444-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"8 5","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139438967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy Murphy, Andrew Post, Michael D. Gilchrist, J. M. Clark, B. Hoshizaki
{"title":"Comparing equestrian helmets with and without rotational technology using an equestrian concussive-specific helmet test protocol","authors":"Amy Murphy, Andrew Post, Michael D. Gilchrist, J. M. Clark, B. Hoshizaki","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00445-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00445-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"5 8","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139380478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Albert Smit, Stephan van der Zwaard, Ina Janssen, Thomas W. J. Janssen
{"title":"Power loss of the chain drive in a race tandem bicycle","authors":"Albert Smit, Stephan van der Zwaard, Ina Janssen, Thomas W. J. Janssen","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00439-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00439-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Tandem cycling is a paralympic discipline, in which two cyclists ride on one tandem bicycle. Their performance can be improved by minimizing power losses. This study aimed to quantify power loss due to the chain drive of a tandem bicycle and influence of power input, location of power input, and rear chain wheel size. Power loss was determined by the difference between power input applied on the cranks (front or back rider) and power output measured at the rear wheel. Power output values were set from 100 to 400 W, with 50 W increments, and using two gear ratios, 53-11 and 53-13. Power input was generated at the back crank (with only the primary chain—solo bicycle—and with primary and secondary chain attached) and at the front crank (with primary and secondary chain attached). The power loss for the solo bicycle was 2.1% (± 1.5%). A significantly larger power loss was found for the tandem in the back (3.7 ± 2.4%, p < 0.001) and front positions (3.0 ± 1.8%, p < 0.001), with marginal differences between positions at higher power output. Power loss for the tandem was lower with gear 53-13 (2.9% ± 1.7%) compared to 53-11 (4.0 ± 2.8%, p < 0.001, effect size is medium). Therefore, findings suggest that back and front riders experience similar power losses due to the chain drive, but more than on a solo bicycle. Tandem cyclists can reduce their power loss in the chain drive by selecting larger gear ratios. Coaches may consider these findings for selecting and coaching their tandem cyclists.","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"52 36","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134902126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrew S. Perrotta, Brent D. Day, Ibrahim Wafai, Robert P. Oates, Maggie L. Peterson, Anika J. Scott, Rachel C. Barker, Athena B. Garedakis, Kayla A. Seaborn
{"title":"Concurrent validity and reliability of photoelectric and accelerometer technology for calculating vertical jump height in female athletes","authors":"Andrew S. Perrotta, Brent D. Day, Ibrahim Wafai, Robert P. Oates, Maggie L. Peterson, Anika J. Scott, Rachel C. Barker, Athena B. Garedakis, Kayla A. Seaborn","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00440-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00440-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135679256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. M. Robbins, P. J. Renaud, N. MacInnis, D. J. Pearsall
{"title":"Differences in trunk–shoulder inter-joint coordination and sequencing between elite and recreational ice hockey players during slap shots","authors":"S. M. Robbins, P. J. Renaud, N. MacInnis, D. J. Pearsall","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00441-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00441-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"59 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136318608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marc in het Panhuis, Luca Oggiano, David Shormann, Jimmy Freese
{"title":"Editor’s note: Topical Collection on surf engineering","authors":"Marc in het Panhuis, Luca Oggiano, David Shormann, Jimmy Freese","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00438-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00438-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136235253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hideto Komori, Mariko Isogawa, Dan Mikami, Takasuke Nagai, Yoshimitsu Aoki
{"title":"Time-weighted motion history image for human activity classification in sports","authors":"Hideto Komori, Mariko Isogawa, Dan Mikami, Takasuke Nagai, Yoshimitsu Aoki","doi":"10.1007/s12283-023-00437-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12283-023-00437-1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Vision-based human activity classification has remarkable potential for various applications in the sports context (e.g., motion analysis for performance enhancement, active sensing for athletes, etc.). Recently, learning-based human activity classifications have been widely researched. However, in sports scenes in which more detailed and player-specific classifications are required, this is a quite challenging task; in many cases, only a limited number of datasets are available, unlike daily movements such as walking or climbing stairs. Therefore, this paper proposes a time-weighted motion history image, an effective image sequence representation for learning-based human activity classification. Unlike conventional MHI based on the assumption that “the newer frame is more important,” our method generates importance-aware representation so that the predictor can “see” the frames that contribute to analyzing the specific human activity. Experimental results have shown the superiority of our method.","PeriodicalId":46387,"journal":{"name":"Sports Engineering","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135268074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}