Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-08-25DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1968480
Enrique Moreno Mañas, Salvador Llana-Belloch, Vicent Úbeda-Pastor, Xavier Garcia-Massó
{"title":"The effect of 26 versus 29-inch wheel diameter in the transmission of vibrations in cross-country mountain biking.","authors":"Enrique Moreno Mañas, Salvador Llana-Belloch, Vicent Úbeda-Pastor, Xavier Garcia-Massó","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1968480","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1968480","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Vibrations experienced by cyclists can affect their performance and health. We analysed the vibrations transmitted by mountain bike (26 or 29-inch wheels), in a 2,110 m circuit with a sample of 55 cyclists. The results indicate that the 29\"-wheel increases speed (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and thus performance but it also increases exposure to vibrations as the root mean square (RMS) indicate (<i>p</i> = 0.001). The wheel diameter significantly affected the accelerometer-related dependent variables (<i>p < </i>0.01), specifically seen in the RMS variable (<i>p < </i>0.01). Regarding vibration transmission variables, it was found that the LW/FH, RW/FH, LA/RH, and RA/RH ratios were higher in the 29\" bicycle than in 26\" one. Average heart rate (<i>p</i> = 0.01) and maximum heart rate (<i>p</i> < 0.01) values were higher for the 29\" bike with no significant differences in the average power values recorded. In conclusion, bicycles with 29\" wheels transmit higher levels of vibration to riders.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39342859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-09-20DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1975812
Suan K Loh, Jolene Z Lim, Jing Wen Pan, Luqman Aziz, Marcus Lee, Pui W Kong
{"title":"Air pistol shooting: upper limb muscle activation between training and simulated competition.","authors":"Suan K Loh, Jolene Z Lim, Jing Wen Pan, Luqman Aziz, Marcus Lee, Pui W Kong","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1975812","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1975812","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heightened stress during air pistol competitions may impair shooters' abilities to maintain gun stability, resulting in inferior performance. This study aimed to compare the pre-trigger muscle activation levels of upper muscles in 10-m air pistol shooters between training and simulated competition conditions. Seven sub-elite shooters from the Singapore National Youth Air Pistol Team shot 30 shots in a training versus simulated competition condition in randomised orders on separate days. Muscle activation for the forearm and shoulder muscles, namely <i>extensor carpi radialis, flexor carpi ulnaris, anterior deltoid, and posterior deltoid</i>, were recorded using electromyography (EMG). Shooting performance was evaluated by total shot scores. Stress level was monitored via heart rate and the Mental Readiness Form-3. No statistically significant differences were found in EMG, performance, or stress-related variables between conditions, although moderate-to-large effect sizes were observed in some muscle activation and self-reported stress indicators. Analysis of individual performances using smallest worthwhile change showed that two participants improved under the simulated competition condition, while two declined, and three remained unaffected. In conclusion, sub-elite youth air pistol shooters were able to exhibit good neuromuscular control under high anxiety situations and thus their performance was largely unaffected.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39432815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-10-11DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1983636
William I Wolf, Hoon Kim, Kristof Kipp
{"title":"Musculoskeletal modelling based estimates of load dependent relative muscular effort during resistance training exercises.","authors":"William I Wolf, Hoon Kim, Kristof Kipp","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1983636","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1983636","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The purpose of this study was to investigate the relative muscular effort (RME) of the hip and knee extensor and ankle plantarflexor muscle groups during the back squat (BS) and split squat (SS) exercises across four external load conditions. Motion capture and force plate data were collected as participants performed the BS and SS at 0%, 25%, 50%, and 75% of their body-mass. These data were used to calculate net joint moments (NJM) at the hip, knee, and ankle of the front leg during the SS and the matched leg during the BS. A musculoskeletal model, which accounted for force-length-velocity properties of 52 muscles, was used to estimate the maximal possible NJM (NJM<sub>max</sub>) of the hip and knee extensor and ankle plantarflexor muscle groups. RME was calculated as the ratio between NJM and NJM<sub>max</sub>, and compared across exercises and loads. The results indicated that while hip extensor RME increased across all loads, the increases in hip extensor RME were disproportionately greater during the SS at loads of 50% and 75%. Knee extensor RME increased linearly across loads and did not differ between exercises. These results provide coaches and athletes with detailed information about how to optimise resistance training specificity.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39505778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-08-29DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1965649
Kristian M Jones, Eric S Wallace, Steve R Otto
{"title":"The relationship between skill and ground reaction force variability in amateur golfers.","authors":"Kristian M Jones, Eric S Wallace, Steve R Otto","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1965649","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1965649","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is accepted that highly skilled golfers are more consistent in their clubhead presentation and shot outcomes than their lesser skilled counterparts. However, the relationships between movement variability, outcome variability and skill in golf are not particularly well understood. This study examined the ground reaction force variability of one-hundred and four amateur golfers for shots with drivers and 5-irons. Principal component analysis was used as a data reduction technique and allowed all three components of ground reaction force to be considered together. There were statistically significant trends for the higher skilled golfers to display lower variability in two of the five principal components (driver) and four of the five principal components (5-iron). A similar trend was also observed in the other principal components, but these trends were not statistically significant. Intra-individual variability was much lower than inter-individual variability across all golfers; the golfers were each relatively consistent in maintaining their own ground reaction force patterns. Lower variability in ground reaction forces may partly explain how highly skilled golfers maintain lower variability in shot outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39362935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-09-08DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1959947
David Lloyd
{"title":"The future of in-field sports biomechanics: wearables plus modelling compute real-time <i>in vivo</i> tissue loading to prevent and repair musculoskeletal injuries.","authors":"David Lloyd","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1959947","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1959947","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper explores the use of biomechanics in identifying the mechanistic causes of musculoskeletal tissue injury and degeneration. It appraises how biomechanics has been used to develop training programmes aiming to maintain or recover tissue health. Tissue health depends on the functional mechanical environment experienced by tissues during daily and rehabilitation activities. These environments are the result of the interactions between tissue motion, loading, biology, and morphology. Maintaining health of and/or repairing musculoskeletal tissues requires targeting the \"ideal\" <i>in vivo</i> tissue mechanics (i.e., loading and deformation), which may be enabled by appropriate real-time biofeedback. Recent research shows that biofeedback technologies may increase their quality and effectiveness by integrating a personalised neuromusculoskeletal modelling driven by real-time motion capture and medical imaging. Model personalisation is crucial in obtaining physically and physiologically valid predictions of tissue biomechanics. Model real-time execution is crucial and achieved by code optimisation and artificial intelligence methods. Furthermore, recent work has also shown that laboratory-based motion capture biomechanical measurements and modelling can be performed outside the laboratory with wearable sensors and artificial intelligence. The next stage is to combine these technologies into well-designed easy to use products to guide training to maintain or recover tissue health in the real-world.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39395367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-09-21DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1975810
E Nicol, N Adani, B Lin, E Tor
{"title":"The temporal analysis of elite breaststroke swimming during competition.","authors":"E Nicol, N Adani, B Lin, E Tor","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1975810","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1975810","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Breaststroke is the only competitive stroke characterised by propulsive discontinuity. It is consequently paramount that swimmers optimally coordinate limb movements in order to maintain the highest average velocity possible. The present study aimed to investigate the temporal patterns of elite breaststroke swimmers. 50 m long-course competition footage of (1) 20 male 100 m races, (2) 24 female 100 m races, (3) 15 male 200 m races, and (4) 27 female 200 m races from 2018 to 2020 were digitised and analysed. Six points within each stroke cycle were identified and used to calculate 15 temporal parameters. Analyses revealed multiple temporal pattern differences between groups based on sex and race distance. It is recommended that coaches individualise swimmers' breaststroke temporal patterns based on individual needs, strengths, and morphological characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39439056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-09-23DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1975811
Kaushik Talukdar, Craig Harrison, Mike R McGuigan
{"title":"The effects of strength vs. plyometric training on sprinting kinetics in post peak height velocity (PHV) female athletes.","authors":"Kaushik Talukdar, Craig Harrison, Mike R McGuigan","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1975811","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1975811","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Speed is a crucial factor for overall athletic development. While researchers have shown strength and plyometric training to improve sprinting speed in some adult and youth populations, no studies have compared the effects of strength and plyometric training on sprinting speed in young females. Fifty-two young females were divided into three groups and trained for 7 weeks, twice a week; strength training (n = 16, age 13.36 ± 0.84), plyometric training (n = 21, age 13.38 ± 0.75) and a physical education class as a control group (n = 15, age 13.95 ± 0.54). Participants were tested for sprinting performance and horizontal force (<i>Fo)</i>, maximum velocity (<i>Vmax</i>) and maximum horizontal power (<i>Pmax</i>) metrics over 30 m distance, isometric strength and unilateral horizontal jump distance before and after the intervention. Both the strength and plyometric groups significantly improved all performance variables (p < 0.05). The strength group significantly improved 10 m split time (6.76%; Hedge's <i>g</i> = 0.65) and <i>Fo</i> (18.98%; <i>g</i> = 0.67), whereas the plyometric group significantly improved <i>Vmax</i> (4.91%; <i>g</i> = 0.50) and <i>Pmax</i> (7.91%; <i>g</i> = 0.31). The findings of this study suggest that both strength and plyometric training can improve sprinting kinetics, jumping performance and overall strength in young females.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39463428","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sports BiomechanicsPub Date : 2024-10-01Epub Date: 2021-08-09DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2021.1953574
Catarina C Santos, Daniel A Marinho, Henrique P Neiva, Mário J Costa
{"title":"Propulsive forces in human competitive swimming: a systematic review on direct assessment methods.","authors":"Catarina C Santos, Daniel A Marinho, Henrique P Neiva, Mário J Costa","doi":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1953574","DOIUrl":"10.1080/14763141.2021.1953574","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human propulsive forces are a key-factor to enhance swimming performance, but there is scarce knowledge when using direct assessments. The aim of this review was to analyse the evidence about human propulsive forces in competitive swimming measured by direct assessment methods. A search up to 30 June 2020 was performed in Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus databases. The Downs and Black Quality Assessment Checklist was used to assess the quality index (QI) of the included studies. Out of 2530 screened records, 35 articles met the inclusion criteria. Tethered-swimming and differential pressure sensors allow directly measure propulsive forces. Cross-sectional designs measured peak and mean propulsive force during the front crawl stroke and including men/boys (≥15 years-old) at different competitive levels were mostly reported. Men are more able to show higher propulsive forces than women counterparts. Short- and long-term effects were observed while using dry-land and in-water training programmes. The magnitude of propulsive force is dependent on the type of assessment method, swimming stroke, number of body limbs and gender. While the short-term effects supporting the different training programmes lead to an increase in propulsive force, there is a lack of long-term evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":49482,"journal":{"name":"Sports Biomechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39293136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}