Biomedical Engineering Reference
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1.2.3.
The analysis of sporting movements
The objective here is to improve sporting performance
and/or avoid risk associated with the practice of sports. The
3D analysis of sporting movement is a considerable
development, both for the athlete when designing his/her
targets, and for the trainer during the technical analysis and
training of athletes, as well as for the clinician to better
understand the technopathies during diagnosis and
prophylaxis or simply when monitoring neuromotor
reprogramming after injury. Due to the use of movement
analysis systems together with the implementation of
biomechanical methods, it is possible to accurately describe
the most complex sporting actions, which allow us, for
example, to test the relevance of a particular sporting action
to that of a champion, or the quality of different materials.
Figure 1.11.
Analysis of the movement of a fencer: taken from [GÖP 09]
Recent developments in movement analysis systems made
possible high-frequency recordings, and it is now even
possible to envisage taking
in situ
measurements, essential
elements in this application domain. However, systems using
sensors or markers on the subject are often deemed to be too
