Sport Biomechanics Applications Using Inertial, Force, and EMG Sensors: A Literature Overview

Juri Taborri; Justin Keogh; Anton Kos; Alessandro Santuz; Anton Umek; Caryn Urbanczyk; Eline van der Kruk; Stefano Rossi

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Sport Biomechanics Applications Using Inertial, Force, and EMG Sensors: A Literature Overview

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Sport Biomechanics Applications Using Inertial, Force, and EMG Sensors: A Literature Overview

Juri Taborri, Justin Keogh, Anton Kos, Alessandro Santuz, Anton Umek, Caryn Urbanczyk, Eline van der Kruk and Stefano Rossi

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol.2020, pp.1-18

2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/2041549

PMCID: PMC7330631

PMID: 32676126

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Abstract

In the last few decades, a number of technological developments have advanced the spread of wearable sensors for the assessment of human motion. These sensors have been also developed to assess athletes' performance, providing useful guidelines for coaching, as well as for injury prevention. The data from these sensors provides key performance outcomes as well as more detailed kinematic, kinetic, and electromyographic data that provides insight into how the performance was obtained. From this perspective, inertial sensors, force sensors, and electromyography appear to be the most appropriate wearable sensors to use. Several studies were conducted to verify the feasibility of using wearable sensors for sport applications by using both commercially available and customized sensors. The present study seeks to provide an overview of sport biomechanics applications found from recent literature using wearable sensors, highlighting some information related to the used sensors and analysis methods. From the literature review results, it appears that inertial sensors are the most widespread sensors for assessing athletes' performance; however, there still exist applications for force sensors and electromyography in this context. The main sport assessed in the studies was running, even though the range of sports examined was quite high. The provided overview can be useful for researchers, athletes, and coaches to understand the technologies currently available for sport performance assessment.

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Title: Sport Biomechanics Applications Using Inertial, Force, and EMG Sensors: A Literature Overview
Authors: Juri Taborri (Author) - Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Justin Keogh (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Anton Kos (Author) - University of Ljubljana
Alessandro Santuz (Author) - Dalhousie University
Anton Umek (Author) - University of Ljubljana
Caryn Urbanczyk (Author) - Imperial College London
Eline van der Kruk (Author) - Imperial College London
Stefano Rossi (Author) - Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Publication details: Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, Vol.2020, pp.1-18
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Date published: 2020
DOI: 10.1155/2020/2041549
ISSN: 1754-2103
PMID: 32676126; PMC7330631
Copyright note: Copyright © 2020 Juri Taborri et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99467304902621
Output Type: Journal article

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