E-Textiles for Sports and Fitness Sensing: Current State, Challenges, and Future Opportunities

Sensors, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 24(4), С. 1058 - 1058

Опубликована: Фев. 6, 2024

E-textiles have emerged as a fast-growing area in wearable technology for sports and fitness due to the soft comfortable nature of textile materials capability smart functionality be integrated into familiar clothing. This review paper presents roles technologies sport monitoring movement biosignals used assess performance, reduce injury risk, motivate training/exercise. The drivers research e-textiles are discussed after reviewing existing non-textile textile-based commercial products. Different sensing components/materials (e.g., inertial measurement units, electrodes biosignals, piezoresistive sensors), manufacturing processes, their applications published literature were reviewed discussed. Finally, current challenges achieve practical at scale future perspectives development.

Язык: Английский

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The relationship between mindfulness and athletes’ mental skills may be explained by emotion regulation and self-regulation

BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 16(1)

Опубликована: Март 19, 2024

Abstract Background Although numerous psychological determinants of sports success have been identified in the scientific literature, research on contribution mindfulness and interoceptive awareness to achievements remains limited. This study investigates relationship between self-reported mental skills determining (i.e., flow state, attention, technique, sensitivity error, commitment, achievement), state for physical activity (of mind body), (including scales noticing, not distracting, worrying, attention regulation, emotional awareness, self-regulation, body listening, trusting). Methods A cross-sectional online survey was conducted a sample elite athletes speed skating ( n = 54) university students education 102) representing various disciplines competitive levels. The Sports Success Scale (SSS), State Mindfulness Physical Activity (SMS-PA), Multidimensional Assessment Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA-2) were used assess athletic achievements, mindfulness, sensitivity, respectively. Results Our findings indicate some small-to-moderate differences particular dimensions traits related success, different genders, groups, chain mediation model showed that variables is fully explained by two interoception: self-regulation regulation. Conclusions Cultivating can improve which turn may increase required successful participation. Therefore, training should focus primarily responsible athletes’ achievements. In addition, individual gender, discipline, level competition be considered during training.

Язык: Английский

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College sports offline and online mixed teaching evaluation enhanced by biomechanics and GA-BP neural network

Molecular & cellular biomechanics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 22(2), С. 904 - 904

Опубликована: Янв. 22, 2025

In the process of higher education reform, physical plays a vital role in improving students’ comprehensive quality. The online hybrid teaching mode integrates advantages and traditional teaching, which has been gradually applied to various scenarios. However, establishing effective evaluation model for remains challenge due its complexity. This study introduces based on Genetic Algorithm Optimized Back Propagation (GA-BP) neural network, incorporating principles biomechanics enhance motor skills, movement efficiency, performance. By comparing BP GA-BP models using sample data, results demonstrate that provides precision, offering feasible framework quality evaluation. integration computational methods biomechanical insights not only enriches model’s applicability but also advances athletic

Язык: Английский

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Markerless motion capture in sport: panacea or Pandora’s box?

Sports Biomechanics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 8

Опубликована: Фев. 4, 2025

This paper critically appraises the utility of markerless motion capture in context skill development and sports performance enhancement. If is to be useful a profiling or monitoring capacity, amount measurement error needs smaller than movement variability over iterative trials. Current evidence suggests that it unlikely any existing system satisfies this requirement. The resolution issue would, principle, enable technical errors more easily pinpointed variation better explained. However, decomposing into its functional dysfunctional components not only nontrivial undertaking for most practitioners, practical consequences doing so are limited because synergies self-organising entities attempt micro-manage their constituent degrees freedom will likely have deleterious effects on performance. Biomechanical measurements technologies, including capture, may best used support search strategies employed by coaches athletes.

Язык: Английский

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Digital twin systems for musculoskeletal applications: A current concepts review

Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Modelling Female Breast Motion During Running: Implications of Breast Support on the Spine

European Journal of Sport Science, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 25(5)

Опубликована: Апрель 3, 2025

ABSTRACT During running, it is difficult to control breast motion and change torso or vice versa within empirical data collection. This study investigated how different levels of support (and consequently motion) influence motion, forces, lumbar thoracic spinal moments during using a computer simulation model. A subject‐specific female full body musculoskeletal model with an articulated thoracolumbar spine sliding joints between the breasts enable was customised for this study. One (bra size 34DD) had 59 markers attached anatomical locations ran over three force platforms at self‐selected speed (3.15–3.40 m/s) in conditions (no bra, everyday bra sports bra). An ‘extreme’ condition simulated modelling process by eliminating all relative torso. Two categories simulations were run, investigating 1) garments affect moments; 2) changes moments. Key findings suggest that peak demonstrate (> 0.05 Nm/kg) due running gait kinematics. Additionally, torso, but same input kinematics, increased joint Therefore, possible bras aimed preventing may increase internal loading spine.

Язык: Английский

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Championing Olympic Excellence: A Bibliometric Analysis of Biomechanics Impacting Tennis Performance on the World Stage

Physical Education Theory and Methodology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 24(3), С. 494 - 503

Опубликована: Июнь 30, 2024

Objectives. The study aims to comprehensively analyze the existing literature on relationship between biomechanics and tennis performance, with a particular focus enhancing Olympic accomplishment. Materials methods. Scopus was used search three fields in each record: (1) Author’s name, (2) Journal Name where paper published, (3) Total citations. Bibliometric analysis employed as component of analysis. To obtain comprehensive accurate understanding, data analyzed interpreted using several methods triangulation. VOSviewer software appliedto generate distance-based co-occurrence maps for bibliometric synthesis. terms extracted from keywords, titles, abstracts were categorized organized based their level interconnectedness. keywords “Biomechanics” “tennis performance” are commonly study, meanings often different settings. yielded 240 papers 6137 citations, which conducted 2000 2024. Results. study’s findings identified “key authors, countries, subject areas” contributing thefield research tennis, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration future directions. Conclusions. In conclusion, provides foundation continued innovation championing excellence through tennis.

Язык: Английский

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Robot-Aided Motion Analysis in Neurorehabilitation: Benefits and Challenges

Diagnostics, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 13(23), С. 3561 - 3561

Опубликована: Ноя. 29, 2023

In the neurorehabilitation field, robot-aided motion analysis (R-AMA) could be helpful for two main reasons: (1) it allows registration and monitoring of patients’ parameters in a more accurate way than clinical scales (clinical purpose), (2) multitude data produced using R-AMA can used to build machine learning algorithms, detecting prognostic predictive factors better motor outcomes (research purpose). Despite their potential settings, robotic assessment tools have not gained widespread acceptance. Some barriers remain adoption, such as reliability validity compared existing standardized scales. this narrative review, we sought investigate usefulness systems patients affected by neurological disorders. We found that most are Lokomat (an exoskeleton device gait balance rehabilitation) Armeo (both Power Spring, rehabilitation upper limb impairment). The provided these devices was tailor sessions based on objective quantification functional abilities. Spinal cord injury stroke were investigated individuals with common exoskeletons. Research use robotics an tool should fostered, taking into account biomechanical able predict accuracy movements.

Язык: Английский

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Sports Biomechanics Research on the Hammer Throw: Systematic Review

Retos, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 54, С. 248 - 254

Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2024

This study aims to evaluate the critical role of sports biomechanics in enhancing performance and technique athletes participating challenging discipline Hammer Throw. research uses a systematic review method by searching various jour-nal databases such as Scopus, Web Science, PubMed, Embase. The keywords used are biomechanics, kinetic analysis, kinematic gait analysis hammer throwing. inclusion criteria this articles published last 5 years starting from 2023. Furthermore, exclusion disreputable journals. A total 1,147 journal were identified. There 8 that met requirements selected for review. identified specific improvements athletes' precision consistency attributed biome-chanical interventions. Moreover, it underscored efficacy biomechanical developing targeted coaching strategies. synthesis these reveals substantially contributes advancing throwing enabling detailed feedback, athlete development, refining methods. Conclusively, integration data technology is proving indispensable pushing boundaries throw. Future should close exist-ing knowledge gaps further investigate impact digital biofeedback methods on performance, offering roadmap scientific progress sport. These studies hold potential enhance contribute advancement Keywords: Kinematic Analysis, Kinetic Approach, Sport Track Field

Язык: Английский

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AI, BlazePod Sensors, and Head Vests Implemented in Assessments on Reaction Time and Gaze Training Program in U10 Football Game

Applied Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(14), С. 6323 - 6323

Опубликована: Июль 19, 2024

In the context of development technologies, every sports club tends to improve its training methods obtain best possible results in training. The goal research is develop a specialized program designed enhance ball-control skills so that children can play soccer with increased confidence, therefore reinforcing their need for constant visual contact ball during possession. study participants are between ages 8 and 10, who have acquired at least one year consistent well-structured football practice, divided into two groups, experimental group I control II. T-Blaze test training, Adams test, registration degree head tilt using artificial intelligence recognition were implemented. During authors used BlazePod sensors measure participants’ times more precisely, thus avoiding inaccuracy classic timer. At same time, Vesta HeadUp block child’s view when he has possession or very close it. recording time spent playing head-up head-down revealed statistically significant differences three sessions favor group. Considering substantial influence obtained, conclude our intervention based on specific means vests was decisive factor achieving improved performance.

Язык: Английский

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