Biomechanical Analysis of the Preparatory Motion for Takeoff in the Fosbury Flop

1986 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michiyoshi Ae ◽  
Yukinori Sakatani ◽  
Takashi Yokoi ◽  
Yoshihiro Hashihara ◽  
Kanji Shibukawa
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Preparatory Phase ◽  
Approach Velocity

The major purpose of this study was to investigate the preparatory motion during the last stride executed by Fosbury-flop jumpers, using 3-dimensional cinematography. Most of the trials for five male high jumpers were filmed at an official track meet by two high-speed cameras. The results suggested that to lower the center of gravity during the preparatory phase, Fosbury-flop jumpers using a curved approach ran resorted to (a) leaning the body toward the center of the curve, and (b) flexing the body. Two types of preparatory motion were classified, and their characteristics were identified concerning the loss of approach velocity and a large and effective takeoff motion.

scholarly journals BLUE BRAIN

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1009-1017
Author(s):  
Chandani R. Suryawanshi ◽  
Vinod Nayyar
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
High Speed ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Dimensional Model ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Artificial Brain ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Shed Light

Today scientists are in research to create an artificial brain that can think, respond, take decision, and keep anything in memory. The main aim is to upload human brain into machine. So that man can think, take decision without any effort. After the death of the body, the virtual brain will act as the man. So, even after the death of a person we will not loose the knowledge, intelligence, personalities, feelings and memories of that man, that can be used for the development of the human society. Technology is growing faster than every thing. IBM is now in research to create a virtual brain, called Blue brain. If possible, this would be the first virtual brain of the world. IBM, in partnership with scientists at Switzerlands Ecole Polytech- nique Federale de Lausannes (EPFL) Brain and Mind Institute will begin simulating the brains biological systems and output the data as a working 3-dimensional model that will recreate the high-speed electrochemical interactions that take place within the brains interior. These include cognitive functions such as language, learning, perception and memory in addition to brain malfunction such as psychiatric disorders like depression and autism. From there, the modeling will expand to other regions of the brain and, if successful, shed light on the relationships between genetic, molecular and cognitive functions of the brain.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the kinematic structure of indicators key elements of sports equipment exercise by postural orientation movements

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Y.V. Litvinenko ◽  
Tomasz Niznikowski ◽  
V.N. Boloban
Keyword(s):  
Central Element ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Kinematic Structure ◽  
Final Phase ◽  
Motor Action ◽  
Analysis And Evaluation ◽  
Postural Orientation ◽  
Preparatory Phase ◽  
Motor Actions

Purpose : Examine the kinematic structure of indicators key elements of sports equipment exercise (difficult to coordinate). The method of postural orientation movements. Material : The study involved acrobats jumpers on the path of high qualification (n = 7). The method used video - computer recording the movements of the athlete. Results : Identified nodal elements of sports equipment double back somersault tuck. Exercise performed after rondat and double back flip and stretch after rondat - flick (coup ago). In the preparatory phase of motor actions acrobatic exercises isolated and studied central element of sports equipment - starting posture of the body; in the phase of the main motor action - animation poses of the body; in the final phase - the final body posture (stable landing). Conclusions : The method of video - computer registration allowed to perform a biomechanical analysis and evaluation of key elements of sports equipment double back somersault tuck and a double back flip and stretch. Also gain new knowledge about the mechanism of the phase structure of movements when performing double somersaults.

scholarly journals Biomechanical Analysis of Successful and Unsuccessful Snatch Lifts in Elite Female Weightlifters

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Mastalerz ◽  
Paulina Szyszka ◽  
Weronika Grantham ◽  
Jerzy Sadowski
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Body Movement ◽  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Hip Joints ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Analysis System ◽  
Biomechanical Factors

AbstractThe aim of this study was to identify biomechanical factors affecting successful and unsuccessful snatch attempts in elite female weightlifters during the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships. Fourteen female competitors took part in this study. Their successful and unsuccessful snatch lifts with the same load were recorded with 2 camcorders (50 Hz), and selected points were digitized manually on to the body and the barbell using the Ariel Performance Analysis System. The kinetic and kinematic barbell movement as well as the athlete’s body movement variables during the liftoff phase were examined. The results of this study show statistical differences (p ≤ 0.05) between successful and unsuccessful attempts in relation to the angle values in the knee and hip joints in preparation for the aerial phase position. Similarly, the center of gravity velocity was significantly higher in successful attempts during the catch phase. Thus, coaches should pay particular attention to the accuracy of the execution in preparation for the aerial phase position and to the velocity of the center of gravity of the competitors during the catch phase.

A new definition of mechanical work done in human movement

1979 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. A. Winter
Keyword(s):  
Center Of Mass ◽  
Human Movement ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Major Purpose ◽  
External Work ◽  
Internal Work ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Work Done

The definition of efficiency of human movement has often been unable to cope with activities such as level gait because the numerator of the efficiency equation includes only external work done by the body on an external load. The major purpose of this paper is to propose a definition that not only accounts for any external work but also the internal work done by the limbs themselves. The internal work involves a new biomechanical analysis that takes into account all potential and kinetic energy components, all exchanges of energy within and between segments, and both positive and negative work done by the muscles. This analysis was applied to a study of over-ground level gait on eight subjects walking at different walking speeds. The internal work/stride as calculated from the sum of segment energies was compared with the same calculation on the body's center of mass energy. The latter was found to be in error (low) by 16.2% and could be low by as much as 40%. The average internal work per body mass per distance walked was 1.09 J/kg.m.

scholarly journals Biomechanical Analysis of Serious Neck Injuries Resulting from Judo

Healthcare ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Tomoyuki Nakanishi ◽  
Masahito Hitosugi ◽  
Haruo Murayama ◽  
Arisa Takeda ◽  
Yasuki Motozawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Digital Camera ◽  
The Body ◽  
Neck Injury ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Neck Injuries ◽  
Test Device ◽  
Abbreviated Injury Scale ◽  
Kinematic Data ◽  
Load Cells

To establish a basis for initial diagnosis and for proposing preventive measures for the serious neck injuries occasionally experienced by judo practitioners, the biomechanical mechanisms of these injuries were analyzed. Two male judo experts repeatedly threw an anthropomorphic test device (POLAR dummy) using three throwing techniques (Seoi-nage, Osoto-gari, and Ouchi-gari). The dummy’s kinematic data were captured using a high-speed digital camera, and the load and moment of the neck were measured with load cells. The neck injury criterion (Nij) and beam criterion were also calculated. In Seoi-nage, the anterior and parietal regions of the dummy’s head contacted the tatami (judo mat). Subsequently, most of the body weight was applied, with the neck experiencing the highest compression. However, in Osoto-gari and Ouchi-gari, the occipital region of the dummy’s head contacted the tatami. Significantly higher values of both Nij (median 0.68) and beam criterion (median 0.90) corresponding to a 34.7% to 37.1% risk of neck injury with an abbreviated injury scale score ≥2 were shown in Seoi-nage than in either Ouchi-gari or Osoto-gari. In judo, when thrown by the Seoi-nage technique, serious neck injuries can occur as a result of neck compression that occurs when the head contacts the ground.

Some Special Aspects of Hypersonic Flow Fields

1959 ◽  
Vol 63 (585) ◽  
pp. 508-512 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. Mangler
Keyword(s):  
Hypersonic Flow ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Flow Fields ◽  
The Body ◽  
Lower Velocity ◽  
Bow Wave ◽  
Total Head ◽  
Bow Shocks ◽  
Lower Entropy ◽  
Subsonic Region

When a body moves through air at very high speed at such a height that the air can be considered as a continuum, the distinction between sharp and blunt noses with their attached or detached bow shocks loses its significance, since, in practical cases, the bow wave is always detached and fairly strong. In practice, all bodies behave as blunt shapes with a smaller or larger subsonic region near the nose where the entropy and the corresponding loss of total head change from streamline to streamline due to the curvature of the bow shock. These entropy gradients determine the behaviour of the hypersonic flow fields to a large extent. Even in regions where viscosity effects are small they give rise to gradients of the velocity and shear layers with a lower velocity and a higher entropy near the surface than would occur in their absence. Thus one can expect to gain some relief in the heating problems arising on the surface of the body. On the other hand, one would lose farther downstream on long slender shapes as more and more air of lower entropy is entrained into the boundary layer so that the heat transfer to the surface goes up again. Both these flow regions will be discussed here for the simple case of a body of axial symmetry at zero incidence. Finally, some remarks on the flow field past a lifting body will be made. Recently, a great deal of information on these subjects has appeared in a number of reviewing papers so that little can be added. The numerical results on the subsonic flow regions in Section 2 have not been published before.

scholarly journals Using Different Combinations of Body-Mounted IMU Sensors to Estimate Speed of Horses—A Machine Learning Approach

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 798
Author(s):  
Hamed Darbandi ◽  
Filipe Serra Bragança ◽  
Berend Jan van der Zwaag ◽  
John Voskamp ◽  
Annik Imogen Gmel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
The Body ◽  
Biomechanical Analysis ◽  
Estimation Accuracy ◽  
Speed Estimation ◽  
Motion Patterns ◽  
Positioning Systems ◽  
Machine Learning Approach ◽  
Global Positioning ◽  
Measurement Units

Speed is an essential parameter in biomechanical analysis and general locomotion research. It is possible to estimate the speed using global positioning systems (GPS) or inertial measurement units (IMUs). However, GPS requires a consistent signal connection to satellites, and errors accumulate during IMU signals integration. In an attempt to overcome these issues, we have investigated the possibility of estimating the horse speed by developing machine learning (ML) models using the signals from seven body-mounted IMUs. Since motion patterns extracted from IMU signals are different between breeds and gaits, we trained the models based on data from 40 Icelandic and Franches-Montagnes horses during walk, trot, tölt, pace, and canter. In addition, we studied the estimation accuracy between IMU locations on the body (sacrum, withers, head, and limbs). The models were evaluated per gait and were compared between ML algorithms and IMU location. The model yielded the highest estimation accuracy of speed (RMSE = 0.25 m/s) within equine and most of human speed estimation literature. In conclusion, highly accurate horse speed estimation models, independent of IMU(s) location on-body and gait, were developed using ML.

scholarly journals Wearable Vibration Sensor for Measuring the Wing Flapping of Insects

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 593
Author(s):  
Ryota Yanagisawa ◽  
Shunsuke Shigaki ◽  
Kotaro Yasui ◽  
Dai Owaki ◽  
Yasuhiro Sugimoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Indirect Measurement ◽  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
The Body ◽  
Vibration Sensor ◽  
Wingbeat Frequency ◽  
Film Sensor ◽  
Insect Wing

In this study, we fabricated a novel wearable vibration sensor for insects and measured their wing flapping. An analysis of insect wing deformation in relation to changes in the environment plays an important role in understanding the underlying mechanism enabling insects to dynamically interact with their surrounding environment. It is common to use a high-speed camera to measure the wing flapping; however, it is difficult to analyze the feedback mechanism caused by the environmental changes caused by the flapping because this method applies an indirect measurement. Therefore, we propose the fabrication of a novel film sensor that is capable of measuring the changes in the wingbeat frequency of an insect. This novel sensor is composed of flat silver particles admixed with a silicone polymer, which changes the value of the resistor when a bending deformation occurs. As a result of attaching this sensor to the wings of a moth and a dragonfly and measuring the flapping of the wings, we were able to measure the frequency of the flapping with high accuracy. In addition, as a result of simultaneously measuring the relationship between the behavior of a moth during its search for an odor source and its wing flapping, it became clear that the frequency of the flapping changed depending on the frequency of the odor reception. From this result, a wearable film sensor for an insect that can measure the displacement of the body during a particular behavior was fabricated.

Shifting of the body center of gravity in low-risk preterm infants: A video-pedoscope study

2018 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 33-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natascia Bertoncelli ◽  
Laura Lucaccioni ◽  
Luca Ori ◽  
Christa Einspieler ◽  
Heinz F.R. Prechtl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Low Risk ◽  
Body Center

Clinical Utility of an Exoskeleton Robot Using 3-Dimensional Scanner Modeling in Burn Patient: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
So Young Joo ◽  
Seung Yeol Lee ◽  
Yoon Soo Cho ◽  
Sangho Yi ◽  
Cheong Hoon Seo
Keyword(s):  
Burn Injury ◽  
Hand Function ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
The Body ◽  
3D Technology ◽  
Early Management ◽  
3 Dimensional ◽  
Exoskeleton Robot ◽  
Physical Abilities ◽  
Upper Limb Dysfunction

Abstract Hands are the part of the body that are most commonly involved in burns, and the main complications are finger joint contractures and nerve injuries. Hypertrophic scarring cannot be avoided despite early management of acute hand burn injuries, and some patients may need application of an exoskeleton robot to restore hand function. To do this, it is essential to individualize the customization of the robot for each patient. Three-dimensional (3D) technology, which is widely used in the field of implants, anatomical models, and tissue fabrication, makes this goal achievable. Therefore, this report is a study on the usefulness of an exoskeleton robot using 3D technology for patients who lost bilateral hand function due to burn injury. Our subject was a 45-year-old man with upper limb dysfunction of 560 days after a flame and chemical burn injury, with resultant impairment of manual physical abilities. After wearing an exoskeleton robot made using 3D printing technology, he could handle objects effectively and satisfactorily. This innovative approach provided considerable advantages in terms of customization of size and reduction in manufacturing time and costs, thereby showing great potential for use in patients with hand dysfunction after burn injury.

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