Application of the Laser Linear Distance-Speed-Acceleration Measurement System and Sport Kinematic Analysis Software
1
Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Gortanova 22, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
2
Ljubljana School of Business, Management and Informatics, Tržaška cesta 42, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
3
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Lukasiewicza 7/9, 50-371 Wrocław, Poland
4
Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Science, Paderewskiego 35, 51-612 Wrocław, Poland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sensors 2022, 22(15), 5876; https://doi.org/10.3390/s22155876
Received: 29 June 2022
/
Revised: 3 August 2022
/
Accepted: 3 August 2022
/
Published: 5 August 2022
(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
The industrial development of technology, with appropriate adaptation, enables us to discover possibilities in sport training control. Therefore, we have developed a new approach to linear running analysis. This study aims to determine the measurement possibilities using an LDM301A laser system in obtaining basic kinematic parameters. The second goal is the application of specialized computer programs based on appropriate algorithms to calculate a vast number of variables that can be used to adjust the training and the rivalry. It is a non-invasive, non-contact measurement method. We can also determine the influence of both subjective and objective external factors. In this way, we can also conduct training with real-time scientific feedback. This method is easy to use and requires very little time to set up and use. The efficiency and running economy can be calculated with various time, speed, acceleration, and length indexes. Calculating the symmetries between the left and right leg in velocity, stride lengths, support phase times, flight phase times, and step frequency are possible. Using the laser measurement method and detailed kinematic analysis may constitute a new chapter in measuring speed. However, it still has to compete with classic photocell measurement methods. This is mainly due to their high frequency of measurement used, despite some reservations about the scale of measurement errors.
View Full-Text
Keywords:
speed; sprints; laser system; step kinematics; run measurements; biomechanics
▼
Show Figures
Figure 1
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.
MDPI and ACS Style
Štuhec, S.; Planjšek, P.; Ptak, M.; Čoh, M.; Mackala, K. Application of the Laser Linear Distance-Speed-Acceleration Measurement System and Sport Kinematic Analysis Software. Sensors 2022, 22, 5876. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22155876
AMA Style
Štuhec S, Planjšek P, Ptak M, Čoh M, Mackala K. Application of the Laser Linear Distance-Speed-Acceleration Measurement System and Sport Kinematic Analysis Software. Sensors. 2022; 22(15):5876. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22155876
Chicago/Turabian StyleŠtuhec, Stanko, Peter Planjšek, Mariusz Ptak, Milan Čoh, and Krzysztof Mackala. 2022. "Application of the Laser Linear Distance-Speed-Acceleration Measurement System and Sport Kinematic Analysis Software" Sensors 22, no. 15: 5876. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22155876
Find Other Styles
Note that from the first issue of 2016, MDPI journals use article numbers instead of page numbers. See further details here.
