Data-Driven Sports Science: Advances and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2026 | Viewed by 13
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sport; early stages; kinematics; competition; methodology; sensors
Interests: sports sciences; physical education; injury prevention; artificial intelligence; machine learning; movement competency
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The use of sensors in sports has provided information relevant for understanding human movement in the sporting arena. This information has been used to improve performance, optimise teaching and learning processes, recruit sporting talent, and develop healthy parameters, among other applications.
Against this background, this Special Issue aims to bring together research articles and reviews that analyse human movement in the field of sports. Topics will include the following:
- Use of sensor systems in isolated contexts, training, and competition.
- Application of new instruments for the assessment of human movement.
- Kinematic and biomechanical characteristics of different sports practices.
- Use of artificial intelligence for the classification of biomechanical patterns.
- Use of sensors to adapt sports, identify anomalies, and predict injuries.
- Effects of different biomechanical patterns and kinematic ranges on sports practice.
- Quality of human movement and health.
- Analysis, teaching, and sports performance based on movement.
- Validation of sports movement analysis systems.
- Evolution of movement patterns throughout sporting life.
Dr. Francisco García-Angulo
Prof. Dr. Francisco Ayala
Dr. Antonio García-Angulo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human movement
- devices
- sports science
- kinematics
- biomechanics
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