A wireless framework for movement activity monitoring of sprinters

Author

Kuznietsov, Alexander ; Neubauer, Dimitrij

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Technol., Electr. Eng. & Mechatron., Univ. of Appl. Sci., Friedberg, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The most important factor for success in short distance track and field running is an optimal combination of the step frequency and step length. Evaluation and analysis of step parameters allows enhancing the overall performance and avoiding injuries. This paper presents a low-cost, lightweight wireless solution. The developed system derives information about step parameters from accelerometer and gyroscope measurement results and fulfills a real-time analysis of sprinter´s activity. The described instrument supports coaches and help to optimize the training process.

Keywords

accelerometers; biomechanics; biomedical measurement; gyroscopes; kinematics; sport; accelerometer; gyroscope measurement; lightweight wireless solution; movement activity monitoring; short distance track and field running; sprinters; step frequency; step length; step parameters; wireless framework; Acceleration; Bluetooth; Feature extraction; Real time systems; Sensors; Time frequency analysis; Training; accelerometer; gyroscope; peak detection; step frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), 2012 9th International Multi-Conference on

Conference_Location

Chemnitz

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1590-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1589-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSD.2012.6198028

Filename

6198028