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Biomechanics of Aquatic Locomotion

    Development of motion capture sensors for water sports.

    The biomechanics of swimming and aquatic activities remained poorly explored due to technical problems of motion capture in water.  

    We have chosen  Front-crawl and Breast-stroke swimming techniques as two representative support activities for the general study of aquatic locomotion. A new wearable and waterproof system based on inertial sensors has been developed by our team, where detected kinematic signals during swimming will be processed using dedicated algorithms. 

    Pertinent metrics related to performance, coordination and energy expenditure will be extracted and use to model the biomechanics of the swimming activity.


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    Category

    Sensors for measurement of performance

    Keywords

    Swimming Velocity , Swimming Coordination , Spatio-Temporal Parameter , Energy Expendature , Open Water Performance

    Sports Concerned

    Swimming

    Person in charge

    First name :
    Farzin
    Last name :
    Dadashi
    Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement
    EPFL STI CBT LMAM
    1015
    Lausanne
    First name :
    Kamiar
    Last name :
    Aminian
    Phone :
    +41 21 693 26 17
    Laboratory of Movement Analysis and Measurement
    EPFL STI CBT LMAM
    1015
    Lausanne


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