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Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes
BACKGROUND: Blind people depend on spatial and temporal representations to perform activities of daily living and compete in sport. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the spatiotemporal characteristics of long jumps performed by blind athletes and compare findings with those reported f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000252 |
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author | Torralba, Miguel Angel Padullés, José María Losada, Jose Luis López, Jose Luis |
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description | BACKGROUND: Blind people depend on spatial and temporal representations to perform activities of daily living and compete in sport. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the spatiotemporal characteristics of long jumps performed by blind athletes and compare findings with those reported for sighted athletes. METHODS: We analysed a sample of 12 male athletes competing in the F11 Long Jump Finals at the Paralympic Games in London 2012. Performances were recorded using four high-speed cameras, and speeds were measured using a radar speed gun. The images were processed using validated image analysis software. RESULTS: The long jump run-up is shorter in blind athletes than in sighted athletes. We observed statistically significant differences for body centre of mass velocity and an increase in speed over the last three strides prior to take-off, contrasting with reports for sighted athletes and athletes with less severe visual impairment, who maintain or reduce their speed during the last stride. Stride length for the last three strides was the only spatial characteristic that was not significantly associated with effective jump distance. Blind long jumpers extend rather than shorten their last stride. Contact time with the take-off board is longer than that reported for sighted athletes. CONCLUSION: The actions of blind long jumpers, unlike those without disabilities, do not vary their leg actions during the final runway approach for optimal placement on the take-off board. |
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spelling | pubmed-56233242017-10-10 Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes Torralba, Miguel Angel Padullés, José María Losada, Jose Luis López, Jose Luis BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med Original Article BACKGROUND: Blind people depend on spatial and temporal representations to perform activities of daily living and compete in sport. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the spatiotemporal characteristics of long jumps performed by blind athletes and compare findings with those reported for sighted athletes. METHODS: We analysed a sample of 12 male athletes competing in the F11 Long Jump Finals at the Paralympic Games in London 2012. Performances were recorded using four high-speed cameras, and speeds were measured using a radar speed gun. The images were processed using validated image analysis software. RESULTS: The long jump run-up is shorter in blind athletes than in sighted athletes. We observed statistically significant differences for body centre of mass velocity and an increase in speed over the last three strides prior to take-off, contrasting with reports for sighted athletes and athletes with less severe visual impairment, who maintain or reduce their speed during the last stride. Stride length for the last three strides was the only spatial characteristic that was not significantly associated with effective jump distance. Blind long jumpers extend rather than shorten their last stride. Contact time with the take-off board is longer than that reported for sighted athletes. CONCLUSION: The actions of blind long jumpers, unlike those without disabilities, do not vary their leg actions during the final runway approach for optimal placement on the take-off board. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC5623324/ /pubmed/29018542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000252 Text en © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Original Article Torralba, Miguel Angel Padullés, José María Losada, Jose Luis López, Jose Luis Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
title | Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
title_full | Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
title_fullStr | Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
title_full_unstemmed | Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
title_short | Spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
title_sort | spatiotemporal characteristics of motor actions by blind long jump athletes |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5623324/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29018542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2017-000252 |
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