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A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks
Nowadays, in modern elite sport, the identification of the best training strategies which are useful in obtaining improvements during competitions requires an accurate measure of the physiologic and biomechanical parameters that affect performance. The goal of this pilot study was to investigate the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014492/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31963791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20020542 |
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author | Bonaiuto, Vincenzo Gatta, Giorgio Romagnoli, Cristian Boatto, Paolo Lanotte, Nunzio Annino, Giuseppe |
author_facet | Bonaiuto, Vincenzo Gatta, Giorgio Romagnoli, Cristian Boatto, Paolo Lanotte, Nunzio Annino, Giuseppe |
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description | Nowadays, in modern elite sport, the identification of the best training strategies which are useful in obtaining improvements during competitions requires an accurate measure of the physiologic and biomechanical parameters that affect performance. The goal of this pilot study was to investigate the capabilities of the e-Kayak system, a multichannel digital acquisition system specifically tailored for flatwater sprint kayaking application. e-Kayak allows the synchronous measure of all the parameters involved in kayak propulsion, both dynamic (including forces acting on the paddle and footrest) and kinematic (including stroke frequency, displacement, velocity, acceleration, roll, yaw, and pitch of the boat). After a detailed description of the system, we investigate its capability in supporting coaches to evaluate the performance of elite athletes’ trough-specific measurements. This approach allows for a better understanding of the paddler’s motion and the relevant effects on kayak behavior. The system allows the coach to carry out a wide study of kayak propulsion highlighting, and, at the same time, the occurrences of specific technical flaws in the paddling technique. In order to evaluate the correctness of the measurement results acquired in this pilot study, these results were compared with others which are available in the literature and which were obtained from subjects with similar characteristics. |
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spelling | pubmed-70144922020-03-09 A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks Bonaiuto, Vincenzo Gatta, Giorgio Romagnoli, Cristian Boatto, Paolo Lanotte, Nunzio Annino, Giuseppe Sensors (Basel) Article Nowadays, in modern elite sport, the identification of the best training strategies which are useful in obtaining improvements during competitions requires an accurate measure of the physiologic and biomechanical parameters that affect performance. The goal of this pilot study was to investigate the capabilities of the e-Kayak system, a multichannel digital acquisition system specifically tailored for flatwater sprint kayaking application. e-Kayak allows the synchronous measure of all the parameters involved in kayak propulsion, both dynamic (including forces acting on the paddle and footrest) and kinematic (including stroke frequency, displacement, velocity, acceleration, roll, yaw, and pitch of the boat). After a detailed description of the system, we investigate its capability in supporting coaches to evaluate the performance of elite athletes’ trough-specific measurements. This approach allows for a better understanding of the paddler’s motion and the relevant effects on kayak behavior. The system allows the coach to carry out a wide study of kayak propulsion highlighting, and, at the same time, the occurrences of specific technical flaws in the paddling technique. In order to evaluate the correctness of the measurement results acquired in this pilot study, these results were compared with others which are available in the literature and which were obtained from subjects with similar characteristics. MDPI 2020-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC7014492/ /pubmed/31963791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20020542 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Bonaiuto, Vincenzo Gatta, Giorgio Romagnoli, Cristian Boatto, Paolo Lanotte, Nunzio Annino, Giuseppe A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks |
title | A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks |
title_full | A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks |
title_fullStr | A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks |
title_full_unstemmed | A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks |
title_short | A Pilot Study on the e-Kayak System: A Wireless DAQ Suited for Performance Analysis in Flatwater Sprint Kayaks |
title_sort | pilot study on the e-kayak system: a wireless daq suited for performance analysis in flatwater sprint kayaks |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014492/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31963791 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s20020542 |
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