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No Influence of Mechatronic Poles on the Movement Pattern of Professional Nordic Walkers

This study compared selected temporal and kinematic parameters of normal gait and Nordic Walking (NW) performed with classic and mechatronic poles (classic poles equipped with sensors). It was assumed that equipping NW poles with sensors for biomechanical gait analysis would not impair the NW walkin...

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Autores principales: Szpala, Agnieszka, Winiarski, Sławomir, Kołodziej, Małgorzata, Pietraszewski, Bogdan, Jasiński, Ryszard, Niebudek, Tadeusz, Lejczak, Andrzej, Lorek, Karolina, Bałchanowski, Jacek, Wudarczyk, Sławomir, Woźniewski, Marek
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36612484
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010163
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author Szpala, Agnieszka
Winiarski, Sławomir
Kołodziej, Małgorzata
Pietraszewski, Bogdan
Jasiński, Ryszard
Niebudek, Tadeusz
Lejczak, Andrzej
Lorek, Karolina
Bałchanowski, Jacek
Wudarczyk, Sławomir
Woźniewski, Marek
author_facet Szpala, Agnieszka
Winiarski, Sławomir
Kołodziej, Małgorzata
Pietraszewski, Bogdan
Jasiński, Ryszard
Niebudek, Tadeusz
Lejczak, Andrzej
Lorek, Karolina
Bałchanowski, Jacek
Wudarczyk, Sławomir
Woźniewski, Marek
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description This study compared selected temporal and kinematic parameters of normal gait and Nordic Walking (NW) performed with classic and mechatronic poles (classic poles equipped with sensors). It was assumed that equipping NW poles with sensors for biomechanical gait analysis would not impair the NW walking technique. Six professional NW instructors and athletes, including three women, participated in the study. The MyoMotion MR3 motion analysis system was used to collect gait kinematic variables. The subject’s task was to cover a 100-m distance with three types of gait: a gait without poles, a gait with classic NW poles, and a gait with mechatronic poles at the preferred speed. Parameters were measured both on the right and left sides of the body. No significant differences were found between gait types for three temporal parameters: step cadence, step, and stride time. For the other variables, all the differences identified were between free-walking and walking with poles, with no differences between standard and mechatronic poles. For nine kinematic parameters, differences between free-walking and walking with poles for both the left and right sides were found, while no differences were due to the pole type. All temporal parameters were characterized by symmetry, while among kinematic parameters, only two were asymmetrical (shoulder abduction–adduction in walking with regular poles and elbow flexion–extension in walking without poles). Equipping classic NW poles with additional signaling and measuring devices (mechatronic poles) does not impair the NW technique, making it possible to use them in further studies of gait biomechanics.
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spelling pubmed-98194592023-01-07 No Influence of Mechatronic Poles on the Movement Pattern of Professional Nordic Walkers Szpala, Agnieszka Winiarski, Sławomir Kołodziej, Małgorzata Pietraszewski, Bogdan Jasiński, Ryszard Niebudek, Tadeusz Lejczak, Andrzej Lorek, Karolina Bałchanowski, Jacek Wudarczyk, Sławomir Woźniewski, Marek Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study compared selected temporal and kinematic parameters of normal gait and Nordic Walking (NW) performed with classic and mechatronic poles (classic poles equipped with sensors). It was assumed that equipping NW poles with sensors for biomechanical gait analysis would not impair the NW walking technique. Six professional NW instructors and athletes, including three women, participated in the study. The MyoMotion MR3 motion analysis system was used to collect gait kinematic variables. The subject’s task was to cover a 100-m distance with three types of gait: a gait without poles, a gait with classic NW poles, and a gait with mechatronic poles at the preferred speed. Parameters were measured both on the right and left sides of the body. No significant differences were found between gait types for three temporal parameters: step cadence, step, and stride time. For the other variables, all the differences identified were between free-walking and walking with poles, with no differences between standard and mechatronic poles. For nine kinematic parameters, differences between free-walking and walking with poles for both the left and right sides were found, while no differences were due to the pole type. All temporal parameters were characterized by symmetry, while among kinematic parameters, only two were asymmetrical (shoulder abduction–adduction in walking with regular poles and elbow flexion–extension in walking without poles). Equipping classic NW poles with additional signaling and measuring devices (mechatronic poles) does not impair the NW technique, making it possible to use them in further studies of gait biomechanics. MDPI 2022-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9819459/ /pubmed/36612484 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010163 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Szpala, Agnieszka
Winiarski, Sławomir
Kołodziej, Małgorzata
Pietraszewski, Bogdan
Jasiński, Ryszard
Niebudek, Tadeusz
Lejczak, Andrzej
Lorek, Karolina
Bałchanowski, Jacek
Wudarczyk, Sławomir
Woźniewski, Marek
No Influence of Mechatronic Poles on the Movement Pattern of Professional Nordic Walkers
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title_fullStr No Influence of Mechatronic Poles on the Movement Pattern of Professional Nordic Walkers
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title_sort no influence of mechatronic poles on the movement pattern of professional nordic walkers
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9819459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36612484
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010163
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