Fusing Accelerometry with Videography to Monitor the Effect of Fatigue on Punching Performance in Elite Boxers.

ABSTRACT: Wearable sensors and motion capture technology are accepted instruments to measure spatiotemporal variables during punching performance and to study the externally observable effects of fatigue. This study aimed to develop a computational framework enabling three-dimensional inverse dynamics analysis through the tracking of punching kinematics obtained from inertial measurement units and uniplanar videography. The framework was applied to six elite male boxers performing a boxing-specific punch fatigue protocol. OpenPose was used to label left side upper-limb landmarks from which sagittal plane kinematics were computed. Custom-made inertial measurement units were embedded into the boxing gloves, and three-dimensional punch accelerations were analyzed using statistical parametric mapping to

SUBMITTER: Haralabidis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7601017 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature