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Solutions for representing the whole-body centre of mass in side cutting manoeuvres based on data that is typically
Jos Vanrenterghem1, Donna Gormley, Mark Robinson
1Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Tom Reilly Building, Byrom Street Campus, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK. j.vanrenterghem@ljmu.ac.uk
Abstract:
While studying detailed lower limb mechanics of dynamic sports manoeuvres like side cutting it is often desirable but practically difficult to directly measure velocity profiles of the whole-body centre of mass (CoM). In the current study, representations of CoM, either based on a single marker placed on the pelvis or thorax, or based on segment kinematics of lower limbs with or without inclusion of trunk, were evaluated against whole-body CoM representation. Using the 95% limits of agreement method for comparison of two methods, strongest agreement was found between velocity of whole-body CoM and CoM representation based on lower limbs with the addition of the trunk. The CoM representation based on lower limbs only showed weaker agreement, but this representation was still markedly superior to single marker representations.
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