Nanocofc Kick-off Meeting and Joint 1st Seminar

Compare sequence of joint motion and muscle electromyography between low drive and high drive soccer instep kick

The purpose of this study was to examine the difference between two types of the soccer instep kick in temporal sequence of motion and muscle electromyography, during forward swing phase of the kick. Ten elite soccer players, volunteered as subjects in the study. To culculate the kinematics data, we used DLT method with two video camera that filmed five markers fixed on anatomical points o...

The 1st Joint Seminar on Computational Intelligence (JSCI 2016)

Taekwondo Biomechanics: Intersegmental Joint Coordination and Hopping Effect

The first purpose of the study was to investigate biomechanical characteristics of eight different Taekwondo kicks and to categorize them by the newly defined index of coordination of hip and knee joint motions. The second purpose was to investigate the effect of the rhythmic hop (habitually performed by athletes in Taekwondo sparring) in order to find whether rhythmic hop improves kicking perf...

A biomechanical analysis of common lunge tasks in badminton.

The lunge is regularly used in badminton and is recognized for the high physical demands it places on the lower limbs. Despite its common occurrence, little information is available on the biomechanics of lunging in the singles game. A video-based pilot study confirmed the relatively high frequency of lunging, approximately 15% of all movements, in competitive singles games. The biomechanics an...

Inter-joint coordination in producing kicking velocity of taekwondo kicks.

The purpose of this study was to investigate joint kinematics of the kicking leg in Taekwondo and to examine the role of inter-joint coordination of the leg in producing the kicking velocity. A new inter-joint coordination index that encompasses three- dimensional hip and knee motions, was defined and applied to the joint kinematic results. Twelve elite Taekwondo athletes participated in this s...