Video analysis of the deformation and effective mass of gymnastics landing mats

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1754-1760

  Pain, Matthew T G ^a   Mills, Chris L ^a   Yeadon, Maurice R ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Impact; Loading; Vault

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCELEROMETER; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FOOT; FORCE; MASS; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 27644453940     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000175053.81453.aa     Document Type: Article

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