Validity and reliability of GPS for measuring instantaneous velocity during acceleration, deceleration, and constant motion

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-127

  Varley, Matthew C ^a   Fairweather, Ian H ^a   Aughey, Robert J ^a,b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN BULLDOGS FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Instantaneous velocity; Motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DECELERATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LASER; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DECELERATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; LASERS; MOTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755187906     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.627941     Document Type: Article

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