Characterization of lower-limbs inter-segment coordination during the take-off extension in ski jumping

Human Movement Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 741-752

  Chardonnens, Julien ^a   Favre, Julien ^a   Cuendet, Florian ^b   Gremion, Gérald ^c   Aminian, Kamiar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Ski ^*  (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Continuous relative phase; Coordination; Inertial sensors; Motor control; Ski jumping; Take off

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY POSTURE; COORDINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SACRUM; SKIING; STANDING; THIGH; VELOCITY;

2330; CONTINUOUS RELATIVE PHASE; COORDINATION; INERTIAL SENSORS; MOTOR CONTROL; SKI JUMPING; TAKE-OFF;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; POSTURAL BALANCE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACRUM; SKIING; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884283141     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: 18727646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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