Validity of an upper-body-mounted accelerometer to measure peak vertical and resultant force during running and change-of-direction tasks

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 403-412

  Wundersitz, Daniel W T ^a   Netto, Kevin J ^a,b   Aisbett, Brad ^a   Gastin, Paul B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

acceleration; Accuracy; agreement; geographic information systems; uni axial accelerometer and tri axial accelerometer

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELEROMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894480000     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2013.811284     Document Type: Article

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