The Impact of Technology on Sport II

Franz Konstantin Fuss, Aleksandar Subic, Sadayuki Ujihashi

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2007
• Print ISBN: 9780415456951
• eBook ISBN: 9781439828427
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Sport technology has to be seen from the holistic, as well as inter- and transdisciplinary point of view. Product development requires close collaboration between engineers, athletes, sports scientists, and business managers. It requires an in-depth understanding of engineering disciplines, life and sport sciences, as well as economics. The Impact

Table of contents

• Front cover
• Contents
• Preface
• Contributors List
• 1. Sports Technology and Engineering
• ACTIVATION AND LIABILITY OF SPORTS ENGINEERING ACTIVITIES AROUND THE WORLD
• 2. Life Cycle, Environmental Engineering and Eco-Design
• ECODESIGN OF ALPINE SKIS AND OTHER SPORT EQUIPMENT – CONSIDERING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
• INTEGRATING THE DESIGN FOR ENVIRONMENT APPROACH IN SPORTS PRODUCTS DEVELOPMENT
• GOING GREEN: THE APPLICATION OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT TOOLS TO THE INDOOR SPORTS FLOORING INDUSTRY
• 3. Sports Medicine, Exercising and Clinical Biomechanics
• SPORTS TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF SPORTS MEDICINE
• BIOMECHANICAL FACTORS IN MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES BASED ON AMERICAN FOOTBALL AND SOCCER PLAYERS
• EVALUATION OF NON-PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTION FOR PARKINSON PATIENT USING GAIT ANALYSIS: A CASE STUDY
• THE TIME-COURSE OF ACUTE CHANGES IN ACHILLES TENDON MORPHOLOGY FOLLOWING EXERCISE
• DEVELOPMENT OF PORTABLE EQUIPMENT FOR CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS MEASUREMENT THROUGH A SUB-MAX EXERCISE
• GENETIC PROGRAMMING FOR KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTION FROM STAR EXCURSION BALANCE TEST
• AN ANALYSIS OF SUN SALUTATION
• DEVELOPMENT OF A FORCE FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR EXERCISING
• FORMALISED REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTATION OF A NOVEL EXERCISE SYSTEM USING ENTERPRISE MODELLING CONCEPTS
• 4. General Motion Analysis
• A LOW COST SELF CONTAINED PLATFORM FOR HUMAN MOTION ANALYSIS
• AN EFFICIENT AND ACCURATE METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING 3D HUMAN MODELS FROM MULTIPLE CAMERAS
• MARKER-LESS 3D VIDEO MOTION CAPTURE IN CLUTTERED ENVIRONMENTS
• 5. Apparel and Sport Surfaces
• IMPROVING THE UNDERSTANDING OF GRIP
• IONISED SPORTS UNDERGARMENTS: A PHYSIOLOGICAL EVALUATION
• THE INFLUENCE OF HUES ON THE CORTICAL ACTIVITY – A RECIPE FOR SELECTING SPORTSWEAR COLOURS
• THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS OF THE GOINGSTICK
• ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF SHOCKPAD PROPERTIES ON THE ENERGY ABSORPTION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF SURFACES
• 6. Gait, Running and Shoes
• DEVELOPMENT OF A NOVEL NORDIC-WALKING EQUIPMENT DUE TO A NEW SPORTING TECHNIQUE
• PATTERN RECOGNITION IN GAIT ANALYSIS
• ANALYSIS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PLANTAR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION USING STANDING BALANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
• THE USE OF MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL-SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY TO ASSESS GAIT CHARACTERISTICS
• SMART FLOOR DESIGN FOR HUMAN GAIT ANALYSIS
• EFFECT OF ROCKER HEEL ANGLE OF WALKING SHOE ON GAIT MECHANICS AND MUSCLE ACTIVITY
• KINEMATICS OF THE FOOT SEGMENTS DURING THE ACCELERATION PHASE OF SPRINTING: A COMPARISON OF BAREFOOT AND SPRINT SPIKE CONDITIONS
• 7. Ball Sport – Golf
• NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES OF GOLF BALLS
• THE INFLUENCE OF WIND UPON 3-DIMENSIONAL TRAJECTORY OF GOLF BALL UNDER VARIOUS INITIAL CONDITIONS
• THE INFLUENCE OF GROOVE PROFILE; BALL TYPE AND SURFACE CONDITION ON GOLF BALL BACKSPIN MAGNITUDE
• EXPERIMENTAL AND FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSES OF A GOLF BALL COLLIDING WITH SIMPLIFIED CLUBHEADS
• THE DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC OF A GOLF CLUB SHAFT
• ADVANCED MATERIALS IN GOLF DRIVER HEAD DESIGN
• THE INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT GOLF CLUB DESIGNS ON SWING PERFORMANCE IN SKILLED GOLFERS
• SKILL ANALYSIS OF THE WRIST TURN IN A GOLF SWING TO UTILIZE SHAFT ELASTICITY
• MOTION ANALYSIS SUPPORTED BY DATA ACQUISITION DURING GOLF SWING
• AUTOMATIC DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM OF GOLF SWING
• KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF GOLF PUTTING FOR ELITE & NOVICE GOLFERS
• DEVELOPMENT OF WIRELESS PUTTING GRIP SENSOR SYSTEM
• LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR AS PERCEIVED BY COLLEGIATE GOLF COACHES AND PLAYERS IN TAIWAN AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO BASIC PERSONALITY TRAITS
• 8. Ball Sport – Cricket
• NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF CRICKET BALLS
• NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTIC IMPACT MODELLING OF CRICKET BALLS
• AERODYNAMICS OF CRICKET BALL – AN UNDERSTANDING OF SWING
• ANALYSIS OF CRICKET SHOTS USING INERTIAL SENSORS
• HIGH SPEED VIDEO EVALUATION OF A LEG SPIN CRICKET BOWLER
• AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENCES IN BOWLING TECHNIQUE FOR ELITE PLAYERS DURING INTERNATIONAL MATCHES
• ENGINEERING A DEVICE WHICH IMPARTS SPIN ONTO A CRICKET BALL
• 9. Ball Sport – Baseball
• THE EFFECT OF WOOD PROPERTIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BASEBALL BATS
• DESCRIBING THE PLASTIC DEFORMATION OF ALUMINUM SOFTBALL BATS
• A RESEARCH ABOUT PERFORMANCE OF METAL BASEBALL BATS
• ANALYSIS OF BASEBALL BATS PERFORMANCE USING FIELD AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTS
• MODELLING BOUNCE OF SPORTS BALLS WITH FRICTION AND TANGENTIAL COMPLIANCE
• THREE-DIMENSIONAL KINETIC ANALYSIS OF UPPER LIMB JOINTS DURING THE FORWARD SWING OF BASEBALL TEE BATTING USING AN INSTRUMENTED BAT
• 10. Ball Sport – Soccer
• THE FLIGHT TRAJECTORY OF A NON-SPINNING SOCCER BALL
• A STUDY ON WAKE STRUCTURE OF SOCCER BALL
• EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF SURFACE GEOMETRY ON THE FLIGHT OF A NON-SPINNING SOCCER BALL
• INFLUENCE OF FOOT ANGLE AND IMPACT POINT ON BALL BEHAVIOR IN SIDE-FOOT SOCCER KICKING
• INTELLIGENT MUSCULOSOCCER SIMULATOR
• INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR SOCCER GAIT PATTERN RECOGNITION
• 11. Ball Sport – Tennis and Badminton
• PARALLEL MEASUREMENTS OF FOREARM EMG (ELECTROMYOGRAPHY) AND RACKET VIBRATION IN TENNIS: DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENTS
• PARALLEL MEASUREMENTS OF FOREARM EMG (ELECTRO-MYOGRAM) AND TENNIS RACKET VIBRATION IN BACKHAND VOLLEY
• AN EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF TENNIS BALL AERODYNAMICS
• TESTING OF BADMINTON SHUTTLES WITH A PROTOTYPE LAUNCHER
• TRAJECTORIES OF PLASTIC AND FEATHER SHUTTLECOCKS
• SPORTS TECHNIQUE IMPARTATION METHOD USING EXOSKELETON
• BADMINTON SINGLES SIMULATION FROM THE DATA OBTAINED IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASS
• 12. Ball sport – Basketball, Bowling, and Hockey
• A COMPARISON BETWEEN BANK AND DIRECT BASKETBALL FIELD SHOTS USING A DYNAMIC MODEL
• PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS WITH AN INSTRUMENTED BOWLING BALL
• ACCELEROMETRY IN MOTION ANALYSIS
• HUMAN PERCEPTION OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF FIELD HOCKEY STICK PERFORMANCE
• A BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STRAIGHT HIT OF ELITE WOMEN HOCKEY PLAYERS
• 13. Aquatics – Boating and Fishing
• DIFFERENCE IN FORCE APPLICATION BETWEEN ROWING ON THE WATER AND ROWING ERGOMETERS
• EFFECT OF OAR DESIGN ON THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ROWING STROKE
• THE EFFECT OF ROWING TECHNIQUE ON BOAT VELOCITY: A COMPARISON OF HW AND LW PAIRS OF EQUIVALENT VELOCITY
• OAR FORCES FROM UNOBTRUSIVE OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS
• MATERIALS MODELLING FOR IMPROVING KAYAK PADDLE-SHAFT SIMULATION PERFORMANCE
• PROXIMITY SAFETY DEVICE FOR SPORTSCRAFT
• ANALYSIS AND ANIMATION OF BAR FLOAT RESPONSE TO FISH BITE FOR SEA FISHING
• 14. Aquatics – Swimming
• BIOMECHANICS OF FRONT-CRAWL SWIMMING: BUOYANCY AS A MEASURE OF ANTHROPOMETRIC QUANTITY OR A MOTION-DEPENDENT QUANTITY?
• EFFECT OF BUOYANT MATERIAL ATTACHED TO SWIMSUIT ON SWIMMING
• ANALYSIS OF THE OPTIMAL ARM STOKE IN THE BACKSTROKE
• SWIMMING STROKE ANALYSIS USING MULTIPLE ACCELEROMETER DEVICES AND TETHERED SYSTEMS
• A SEMI-AUTOMATIC COMPETITION ANALYSIS TOOL FOR SWIMMING
• COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS – A TOOL FOR FUTURE SWIMMING TECHNIQUE PRESCRIPTION
• SWIM POWER – AN APPROACH USING OPTICAL MOTION ANALYSIS
• 15. Athletics and Jumping
• KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF THE BEST THROWS OF THE WORLD ELITE DISCUS THROWERS AND OF THE OLYMPIC WINNER IN DECATHLON
• ENHANCING MEASUREMENT ACUITY IN THE HORIZONTAL JUMPS: THE RIETI’99 EXPERIENCE
• EFFECT OF JOINT STRENGTHENING ON VERTICAL JUMPING PERFORMANCE
• STRENGTH OF THIGH MUSCLES AND GROUND REACTION FORCE ON LANDING FROM VERTICAL DROP JUMPS
• BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF LANDING FROM DIFFERENT HEIGHTS WITH VISION AND WITHOUT VISION
• OPTIMAL VISCOELASTIC MODEL TO ESTIMATE VERTICAL GROUND REACTION FORCE FROM TIBIAL ACCELERATION DURING HOPPING
• A PORTABLE VERTICAL JUMP ANALYSIS SYSTEM
• THE EFFECT OF SHOE BENDING STIFFNESS ON PREDICTORS OF SPRINT PERFORMANCE: A PILOT STUDY
• THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF JUMP MOTION BASED ON MULTI-BODY DYNAMICS – THE CONTRIBUTION OF JOINT TORQUES OF THE LOWER LIMBS TO THE VELOCITY OF THE WHOLE-BODY CENTER OF GRAVITY
• THE 3-D KINEMATICS OF THE BARBELL DURING THE SNATCH MOVEMENT FOR ELITE TAIWAN WEIGHTLIFTERS
• 16. Climbing and Mountaineering
• STRESS DISTRIBUTION AT THE FINGER PULLEYS DURING SPORT CLIMBING
• BIOMECHANICS OF FREE CLIMBING – A MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR EVALUATION OF CLIMBING POSTURE
• THE FULLY INSTRUMENTED CLIMBING WALL: PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS, ROUTE GRADING AND VECTOR DIAGRAMS – A PRELIMINARY STUDY
• PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF A CLIMBING ROUTE
• EFFECT OF ACETAZOLAMIDE ON PHYSIOLOGICAL VARIABLES DURING HIGH ALTITUDE IN 15-YEAR OLDS
• EXAMINATION OF THE TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR OF CLIMBING ROPES
• DEVELOPMENT OF A SHARP EDGE RESISTANCE TEST FOR MOUNTAINEERING ROPES
• 17. Martial Arts and Archery
• EFFECTIVE BODILY MOTION ON PUNCHING TECHNIQUE OF SHORINJI-KEMPO
• THE OPTIMUM DRIVING MODEL OF JUMP BACK KICK IN TAEKWONDO
• NON-LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY OF KARATE PUNCHING SHIELDS
• BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF TAI CHI DIFFICULTY MOVEMENT “TENG KONG ZHENG TI TUI”
• ARCHERY BOW STABILISER MODELLING
• MATEMATICAL MODEL OF THE AIMING TRAJECTORY
• ARCHERY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS BASED ON THE COEFFICIENTS OF AR2 MODEL OF AIMING TRAJECTORY
• 18. Motor Sport and Cycling
• FORMULA SAE: STUDENT ENGAGEMENT TOWARDS WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCE
• SERVICE STRENGTH OF HIGH TECH BICYCLES
• EFFECTS OF VENTING GEOMETRY ON THERMAL COMFORT AND AERODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY OF BICYCLE HELMETS
• DESIGN OF LEISURE SPORTS EQUIPMENT AND METHODS OF SPORTS SCIENCE – AN EXAMPLE FROM CYCLING
• 19. Disability Sport
• DISABILITY SPORTS IN SINGAPORE – PARALYMPIC MOVEMENT AND GREATER INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
• PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN WHEELCHAIR RACING
• 20. Winter Sports
• SKIING EQUIPMENT: WHAT IS DONE TOWARDS MORE SAFETY, PERFORMANCE AND ERGONOMICS?
• AIRFOLIED DESIGN FOR ALPINE SKI BOOTS
• GROUND REACTION FORCES MEASUREMENT BASED ON STRAIN GAUGES IN ALPINE SKIING
• FUSION MOTION CAPTURE: CAN TECHNOLOGY BE USED TO OPTIMISE ALPINE SKI RACING TECHNIQUE?
• STUDY ON THE OPTIMIZATION OF A SNOWBOARD
• COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENTS FOR SNOWBOARD VIBRATION CHARACTERISTICS
• AUTOMATED INERTIAL FEEDBACK FOR HALF-PIPE SNOWBOARD COMPETITION AND THE COMMUNITY PERCEPTION
• ESTIMATION OF DIRT ATTRACTION ON RUNNING SURFACES OF CROSS-COUNTRY SKIS
• AERODYNAMIC FORCES COMPUTATION FROM HIGH-SPEED VIDEO IMAGE OF SKI JUMPING FLIGHT
• APPROACH FOR A SYSTEMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF A TWOSEATER BOBSLEIGH
• 21. Youth Sports
• THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRONIC PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE FITNESS IN CHILDREN
• THE TESTING OF ELECTRONIC PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT TO INCREASE FITNESS IN CHILDREN
• VISUALIZATION OF THE HAZARDS LURKING IN PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BASED ON FALLING SIMULATIONS USING CHILDREN MULTI-BODY MODELS
• PERSONALITY TRAITS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO LEISURE MOTIVATION AND LEISURE SATISFACTION IN SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
• 22. Coaching Technology and Sport Education
• VIDEO TECHNOLOGY AND COACHING
• HOW CAN VOICE-ENABLED TECHNOLOGIES HELP ATHLETES AND COACHES TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT?
• THE SINGAPORE SPORTS SCHOOL – DEVELOPING ELITE YOUTH ATHLETES
• MEASURING SPORTS CLASS LEARNING CLIMATES – THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SPORTS CLASS ENVIRONMENT SCALE
• DEVELOPING MULTIMEDIA COURSEWARE IN TEACHING EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION MAJOR
• Author Index
• Back cover