Quantifying landing impacts during a leg strength circuit in male artistic gymnasts: a pilot study

Rhiannon Campbell, David L. Pease, Phillip Cossens

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Abstract

Measuring landing impacts in gymnastics has previously been difficult and has rarely taken place in the daily training environment. The aim of this pilot research was to quantify the number and magnitude of landing impacts experienced by elite level male gymnasts when completing a leg strength circuit that they regularly perform in training. Acceleration data revealed gymnasts were being exposed to a high number of very high magnitude landing impacts (up to 9 landings/exercise and >10 g) during the leg strength circuit. These results prompted the development of two alternate leg strength circuits, specifically developed for gymnasts recovering from injury, which do not include the high loading exercises. Tibial acceleration is a promising method for the measurement of landing impacts during gymnastics training.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISBS Conference 2018; Auckland, New Zealand
Place of PublicationAuckland, New Zealand
Pages831-834
Number of pages4
Volume36
Edition1
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event36th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, ISBS 2018 - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 10 Sept 201814 Sept 2018

Publication series

NameISBS Proceedings Archive
PublisherInternational Society of Biomechanics in Sport
Number1
Volume36

Conference

Conference36th Conference of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, ISBS 2018
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period10/09/1814/09/18

Keywords

  • IMU
  • wearable
  • accelerometer
  • gymnastics

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