Preatoni, E,Hamill, J,Harrison, AJ,Hayes, K,Van Emmerik, REA,Wilson, C,Rodano, R

2013

January

Sports Biomechanics

Movement variability and skills monitoring in sports

Published

()

Biomechanics experimental methods injury performance reliability PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS FUNCTIONAL DATA-ANALYSIS GROUND REACTION FORCE CONTINUOUS OVERGROUND WALKING VERTICAL JUMP PERFORMANCE CONTINUOUS RELATIVE PHASE LOCAL DYNAMIC STABILITY TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS GAIT ANALYSIS APPROXIMATE ENTROPY

12

69

92

The aim of this paper was to present a review on the role that movement variability (MV) plays in the analysis of sports movement and in the monitoring of the athlete's skills. MV has been traditionally considered an unwanted noise to be reduced, but recent studies have re-evaluated its role and have tried to understand whether it may contain important information about the neuro-musculo-skeletal organisation. Issues concerning both views of MV, different approaches for analysing it and future perspectives are discussed. Information regarding the nature of the MV is vital in the analysis of sports movements/motor skills, and the way in which these movements are analysed and the MV subsequently quantified is dependent on the movement in question and the issues the researcher is trying to address. In dealing with a number of issues regarding MV, this paper has also raised a number of questions which are still to be addressed.

10.1080/14763141.2012.738700