Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements

Copyright © 2015, Georg Thieme Verlag KG. All rights reserved. This study assessed the validity of an accelerometer to measure impacts in team sports. 76 participants completed a team sport circuit. Accelerations were collected concurrently at 100 Hz using an accelerometer and a 36-camera motion ana...

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Main Authors: Wundersitz, D., Gastin, P., Robertson, S., Davey, Paul, Netto, Kevin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Georg Thieme Verlag 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28291
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author Wundersitz, D.
Gastin, P.
Robertson, S.
Davey, Paul
Netto, Kevin
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Gastin, P.
Robertson, S.
Davey, Paul
Netto, Kevin
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description Copyright © 2015, Georg Thieme Verlag KG. All rights reserved. This study assessed the validity of an accelerometer to measure impacts in team sports. 76 participants completed a team sport circuit. Accelerations were collected concurrently at 100 Hz using an accelerometer and a 36-camera motion analysis system. The largest peak accelerations per movement were compared in 2 ways: i) pooled together and filtered at 13 different cut-off frequencies (range 6–25 Hz) to identify the optimal filtering frequency, and ii) the optimal cut-off frequency split into the 7 movements performed (n=532). Raw and 25–16 Hz filtering frequencies significantly overestimated and 6 Hz underestimated motion analysis peak accelerations (P <0.007). The 12 Hz filtered accelerometer data revealed the strongest relationship with motion analysis data (accuracy - 0.01±0.27 g, effect size - 0.01, agreement - 0.55 to 0.53 g, precision 0.27 g, and relative error 5.5%; P=1.00). The accelerometer underestimated peak accelerations during tackling and jumping, and overestimated during walking, jogging, sprinting and change of direction. Lower agreement and reduced precision were associated with sprinting, jumping and tackling. The accelerometer demonstrated an acceptable level of concurrent validity compared to a motion analysis system when filtered at a cut-off frequency of 12 Hz. The results advocate the use of accelerometers to measure movements in team sport.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-282912017-09-13T15:19:08Z Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements Wundersitz, D. Gastin, P. Robertson, S. Davey, Paul Netto, Kevin Copyright © 2015, Georg Thieme Verlag KG. All rights reserved. This study assessed the validity of an accelerometer to measure impacts in team sports. 76 participants completed a team sport circuit. Accelerations were collected concurrently at 100 Hz using an accelerometer and a 36-camera motion analysis system. The largest peak accelerations per movement were compared in 2 ways: i) pooled together and filtered at 13 different cut-off frequencies (range 6–25 Hz) to identify the optimal filtering frequency, and ii) the optimal cut-off frequency split into the 7 movements performed (n=532). Raw and 25–16 Hz filtering frequencies significantly overestimated and 6 Hz underestimated motion analysis peak accelerations (P <0.007). The 12 Hz filtered accelerometer data revealed the strongest relationship with motion analysis data (accuracy - 0.01±0.27 g, effect size - 0.01, agreement - 0.55 to 0.53 g, precision 0.27 g, and relative error 5.5%; P=1.00). The accelerometer underestimated peak accelerations during tackling and jumping, and overestimated during walking, jogging, sprinting and change of direction. Lower agreement and reduced precision were associated with sprinting, jumping and tackling. The accelerometer demonstrated an acceptable level of concurrent validity compared to a motion analysis system when filtered at a cut-off frequency of 12 Hz. The results advocate the use of accelerometers to measure movements in team sport. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28291 10.1055/s-0035-1547265 Georg Thieme Verlag restricted
spellingShingle Wundersitz, D.
Gastin, P.
Robertson, S.
Davey, Paul
Netto, Kevin
Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements
title Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements
title_full Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements
title_fullStr Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements
title_full_unstemmed Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements
title_short Validation of a Trunk-mounted Accelerometer to Measure Peak Impacts during Team Sport Movements
title_sort validation of a trunk-mounted accelerometer to measure peak impacts during team sport movements
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28291