Human performance monitoring in sports: local position measurement
conference paper
Research and development in sports and ergonomics have much in common. In both areas there is a need for adequate tools for measuring, analysing, and enhancing performance, health, and safety, and for equipment that best matches human characteristics and capabilities. In recent years sports research and development in so called field labs disclosed interesting innovations that may turn out to be useful for ergonomics as well, i.e., amongst others, individual and team performance analysis based on wireless position tracking technology. For this so-called local position measurement a new system was used consisting of a small unit at the back of each sportsman/woman involved, transmitting radio signals to various receivers around the sports arena. To know what to measure, analyse and feedback to trainers, they were interviewed extensively at various occasions. Based on the user requirements determined, dedicated software was created for soccer, speed skating and athletics. The system turned out to perform well outdoor (soccer, athletics) and indoor (speed skating). In the near future it will be made possible to transmit other data, e.g. ECG, to the receivers creating the opportunity to perform real-time physiological monitoring as well. With this kind of systems training can be optimized on the basis of quantitative objective information.
TNO Identifier
981362
Publisher
Elsevier
Source title
International Ergonomics Association (IEA) 2006, 16th World Congress on Ergonomics "Meeting diversity in ergonomics", Maastricht, 10-14 July
Editor(s)
Pikaar, R.N.
Koningsveld, E.A.P.
Settels, P.J.M.
Koningsveld, E.A.P.
Settels, P.J.M.
Place of publication
Oxford
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