Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation

In many sports, essential skills exist in terms of muscle activation in order to improve performance. However, it is difficult to identify the important muscle activation, and moreover novices cannot observe and imitate it since muscle activation is hardly visible. This study especially focuses on h...

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Main Authors: Qi AN, Koushirou YANAI, Junki NAKAGAWA, Wen WEN, Hiroshi YAMAKAWA, Atsushi YAMASHITA, Hajime ASAMA
Format: Article
Language:Japanese
Published: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers 2015-12-01
Series:Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/82/834/82_15-00424/_pdf/-char/en
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author Qi AN
Koushirou YANAI
Junki NAKAGAWA
Wen WEN
Hiroshi YAMAKAWA
Atsushi YAMASHITA
Hajime ASAMA
author_facet Qi AN
Koushirou YANAI
Junki NAKAGAWA
Wen WEN
Hiroshi YAMAKAWA
Atsushi YAMASHITA
Hajime ASAMA
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description In many sports, essential skills exist in terms of muscle activation in order to improve performance. However, it is difficult to identify the important muscle activation, and moreover novices cannot observe and imitate it since muscle activation is hardly visible. This study especially focuses on human rowing motion to extract an important skill in terms of muscle activation and we develop skill education system for novices to learn the skill. Firstly, strength and activation timing of lower leg muscle are evaluated to detect the expert skill based on their peak value and cross correlation during movement. Next, new skill education system is suggested by simultaneous presentation of real human movement and muscle activations of the targeted muscle. In the proposed system, muscle color is continuously changed based on its activation level for novices to perceive their muscle activation visually. Both experts and novices participated at our skill extraction experiment to compare their muscle activation. Results showed that experts had larger peak activation level and different profile in rectus femoris muscle. Therefore, our skill education system focused on rectus femoris muscle to present its activation level and movement simultaneously. In order to evaluate efficacy of the developed system, four different education instructions were conducted to novices; linguistic education, simultaneous presentation of motion and muscle activation of the expert, off-line presentation of novice's motion and muscle activation, and real time presentation of novice's motion and muscle activation. Performance of novices was evaluated after each instruction based on peak activation level, cross correlation, and exerted power on the rowing ergometer. These performance change after each education implied providing integrated view of novice's motion and muscle activation in real-time could improve performance of rowing motion.
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spelling doaj.art-2ea82ab9422b423fbf0aaa411c48e99c2022-12-22T02:47:22ZjpnThe Japan Society of Mechanical EngineersNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu2187-97612015-12-018283415-0042415-0042410.1299/transjsme.15-00424transjsmeSkill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activationQi AN0Koushirou YANAI1Junki NAKAGAWA2Wen WEN3Hiroshi YAMAKAWA4Atsushi YAMASHITA5Hajime ASAMA6Graduate School of Engineering, The Univerisyt of TokyoGraduate School of Engineering, The Univerisyt of TokyoGraduate School of Engineering, The University of TokyoGraduate School of Engineering, The Univerisyt of TokyoGraduate School of Engineering, The Univerisyt of TokyoGraduate School of Engineering, The University of TokyoGraduate School of Engineering, The University of TokyoIn many sports, essential skills exist in terms of muscle activation in order to improve performance. However, it is difficult to identify the important muscle activation, and moreover novices cannot observe and imitate it since muscle activation is hardly visible. This study especially focuses on human rowing motion to extract an important skill in terms of muscle activation and we develop skill education system for novices to learn the skill. Firstly, strength and activation timing of lower leg muscle are evaluated to detect the expert skill based on their peak value and cross correlation during movement. Next, new skill education system is suggested by simultaneous presentation of real human movement and muscle activations of the targeted muscle. In the proposed system, muscle color is continuously changed based on its activation level for novices to perceive their muscle activation visually. Both experts and novices participated at our skill extraction experiment to compare their muscle activation. Results showed that experts had larger peak activation level and different profile in rectus femoris muscle. Therefore, our skill education system focused on rectus femoris muscle to present its activation level and movement simultaneously. In order to evaluate efficacy of the developed system, four different education instructions were conducted to novices; linguistic education, simultaneous presentation of motion and muscle activation of the expert, off-line presentation of novice's motion and muscle activation, and real time presentation of novice's motion and muscle activation. Performance of novices was evaluated after each instruction based on peak activation level, cross correlation, and exerted power on the rowing ergometer. These performance change after each education implied providing integrated view of novice's motion and muscle activation in real-time could improve performance of rowing motion.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/82/834/82_15-00424/_pdf/-char/enskill educationmuscle activationrowing motionsportsvisualization
spellingShingle Qi AN
Koushirou YANAI
Junki NAKAGAWA
Wen WEN
Hiroshi YAMAKAWA
Atsushi YAMASHITA
Hajime ASAMA
Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
Nihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu
skill education
muscle activation
rowing motion
sports
visualization
title Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
title_full Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
title_fullStr Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
title_full_unstemmed Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
title_short Skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
title_sort skill training system for rowing motion using integrated presentation of motion and muscle activation
topic skill education
muscle activation
rowing motion
sports
visualization
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/transjsme/82/834/82_15-00424/_pdf/-char/en
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