Abstract
The paper presents a purpose-built laboratory stand consisting of a Vicon motion capture system with reference video cameras, wireless EMG system, Concept 2 Indoor Rower ergometer, wireless heart rate monitor and the Nexus software. A pilot study of people who exercise on the ergometer helped to create a proper configuration of all the components of the laboratory. Moreover, a procedure for carrying out research was developed, which consists of several steps divided into 4 stages: preparation of the motion acquisition system; preparation of the participant; familiarising participants with the technique of rowing, recording their movements and acquiring other measurement signals. Preliminary analysis of the results obtained from heterogeneous signals from various devices showed that all the components of the research stand are mutually compatible and the received signals do not interfere with one another.
Highlights
Information technology in the form of specialised hardware and software is becoming a common procedure in the study of individual athletes and groups of players practising a chosen discipline. Another important issue is the development of effective methods for the registration of threedimensional movement of the whole athlete, his/ her individual limbs or other parts of the body and their relative positions, which could be saved in a format allowing for further standard or authored processing
When rowing on the ergometer, the participant was monitored with regard to: his movement by means of the motion capture system, the activity of the three muscles by the EMG system sensors, his heart rate via the heart rate monitor positioned on the bridge and the rowing parameters measured by the ergometer
The first involved the development of procedures for interdisciplinary research of rowers with a motion acquisition system, an EMG system, an ergometer and a heart rate monitor
Summary
Information technology in the form of specialised hardware and software is becoming a common procedure in the study of individual athletes and groups of players practising a chosen discipline Another important issue is the development of effective methods for the registration of threedimensional movement of the whole athlete, his/ her individual limbs or other parts of the body (back, head) and their relative positions, which could be saved in a format allowing for further standard or authored processing. Registration of multiple heterogeneous signals from different parts/organs of an athlete’s body (external – e.g. the muscles and limbs; internal – the heart) allows to make complex analyses and corresponding comparisons.
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