%0 Journal Article
%T Application of Novel Inertial Technique to Compare the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Legs in the Soccer Instep Kick
%A Abbas Meamarbashi
%A S. Reza Attarzadeh Hossaini
%J Journal of Human Kinetics
%@ 1899-7562
%D 2010
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10078-010-0001-x
%X The kinematic and kinetic parameters of dominant and non-dominant legs examined with a new technology on 15 male, university soccer players in the field. A sensor module with special configuration of accelerometers placement, connected to a data logger, which attached to the shank and thigh, was applied to execute four instep kicks in the field. The angular velocity, linear velocity, angular acceleration and Z-axis linear acceleration (p<0.005) of the shank in dominant and non-dominant leg before impact were: 1970 ¡À 210, 1648 ¡À 300 ¡ã/s; 14.9 ¡À 3.0, 12.4 ¡À 2.6 m/s; 586.4 ¡À 121.9, 498.2 ¡À 160.4 rad/s2; 5.7 ¡À 1.7 and 4.0 ¡À 0.9 gravity, respectively. The leg swing time, force (X) (p<0.001), torque, angular momentum, angular power and angular impulse (p<0.05) of the shank, for dominant and non-dominant leg, before impact were: 271 ¡À 48 vs. 263 ¡À 62 msec; 172.4 ¡À 46.6 vs. 68.7 ¡À 47.1 N; 133.2 ¡À 29.8 vs. 111.8 ¡À 34.9 N.m.; 5.3 ¡À 1.1 vs. 4.1 ¡À 1.0 kg.m2/s; 2443 ¡À 666 vs. 1660 ¡À 790.1 W; 4.0 ¡À 0.9 vs. 3.3 ¡À 1.2 N.s., respectively. Even though there was lower shank angular velocity of the dominant leg compared with reported professional players, similar shape and gradient of the kicking pattern were found in the curves.
%K Accelerometer
%K Data Logger
%K Kinematic Analysis
%K Kinetic Analysis
%U http://versita.metapress.com/content/h07485133h341h22/?p=0865021e7014478dbcdeeef9b7052d43&pi=0