s-how motion - measure, prevent - football
DESCRIPTION
S-HOW Motion Project presents a nice application related to sports medicine in football. Prevention of injuries is limited by high-cost technology, limited environment where long period measurements are performed, limited knowledge regarding the effect of pathologies or injuries to the human body. S-How Motion is here presented to support research in sports medicine in football, aiming at compensating for the above problems. Whether you are a coach, a sports researcher or an engineer, we look forward to provide you with our services and give you our best advice.TRANSCRIPT
S-HOW MotionMeasure, Prevent
Football
Background
• Today injury prevention is mainly supported by:– guidelines on warm-up exercises
– consultancy services at specific times of the season
– general protocols for the entire team, not customized
– more commercial companies than R&D companies
• Use of technology is limited by:– lack of flexibility
– use limited to a specific environment
– only some biometrical quantities are measurable on teh field (e.g. HR, accelerations)
S-HOW Motion Measure, Prevent
What is S-HOW Motion
• Advanced application of wearable technology based on inertial
sensors for the characterization of human gestures
• Allows to run a 10-15 minutes analysis describing how the movement
is performed
• Allows to generate a biomechanical profile on articularity of the
subject
• Study the effect of an underlying pathology/injury
• Easy to be linked to periodic and scheduled monitoring on the field
S-HOW Motion Measure, Prevent
How it works
S-HOW Motion Measure, Prevent
Vestibular systemMotion tracking wearable
technology
Real-time inter-joint
coordination
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max (Right) max (Left) min (Right) min (Left)
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-Ext +Flex
-Abd +Add
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Goal: Prevention
• Injury prevention and recovery come together
• The levels where our measurment tool can be applied are:
– Primary prevention (remove/reduce risk factors)
– Secondary prevention (identify the problem before it occurs)
– Rehabilitation
S-HOW Motion Measure, Prevent
Added value in Primary Prevention
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SCENARIO OBJECTIVE ADDED VALUE
Starting assessment of
players
Identify alterations due to
previous injuries
• Easily measure the “inducing factors”
(articularity, symmetry) during common
task, on the field
• Monitor lifestyle
Functional evaluation
exercises
Understand if an altered
movement is the effect of a
lack in strength or resistance
• Quantification of “Core stability”
Prevention exercises Reduce the probability of
injuries through the training
program
• Characterization/quantification/verifica
tion of the correct execution of the 11+
warm-up exercises from F-MARC (FIFA).
Insurance State the shape and healthy
status of the athlete
• Translate the injury into an objective
and quantitative value
Added value in the Secondary Prevention
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SCENARIO OBJECTIVE ADDED VALUE
Warm-up exercizes are
not specific for a
certain injury
Try to identify the
signs/indexes which
anticipate a certain kind
of injury
• Measurement of specific
exercises allowing to evaluate
the player status, an estimate
of the appropriate resting
period, supporting the work of
physiotherrapists
Need of a rapid test
which allows a
“screening” of the
soccer player profile
• Determine indexes for quick
reporting and consultancy (e.g.
asymmetry between left and
right side)
Rehabilitation
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SCENARIO OBJECTIVE ADDED VALUE
Physical and
psychological recovery
Evaluate the evolution of
the therapy;
Improve communication
with the player
• Evaluation of the status during
the rehabilitation/treatmetn
on the field (or in the
swimming pool)
Recovery with
standard methods
must take into account
the specific player
Generate a customized
training
• Subject-specific evaluation
Discussion
• How the “characterization of the athletic task” can
provide benefits to the world of football?
– Primary Prevention: optimization of the exercises
proposed in the 11+, or their evolution and
improvements
– Secondary Prevention: examination of the common
tasks by the athlete, extracting a reference, get a
screening in time, identifying signs linked to a potential
injury
– Rehabilitation: creation of a customized training
S-HOW Motion Measure, Prevent