Evaluation of Harmonicity in Running Gait by the Use of Innovative Techniques of Video Analysis
Evaluation of Harmonicity in Running Gait by the Use of Innovative Techniques of Video Analysis: Effects on Metabolic Consumption and Running Injuries Risk
This study aims to demonstrate the use of a digital video analysis method to evaluate harmonicity of running gait, through an holistic approach.
Furthermore, it explores the association of running gait harmonicity with running velocity and level of training and with running injuries risk .
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Aetiology of running related injuries is reported to be multifactorial but still not fully understood. Factors that impede the understanding of the mechanisms and aetiology of injury are the traditional segmental approach to the analysis of running gait and the lack of prospective studies.
A more holistic approach to analysis of movement could permit a more in depth comprehension of the injured state, trough a changing of point of view. This holistic approach is based on the harmonic nature of running gait.
Despite the everyday use of the term "harmonicity" within sporting domains, methods to measure running gait harmonicity is a theme still vaguely explored.
Traditional methods evaluate the movement quality of the whole body based on the motion analysis of specific segments, that are supposed to sufficiently represent the entire body. The search for a method to analyse harmonicity of cyclic movements with a real holistic approach, is therefore still open.
With these aims, an innovative video analysis method has been proposed, based on the measure of the frequency variation of the pixel brightness in the digital video of a cyclic movement.
Tipo di studio
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Tuscany
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Florence, Tuscany, Italia, 50100
- IRCCS Don Carlo Gnocchi
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Inclusion Criteria:
- at least one year of running practice
- minimum two day of running/week
- minimum 20 km running/week
- seasonal best on half marathon comprised between 1h20' and 2h00'
- experienced in treadmill running practice
- sport medical certificate
Exclusion Criteria:
- have suffered in the last three months of musculoskeletal disease
- regular practice of sport activities different from running
- acute or chronic osteoarticular diseases or, in general, other pathology limiting physical activities
- use of drugs altering physical activity performance (hypnotic, psychoactive, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs e.g.).
Piano di studio
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Dettagli di progettazione
Coorti e interventi
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recreational runners
Recreational runners (minimum of 2 running session and 20km of total mileage per week), with seasonal best on half-marathon comprised between 1h20' and 2h00'.
Age > 18 and < 60 years.
Free from musculoskeletal injuries from at least three months.
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Maximal incremental running test with measures of metabolic, spatio-temporal parameters and video recording with camera in the frontal plane. video recording of frontal view, metabolic and spatio-temporal measures of three (self-selected speed, + and - 20 percentage of self-selected speed) 6 minutes running test monthly (12 months) follow-up questionnaire
Running analysis of three six minutes running test (self-selected speed, + and - 20% of the self-selected speed) by video recording with camera in the frontal plane, and acquisition of the metabolic and spatio-temporal parameters
Monthly follow-up questionnaire (12 months) about training habits and injuries
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Cosa sta misurando lo studio?
Misure di risultato primarie
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Correlation between running related injuries (RRI) and running gait harmonicity
Lasso di tempo: 1year
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Verify if RRI risk is correlated with measures of harmonicity derived from Graal software (registered during three six minutes running test at low, self-selected, high speed): • Number of pixel of the nine principal frequencies RRI are registered by follow-up questionnaires each month . |
1year
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Misure di risultato secondarie
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Correlation between running gait harmonicity and spatio-temporal running parameters
Lasso di tempo: 1 year
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The association of running gait harmonicity measures with contact time, flight time, stride length and cadence will be evaluated at each running velocity.
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1 year
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Correlation between running gait harmonicity and metabolic parameters
Lasso di tempo: 1 year
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The association of running gait harmonicity measures with VO2max, ventilation, respiratory exchange ratio and hearth rate.
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1 year
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Correlation between running related injuries (RRI) and running gait harmonicity
Lasso di tempo: 1 year
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Verify if RRI risk is correlated with measures of harmonicity derived from Graal software (registered during three six minutes running test at low, self-selected, high speed): Signal/noise ratio (ratio between values of the principal frequencies and noise)
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1 year
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Collaboratori e investigatori
Investigatori
- Investigatore principale: Guido Pasquini, Bs, IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi
Pubblicazioni e link utili
Pubblicazioni generali
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- Kiely J, Collins DJ. Uniqueness of Human Running Coordination: The Integration of Modern and Ancient Evolutionary Innovations. Front Psychol. 2016 Apr 11;7:262. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00262. eCollection 2016.
- Bredeweg SW, Kluitenberg B, Bessem B, Buist I. Differences in kinetic variables between injured and noninjured novice runners: a prospective cohort study. J Sci Med Sport. 2013 May;16(3):205-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.08.002. Epub 2012 Aug 24.
- Iosa M, Bini F, Marinozzi F, Fusco A, Morone G, Koch G, Martino Cinnera A, Bonni S, Paolucci S. Stability and Harmony of Gait in Patients with Subacute Stroke. J Med Biol Eng. 2016;36(5):635-643. doi: 10.1007/s40846-016-0178-0. Epub 2016 Oct 7.
- Bellanca JL, Lowry KA, Vanswearingen JM, Brach JS, Redfern MS. Harmonic ratios: a quantification of step to step symmetry. J Biomech. 2013 Feb 22;46(4):828-31. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.12.008. Epub 2013 Jan 12.
- Stefanyshyn DJ, Stergiou P, Lun VM, Meeuwisse WH, Worobets JT. Knee angular impulse as a predictor of patellofemoral pain in runners. Am J Sports Med. 2006 Nov;34(11):1844-51. doi: 10.1177/0363546506288753. Epub 2006 May 30.
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