TY - JOUR
T1 - Speed Rope Skipping
T2 - Performance and Coordination in a Four-Limb Task
AU - Lorke, Nicolai Alexander
AU - Keller, Sebastian
AU - Rein, Robert
AU - Zedler, Marvin
AU - Drescher, Carolin
AU - Weil, Peter
AU - Schwerhoff, Michael
AU - Braunstein, Bjoern
PY - 2022/2/23
Y1 - 2022/2/23
N2 - This study investigated biomechanical characteristics of Speed Rope Skipping (RS) and estimated the contribution of the lower and upper limbs to overall performance. Lower (jumping), upper (turning), and whole-body (skipping) performance were examined in 23 rope skippers. All tests were recorded by 2 D video and nine skipping tests were performed in a 3 D motion capture system. Similar movement patterns were observed for the lower limbs in all participants, while handle trajectories differed in shape and symmetry according to performance. In general, turning unlike jumping performance was close to and significantly correlated with skipping performance. Therefore, it appears that lower extremity movement may be adapted to the limiting capacity of the upper extremity to maintain movement stability.
AB - This study investigated biomechanical characteristics of Speed Rope Skipping (RS) and estimated the contribution of the lower and upper limbs to overall performance. Lower (jumping), upper (turning), and whole-body (skipping) performance were examined in 23 rope skippers. All tests were recorded by 2 D video and nine skipping tests were performed in a 3 D motion capture system. Similar movement patterns were observed for the lower limbs in all participants, while handle trajectories differed in shape and symmetry according to performance. In general, turning unlike jumping performance was close to and significantly correlated with skipping performance. Therefore, it appears that lower extremity movement may be adapted to the limiting capacity of the upper extremity to maintain movement stability.
KW - Jump rope
KW - kinematics
KW - motion capture
KW - limb contribution
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/3ffa172b-04b1-3ef3-bfee-448a4d32a17d/
U2 - 10.1080/00222895.2022.2042178
DO - 10.1080/00222895.2022.2042178
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 35196961
SN - 0022-2895
VL - 54
SP - 599
EP - 612
JO - Journal of motor behavior
JF - Journal of motor behavior
IS - 5
ER -