A Microcontroller System for Human Mechanical Power Measurement during Squat Jumps

Author

Bucci, Giovanni ; Ciancetta, Fabrizio ; Fiorucci, Edoardo ; Manno, Renato ; Tedeschini, Luciano

Author_Institution

Dip. Ing. Elettrica e dell´´Informazione, Universita di L´´Aquila

fYear

2006

fDate

24-27 April 2006

Firstpage

2215

Lastpage

2220

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a microcontroller based measuring system for testing and training athlete jumping performances. The proposed system allows the leg´s mechanical power to be evaluated by means of a single squatting jump. It makes possible to measure the time of the contact with the ground and the fly time after take off and before impact using a platform and an electrogoniometer sensor connected to a PC microcontroller. It makes also possible measuring both the angle and the angular speed of certain joints. The average value of the mechanical power spent during the jump is obtained by processing the measured data

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical measurement; mechanical variables measurement; microcontrollers; sport; PC microcontroller; angular speed; athlete jumping performances; electrogoniometer sensor; fly time; human mechanical power measurement; joints; knee angle; microcontroller system; squat jumps; Goniometers; Humans; Leg; Mechanical sensors; Microcontrollers; Performance evaluation; Power measurement; System testing; Time measurement; Velocity measurement; Jump power measurement; biomechanics; human mechanical power; microcontroller;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2006. IMTC 2006. Proceedings of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Sorrento

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9359-7

Electronic_ISBN

1091-5281

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.2006.328565

Filename

4124753