Title
Extraction of Physical Motion Dictating the Difference between Skilled Cyclist and Beginner
Abstract
In the field of cycling competition, cyclists commonly utilize binding pedals to maximize their competitive performance. The feature of binding pedals is to hold the sole of cycling shoe on the upper body of pedal, which enables a cyclist to not only push down the pedals but also pull up the pedals in one revolution of pedaling motion. Pedaling motion is implemented by the combination of muscle activities of lower extremity. The conversion efficiency from the physical strength of a cyclist to the propulsion power of a bicycle has been considered as the skill of pedaling exercise. By the way, neither effective instruments nor methods to accurately evaluate the pedaling skill have been established. Then, this study aims to extract the difference of physical motions between a skilled cyclist and a beginner by using the mechanical data of a bicycle and the electrophysiological data of a subject while pedaling exercise. This paper firstly introduces the experimental device and describes the protocol of measurement experiment. The measured data are statistically processed by using principal component analysis to extract the physical motions dictating the difference of pedaling skill between a skilled cyclist and a beginner.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/BWCCA.2014.109
BWCCA
Keywords
Field
DocType
cycling exercise,competitive performance,pedaling skill,biomechanics,measurement experiment protocol,pedaling motion,muscle activities,skilled cyclist,cycling shoe,physical motion extraction,pedaling exercise,conversion efficiency,activities,upper body,cycling exercise, pedaling skill, electromyography,binding pedals,lower extremity,feature extraction,mechanical data,statistical processing,propulsion power,electromyography,cycling competition,physical strength,principal component analysis,electrophysiological data,acceleration,data mining
Physical strength,Propulsion,Simulation,Computer science,Acceleration,Pull-up
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Tatsushi Tokuyasu11713.36
Takuhiro Sato200.68
Shimpei Matsumoto3109.77
Tomoki Kitawaki412.04