Welcome back to Basics of Biomechanics, a series of blog posts covering foundational topics in the field using practical, data-driven examples. In this post we cover one of the fundamental approaches to analyzing biomechanical measurement data: extracting discrete outcomes. In order to capture human movement in adequate detail, biomechanical equipment generates thousands, if not tensContinue reading “Basics of Biomechanics #5: Extracting Outcomes”
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Basics of Biomechanics #4: Conditioning Signals
Welcome back to Basics of Biomechanics, a series of blog posts covering foundational topics in the field using practical, data-driven examples. In biomechanical analysis, before we can extract useful outcomes from our measurements we often need to “clean them up” in order to improve their quality or usefulness. As we will see, in many cases,Continue reading “Basics of Biomechanics #4: Conditioning Signals”
Basics of Biomechanics #3: Calculating Signals
Welcome back to Basics of Biomechanics, a series of blog posts covering foundational topics in the field using practical, data-driven examples. In this post we will look at some details about calculating biomechanical signals from our measurement data. As we saw in the previous blog post, some biomechanical analysis can be performed directly with measuredContinue reading “Basics of Biomechanics #3: Calculating Signals”
Basics of Biomechanics #2: Analysing Signals
Welcome back to Basics of Biomechanics, a series of blog posts covering foundational topics in the field using practical, data-driven examples. In this post we cover a fundamental aspect of biomechanical analysis: working with time-series data or signals. Signals are the bread and butter of biomechanical analysis. Since these are the streams of information thatContinue reading “Basics of Biomechanics #2: Analysing Signals”
Basics of Biomechanics #1: Analysing Time
Welcome to Basics of Biomechanics, a series of blog posts covering foundational topics in the field using practical, data-driven examples. In this first post we look at the importance of knowing exactly where you are in your data timeline. Biomechanical analysis involves the interpretation of time-varying signals measured during a physical activity of interest. Therefore,Continue reading “Basics of Biomechanics #1: Analysing Time”