Use of Triaxial Accelerometry During the Dance Aerobic Fitness Test: Considerations for Unit Positioning and Implications for Injury Risk and Performance.

Injury incidence in dance is high, in large part due to the frequency of repetitive and complex movements that require the lower limb to absorb and utilize extreme forces. The aim of this study was to quantify the biomechanical demands of the Dance Aerobic Fitness Test (DAFT) via triaxial accelerometry and utilize it to compare loading at the cervical spine and distal aspect of the lower limb. University dancers (N = 26; age: 20.

Physical Response to a Simulated Period of Soccer-Specific Fixture Congestion.

Page, RM, Marrin, K, Brogden, CM, and Greig, M. Physical response to a simulated period of soccer-specific fixture congestion. J Strength Cond Res 33(4): 1075-1085, 2019-The aim of this study was to assess the physiological, perceptual, and mechanical measures associated with the completion of a simulated period of short-term soccer-specific fixture congestion.

The biomechanical and physiological response to repeated soccer-specific simulations interspersed by 48 or 72 hours recovery.

Purpose: To assess the residual fatigue response associated with the completion of two successive soccer-specific exercise protocols (SSEP).

Methods: Twenty male soccer players were pair-matched before completing SSEPs, interspersed by either 48 or 72 h. Outcome variables were measured every 15 min, and comprised uni-axial measures of PlayerLoad, mean (HR) and peak heart rate (HR), blood lactate concentration, mean and peak (V˙O) oxygen consumption, and rating of perceived exertion (RPE).

Biomechanical and Physiological Response to a Contemporary Soccer Match-Play Simulation.

The intermittent activity profile of soccer match play increases the complexity of the physical demands. Laboratory models of soccer match play have value in controlled intervention studies, developed around manipulations of the activity profile to elicit a desired physiological or biomechanical response. Contemporary notational analyses suggest a profile comprising clusters of repeat sprint efforts, with implications for both biomechanical and physiological load.