Utilization of Inertial Measurement Units for Determining the Sequential Chain of Baseball Strike Posture

The purpose of this study was to employ inertial measurement units (IMU) with an eye-tracking device to investigate different swing strategies between two levels of batters. The participants were 20 healthy males aged 20 to 30 years old, with ten professional and ten amateur batters. Eye gaze positi...

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Published in:	Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2021-05, Vol.21 (9), p.3280
Main Authors:	Lee, Yun-Ju, Lin, Po-Chieh, Chen, Ling-Ying, Chen, Yu-Jung, Liang, Jing Nong
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Angular velocity Baseball baseball swing Communication Cycle time eye gaze Eye movements Head movement inertial measurement units Inertial platforms Investigations Kinematics Motion capture Motor ability Pelvis Segments Shoulders Tracking devices Variance analysis Velocity visual-motor coordination
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Summary:	The purpose of this study was to employ inertial measurement units (IMU) with an eye-tracking device to investigate different swing strategies between two levels of batters. The participants were 20 healthy males aged 20 to 30 years old, with ten professional and ten amateur batters. Eye gaze position, head, shoulder, trunk, and pelvis angular velocity, and ground reaction forces were recorded. The results showed that professional batters rotated segments more rhythmically and efficiently than the amateur group. Firstly, the professional group spent less time in the preparation stages. Secondly, the maximum angular velocity timing of each segment of the professional group was centralized in the swing cycle. Thirdly, the amateur group had significantly earlier gaze timing of the maximum angular velocity than the professional group. Moreover, the maximum angular velocity timing of the gaze was the earliest parameter among the five segments, and significantly earlier (at least 16.32% of cycle time) than the maximum angular velocity of the head, shoulder, trunk, and pelvis within the amateur group. The visual-motor coordination strategies were different between the two groups, which could successfully be determined by wearable instruments of IMU.
ISSN:	1424-8220 1424-8220