Inter-unit reliability of IMU Step metrics using IMeasureU Blue Trident inertial measurement units for running-based team sport tasks

Armitage, Mark, Beato, Marco and Mcerlain-Naylor, Stuart (2021) Inter-unit reliability of IMU Step metrics using IMeasureU Blue Trident inertial measurement units for running-based team sport tasks. Journal of sports sciences, 39 (13). pp. 1512-1518. ISSN 1466-447X

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the inter-unit reliability of IMU Step biomechanical load monitoring metrics using IMeasureU Blue Trident inertial measurement units in tasks common to running-based team sports. Knowledge of variability between units is required before researchers and practitioners can make informed decisions on ‘true’ differences between limbs. Sixteen male college soccer players performed five running-based tasks, generating 224 trials and 17012 steps. Data were analysed for each task and for the whole session, investigating six IMU Step metrics: step count; impact load; bone stimulus; and low, medium and high intensity steps. Inter-unit reliability was excellent (ICC ≥ 0.90) for 21 out of 26 metrics, and good (0.83 ≤ ICC ≤ 0.86) for all other metrics except for Yo-Yo impact load (ICC = 0.79) which was acceptable. These findings confirm the inter-unit reliability of IMU Step metrics using IMeasureU Blue Trident inertial measurement units for running-based team sports. Now that inter-unit variability has been quantified, researchers and practitioners can use this information when interpreting inter-limb differences for monitoring external biomechanical training load.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: accelerometer, bone stimulus, tibial acceleration, impact load, training load
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions: Faculty of Health & Science > Department of Science & Technology
Depositing User: Mark Armitage
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2021 09:13
Last Modified: 20 Aug 2024 10:28
URI: https://oars.uos.ac.uk/id/eprint/1605

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