Category
Wearable Technology
Document Type
Paper
Abstract
This study investigates gait transition speed in trail running on uphill slopes using wearable devices data. It examines Preferred Transition Speed (PTS) and Heart Rate Optimal Transition Speed (HROTS), noting a decrease in both with increasing slope. This suggests an intuitive adaptation among athletes to lower speeds on steeper inclines, challenging the Iso-Efficient Speed concept and showing gait selection is influenced by more than energy efficiency. The analysis of data from 14 trail runners, aged 22-43 with at least one year of trail running experience, reveals distinct gait patterns characterized by a bimodal distribution in cadence and a unimodal distribution in stride length. These findings suggest that wearable technology not only can aid in analysing athletic performance in natural settings but could also lower the cost of monitoring gait transition parameters for trail runners.
Recommended Citation
Sanchez, Raimundo
(2024)
"ANALYSING GAIT TRANSITION DYNAMICS IN UPHILL TRAIL RUNNING FROM WEARABLE DEVICES,"
ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 42:
Iss.
1, Article 104.
Available at:
https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol42/iss1/104
