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Article Dans Une Revue Sports Biomechanics Année : 2024

Profiling biomechanical abilities during sprint front-crawl swimming using IMU and functional clustering of variabilities

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This study aims to profile biomechanical abilities during sprint front crawl by identifying technical stroke characteristics, in light of performance level. Ninety-one recreational to world-class swimmers equipped with a sacrum-worn IMU performed 25 m all-out. Intra and inter-cyclic 3D kinematical variabilities were clustered using a functional double partition model. Clusters were analysed according to (1) swimming technique using continuous visualisation and discrete features (standard deviation and jerk cost) and (2) performance regarding speed and competition calibre using respectively one-way ANOVA and Chi-squared test as well as Gamma statistics. Swimmers displayed specific technical profiles of intra-cyclic (smoothy and jerky) and inter-cyclic stroke regulation (low, moderate and high repeatability) significantly discriminated by speed (p < 0.001, η2 = 0.62) and performance calibre (p < 0.001, V = 0.53). We showed that combining high levels of both kinds of variability (jerky + low repeatability) are associated with highest speed (1.86 ± 0.12 m/s) and competition calibre (ℽ = 0.75, p < 0.001). It highlights the crucial importance of variabilities combination. Technical skills might be driven by a specific alignment of stroke pattern and its associated dispersion according to the task constraints. This data-driven approach can assist eyes-based technical evaluation. Targeting the development of an explosive swimming style with a high level of body stability should be considered during training of sprinters.
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hal-04632780 , version 1 (03-07-2024)

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Antoine Bouvet, Robin Pla, Erwan Delhaye, Guillaume Nicolas, Nicolas Bideau. Profiling biomechanical abilities during sprint front-crawl swimming using IMU and functional clustering of variabilities. Sports Biomechanics, 2024, pp.1 - 21. ⟨10.1080/14763141.2024.2368064⟩. ⟨hal-04632780⟩
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