Measuring the Impact of Limb Asymmetry on Movement Irregularity and Complexity Changes During an Incremental Step Test in Para-Swimmers Using Inertial Measurement Units.

Matthew Slopecki, Julien Clément, Mathieu Charbonneau, Julie N Côté

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Matthew SlopeckiDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-7134-6023

Julien ClémentDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8212-3482

Mathieu CharbonneauInstitut National du Sport, Montreal, QC H1V 3N7, Canada.

Julie N CôtéDepartment of Kinesiology and Physical Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC H2W 1S4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6155-8946

Funding

Institut national du sport du Québec - Research, Innovation and Dissemination of Information Program 66Mitacs Accelerate IT28971

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wearable technology can nowadays be used to improve para-swimming coaching; however, the extent to which individual anatomy affects features of swimming variability is unclear. Six paralympic swimmers were recruited, their upper-limb segment lengths were measured, and their absolute bilateral limb asymmetry indices (AbsLAIUL) were calculated. They were instrumented with a sacrum-worn inertial measurement unit and performed an in-water, fatiguing, freestyle aerobic test at incrementally faster paces. Stroke-to-stroke outcome and execution variability were calculated, respectively, using sample entropy (SampEn) and fractal dimension (FD) on forward and mediolateral linear acceleration signals. Significantly increased perceived exertion scores (F(4,28) = 154.1,

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SwimmingAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaFemaleHumansMaleMovementWearable Electronic DevicesYoung AdultanthropometryfatigueIMUmovement complexitymovement irregularitypara-swimmingperformance analysisswimmingvariabilitywearable sensors

Identifiers

PMID40968855

DOI10.3390/s25113297

PMCPMC12157870

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