ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2026
Kinetic characteristics of Wushu Changbing PiJi: decoupling sex-specific adaptive strategies via functional principal component analysis.
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Background: Wushu Changbing PiJi is a representative striking action in Wushu long-weapon routines, with its most iconic form derived from the Ma's Tongbei Wushu school, whose staff techniques represent a direct lineage of the Ming Dynasty Shaolin staff system. Biomechanically, it is a high-velocity, long-lever striking action analogous to other open-chain striking tasks. However, sex-specific ground reaction force (GRF) control and force transmission strategies during this movement remain unclear. Objective: This study aimed to characterize sex-specific kinetic adaptations during Wushu Changbing PiJi using multivariate functional principal component analysis (mfPCA) of three-dimensional ground reaction forces (3D GRFs). Methods: Fifty elite collegiate Wushu Changbing athletes performed maximal-effort PiJi trials with synchronized optical motion capture and dual force plates. mfPCA was used to extract the core spatiotemporal modes of normalized 3D GRFs. Linear mixed-effects models were then applied to test sex effects on five principal component scores and 16 discrete kinetic metrics. Results: No significant sex differences were observed in PC1, PC2, or PC5, indicating a shared core spatiotemporal kinetic structure across sexes. In contrast, significant sex effects were found in PC3 and PC4, reflecting differences in fine-grained control strategies.Males demonstrated greater total peak implement kinetic energy, alongside increased peak lateral force, mean propulsive force, and lateral force standard deviation, consistent with a propulsion-dominant but less stable kinetic profile. Females showed higher PC3 and vertical impulse, suggesting a control-oriented braking and stabilization strategy. Conclusion: Wushu Changbing PiJi appears to be governed by a shared core force-generation rhythm, while sex-specific adaptations are primarily expressed through a propulsion-stability trade-off. These findings support sex-specific training interventions that preserve the common temporal template while targeting stability control in males and power-conversion capacity in females.
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