Biomechanics and Sports : Proceedings of the XI Winter Universiads 2003

On XXI Winter Universiads 2003, CISM offered its scientific contribution by hosting a conference on mechanics applied to sports and, in general, to human movement. The conference was conceived as a chance to overview experiences gained from several operators working on different aspects of biomechanics. The reader will face in these proceedings bioengineering aspects, control issues, techniques for the optimization of human performances as well as methods for the improvement of athletic equipments and devices. Biomechanical data and signal processing, biomaterials and robotics complete the proposed framework. Some works were consistent with the fact that 2003 was designated as European Year of Disabled People. Indeed, many innovations in sport and biomechanics could suggest interesting rehabilitative applications and a better prevention of some pathologies due to the exercise of some normal activities like professional cycling. Ž Front Matter....Pages N1-viii The Biomedical Engineering Education in Italy....Pages 1-3 Video-Fluoroscopy Based Investigation of Intervertebral Kinematics for Sport Medicine Application....Pages 5-10 Computation of Rigid Body Motion Parameters from Video-Based Measurements....Pages 11-25 Mechanical ventilators and ventilator testers....Pages 27-35 Cardiovascular and Metabolic Effort in a World Class Sailor at Different Wind Velocities....Pages 37-41 A mechanical model of the biceps brachii muscle....Pages 43-52 Evaluation of Quadriceps Muscles in Anterior Knee Pain: a Possible Sport Medicine Application....Pages 53-58 A Neural-based Model for the Control of the Arm During Planar Ballistic Movements....Pages 59-65 The Relevance of Auditory Information in Optimizing Hammer Throwers Performance....Pages 67-74 Complex Test of Cycling Performance....Pages 75-87 Foot-floor interaction in classic dancers....Pages 89-95 Gait Pattern of Professional Fencers....Pages 97-109 Gait alterations on carriers of bilateral arthroplasty of the hip suffering from LES: clinical, radiographic and instrumental evaluation with gait analysis....Pages 111-122 Quantification with gait analysis of biomechanic risk protofactors regarding the patellar tendinosis in athletes with varus knee....Pages 123-133 Teaching a Robot with Human Natural Movements....Pages 135-145 Numerical Simulation of Motorcycles Crash Test....Pages 147-159 Biomechanical power analysis in Nordic and alpine skiing....Pages 161-167 3-D Kinematic and Kinetic Analysis of G-Slalom at Valbadia Cup-Race in 2002....Pages 169-171