MANAGING MECHANICAL STRESS IN SPORTS PARTICIPANTS

• US 20170043215A1
• Filed: 08/09/2016
• Published: 02/16/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Catapult Group International Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Catapult Group International Ltd.
• Inventors: Peterson, Benjamin, Wohlman, Sarah, Beanland, Emma
• Granted Patent: US 10,372,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1126 using a particular sensing technique
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/22 Ergometry; Measuring muscular strength or the force of a muscular blow exercising apparatus A63B21/00 ; measuring of work or force in general G01L
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4519 Muscles A61B5/389, A61B5/224 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7275 Determining trends in physiological measurement data; Predicting development of a medical condition based on physiological measurements, e.g. determining a risk factor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2218/10 by analysing the shape of a waveform, e.g. extracting parameters relating to peaks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training

Abstract

A method of predicting the probability of injuries in ice hockey which consists of analysing data from accelerometers and gyroscopes on the torso of a player and assessing the work load of the muscles of the player as an indicator of the probability of injury. One aspect provides a method of predicting the probability of groin injuries in ice hockey which consists of analysing data from accelerometers and gyroscopes on the torso of a player and assessing groin load as an indicator of the probability of groin injury. A second aspect provides method of managing player availability by limiting injuries which consists of analysing data from accelerometers and gyroscopes on the torso of a player and identifying and counting the number of slap shots executed as a means of assessing the player load as an indicator of probability of injury.

Claims

1. A system for managing ice hockey player availability comprising:

player worn data loggers including accelerometers and gyroscopes; and

a computer device adapted to receive data from said data loggers, said computer device being programmed to analyse data from said accelerometers and gyroscopes, to identify and count ice hockey player movements, and to measure the work load associated with such movements, said computer device also being programmed to display the data as ice hockey player movement metrics.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the ice hockey player movement metrics include skating load, a count of left and right leg strides, groin load, high intensity skating strides, and slap shots, as well as other measures of the work load associated with such movements.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the computing device is programmed to derive work load of an individual over a period of time to assess the probability of injury to the individual.

4. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the computing device is programmed to derive groin load and assess groin load as an indicator of the probability of groin injury.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the computing device is programmed to identify and count a number of slap shots executed as a means of assessing the player work load as an indicator of probability of injury.