Method of monitoring human body movement
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1. A method of monitoring human body movement of a human body having a center of mass, and a number of movable body parts that move relative to the center of mass during exercise, the method comprising:
- having an exerciser performing a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass;
measuring the speed of the center of mass of the human body moving through space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine;
measuring the acceleration of the one or more movable body parts relative to the center of mass using one or more measurement devices applied to the one or more movable body parts during movement of a human body; and
determining a movement economy profile of the human body movement using the data from the measurement devices, where the movement economy includes determining the ratio of the movement of the one or more body parts relative to the speed of the center of mass of the moving human body.
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A method of monitoring human body movement includes measuring the motion of movable body parts using one or more measurement devices applied to the movable body parts during activity of the human body. A movement economy profile of the human body movement is calculated using the data from the measurement devices, where the movement economy includes determining movement relative to speed of the human body.
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1. A method of monitoring human body movement of a human body having a center of mass, and a number of movable body parts that move relative to the center of mass during exercise, the method comprising:
- having an exerciser performing a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass;
measuring the speed of the center of mass of the human body moving through space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine;
measuring the acceleration of the one or more movable body parts relative to the center of mass using one or more measurement devices applied to the one or more movable body parts during movement of a human body; and
determining a movement economy profile of the human body movement using the data from the measurement devices, where the movement economy includes determining the ratio of the movement of the one or more body parts relative to the speed of the center of mass of the moving human body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- having an exerciser performing a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass;
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10. A method of monitoring human body movement of a human body having a center of mass, and a number of movable body parts that move relative to the center of mass during exercise, the method comprising:
- having an exerciser perform a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass determining the movement of the center of mass;
measuring the motion of movable body parts relative to the motion of the center of mass of the body using one or more measurement devices applied to the one or more movable body parts during movement of a human body, where the one or more measurement devices are arranged to measure acceleration in three axes; and
calculating the ratio of the measured motion of the one or more moveable body parts along of one of the axes to a resultant movement along all three of the axes. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
- having an exerciser perform a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass determining the movement of the center of mass;
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14. A method of monitoring human body movement of a human body having a center of mass, and a number of movable body parts that move relative to the center of mass during exercise, the method comprising:
- having an exerciser perform a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass;
determining the movement of the center of mass;
measuring the motion of movable body parts relative to the motion of the center of mass of the body using one or more measurement devices applied to the movable body parts during movement of a human body; and
determining a control entropy of the movement of the human body from the measured motion of the movable body parts. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- having an exerciser perform a movement wherein the center of mass is continuously moved laterally or horizontally in space relative to one of the ground and a component of an exercise machine, and wherein one or more movable body parts are in motion relative to the center of mass;
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