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Abstract
Objectives To determine whether a dual-camera markerless motion capture system can be used for lower limb kinematic evaluation in athletes in a preseason screening setting.
Design Descriptive laboratory study.
Setting Laboratory setting.
Participants Thirty-four (n=34) healthy athletes.
Main outcome measures Three dimensional lower limb kinematics during three functional tests: Single Leg Squat (SLS), Single Leg Jump, Modified Counter-movement Jump. The tests were simultaneously recorded using both a marker-based motion capture system and two Kinect v2 cameras using iPi Mocap Studio software.
Results Excellent agreement between systems for the flexion/extension range of motion of the shin during all tests and for the thigh abduction/adduction during SLS were seen. For peak angles, results showed excellent agreement for knee flexion. Poor correlation was seen for the rotation movements.
Conclusions This study supports the use of dual Kinect v2 configuration with the iPi software as a valid tool for assessment of sagittal and frontal plane hip and knee kinematic parameters but not axial rotation in athletes.
- 3D marker based system
- markerless motion capture
- Kinect
- kinematics
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Contributors All authors contributed equally during the study design, data collection/analysis and manuscript writing/revision.
Funding The publication of this article was funded by the Qatar National Library.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient consent for publication Obtained.
Ethics approval ADLQ E2013000003.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data sharing statement The data can be accessed via the corresponding author.