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Measuring Behavior in Sport and Exercise

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Whether it is how equipment interacts with the human body, or how a player perceives equipment, sports equipment development is ultimately linked to the measurement of human behavior. Indeed, measuring behavior is key to sports equipment design and uptake. Measuring behavior is different from the mature discipline of sports biomechanics, since it focuses specifically on the methodological development of measurement techniques, with a close alignment to engineering and technology. As well as being methods based, measuring behavior has a broad scope, including physiological, psychological or movement measurement systems, all of which are pertinent to the field of sports engineering. This topical collection includes 10 articles on topics ranging from flow visualisation around swimmers to virtual reality training for karate athletes.

Editors

  • Tom Allen Tom Allen , 

    Tom Allen

    Dr. Thomas Allen is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. As a Sports Engineer, he focuses on the impact of engineering and technology on sports performance, participation, and injury risk. Dr. Allen collaborates with researchers and works with sports brands and organizations.

  • Robyn Grant Robyn Grant , 

    Robyn Grant

    Dr. Robyn A. Grant is a Reader in Comparative Physiology and Behaviour at Manchester Metropolitan University. As a Sensory Biologist, she specializes in somatosensation and addresses fundamental questions about the form and function of vertebrate touch sensing through an interdisciplinary approach. Her research focuses on facial touch sensors, including whiskers in mammals and rictal bristles in birds, exploring topics such as associated behaviors, sensor diversity, evolutionary origins, and the impact of neurodegeneration on sensing and locomotion.

  • Stefan Mohr Stefan Mohr  &

    Stefan Mohr

    Stefan Mohr is associated with HEAD Sport GmbH, an American-Austrian manufacturing company headquartered in Kennelbach, Austria. HEAD owns the American tennis racket brand Head and produces a wide range of products for skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis, and other racket sports. The company was founded in 1950 by aeronautical engineer Howard Head, who revolutionized skiing with the introduction of metal-wood composite downhill skis and later expanded into tennis equipment.

  • Jonathan Shepherd Jonathan Shepherd

    Jonathan Shepherd

    Jonathan Shepherd is associated with PING Inc., an American-Austrian manufacturing company headquartered in Kennelbach, Austria. PING owns the American tennis racket brand Head and produces a wide range of products for skiing, snowboarding, swimming, tennis, and other racket sports.

Articles (10 in this collection)