A biomechanical investigation of right-forward lunging step among badminton players

Abstract

This study presents the kinematics and plantar pressure characteristics of eight elite national-level badminton athletes and eight recreational college-level badminton players while performing a right-forward lunge movement in a laboratory-simulated badminton court. The hypothesis was that recreational players would be significantly different from elite players in kinematics and plantar pressure measures. Vicon motion capture and Novel insole plantar pressure measurement were simultaneously taken to record the lower extremity kinematics and foot loading during stance. Recreational players showed significantly higher peak pressure in the lateral forefoot (P = 0.002) and force time integral in the lateral forefoot (P = 0.013) and other toes (P = 0.005). Elite athletes showed higher peak pressure in the medial forefoot (P = 0.003), hallux (P = 0.037) and force time integral in the medial forefoot (P = 0.009). The difference in landing techniques for the lunge step between elite athletes and recreational players was observed with peak ankle eversion (-38.2°±2.4° for athletes and -11.1°±3.9° for players, P = 0.015); smaller knee range of motion in the coronal and transverse planes, with differences in peak knee adduction (28.9°±6.8° for athletes and 15.7°±6.2° for players, P = 0.031); peak knee internal rotation (20.3°±1.3° for athletes and 11.8°±3.2° for players, P = 0.029) and peak hip flexion (77.3°±4.1° for athletes and 91.3°±9.3° for players, P = 0.037).

Comparison of Joint Loading in Badminton Lunging between Professional and Amateur Badminton Players

“…Kinematic data were collected using an eight-camera Vicon motion capture system at a frequency of 200 Hz, based on previous experimental Plug-in-Gait protocols [24, 25, 28, 29], which ensured the validity and reliability of the tests. The marker set included sixteen markers (diameter of 14 mm), bilaterally located to the anterior-superior iliac spine, posterior-superior iliac spine (PSI), lateral thigh (THI), lateral knee (KNE), lateral tibia (TIB), lateral ankle (ANK), heel (HEE), and toe (TOE) [24, 25].…”

“…However, previous studies investigating badminton movement mainly focused on different movements or lunge movement directions without comparing movement characters between professional and amateur badminton participants [24–28]. In this study, we hypothesised that amateur and professional badminton players exhibit differences in the forehand right-forward lunge movement and these differences in kinetics and joint moments make them prone to different injury mechanisms.…”

Statistical Modeling of Lower Limb Kinetics During Deep Squat and Forward Lunge

“…Motor unit action potentials could be registered non-invasively by using surface electromyography. It has been stated several times that the muscle activation patterns depend on several aspects like training level and osteoarthritis (Benedetti et al, 2003;Knoop et al, 2012;Mei et al, 2017). The integration of electromyography and kinetic data could help to declare aberrant kinetic patterns.…”

Does shoe heel design influence ground reaction forces and knee moments during maximum lunges in elite and intermediate badminton players?

“…Based on an alpha of 0.05 and 80% power, 11 subjects per group were recruited for this study. In addition, previous studies investigating badminton lunges between elite and intermediate players have reported their findings based on eight participants with significant group mean differences of lower limb biomechanics variables [24]. For elite participants, they were practicing with national team training at Korean National Sports University and other universities in Seoul.…”