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H. Kamstra

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Master thesis (2022) - H. Kamstra, F.C.T. van der Helm, E. Wilmes
Inertial measurement units (IMUs) offer the possibility to capture the lower body kinematics of players of outdoor team sports. However, various sources of error are present when using IMUs: the definition of the body frames, the soft tissue artefact (STA) and the orientation filter. Methods to minimize these errors are currently being used without knowing their exact influence on the various sources of errors. The goal of this study was to quantify each of the sources of error of an IMU. An optoelectronic system was used as a golden standard. Rigid marker clusters (RMCs) were designed to construct a rigid connection between the IMU and four markers. This allowed for the separate quantification of each of the sources of error. Ten subjects performed nine different trials, varying both in type of movement and in movement intensity. The error of the definition of the body frames (11.3-18.7 deg RMSD), the STA (3.8-9.1 deg RMSD) and the error of the orientation filter (3.0-12.7 deg RMSD) were all quantified separately. Furthermore, the type of movement, movement intensity and body segment were found to have a significant influence on the errors. This study is the first study to quantify each of these sources separately and allows future studies to quantify and optimize error reduction techniques. ...