SPORT SCIENCE


HOW KINEMATICS COULD DEFINE THE FUTURE OF LACROSSE INJURY AND PERFORMANCE RESEARCH


BY MEGAN SCHNEIDER


If you play “Casey Powell Lacrosse 16,” then you’ve seen kinematics at work. Video games use the same technology as scientists around the world who are studying how the human body moves in space. Sensors are placed on key body parts to capture motion and then depict an image of how those points interact with each other. A high speed shot by Casey Powell in real life transforms into a digital representation. But more importantly, the sensors provide a growing body of research related to lacrosse performance and safety, the results of which will inform the development of sport-specifi c injury prevention programs. Since its inception in 1998, US Lacrosse has invested more than $1 million in research that has provided empirical support for initiatives in player safety and competition integrity. The traditional focus of


these studies has been injury surveillance.


28 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE January 2017 USlacrosse.org


©BRIAN SCHNEIDER


Learn more about these subjects at the US Lacrosse Sports Medicine Symposium Jan. 20 in Baltimore.


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