PLUX REAL-TIME SPORTS EVALUATION - A New Real-time Tool for Sports Evaluation

João Santinha, Rui Santos, Joana Sousa, Hugo Gamboa

2012

Abstract

In this paper we present a new tool for athletes performance evaluation in real-time using two different biosignals (ECG and accelerometry). From the accelerometer signal, the level of activity was extracted based on a validation protocol, in which metabolic equivalent tasks (METs) values were calculated in real-time from a body-acceleration signal. METs values were obtained from various lifestyle and sporting activities, and compared with the results from the reference work (Crouter et al., 2006b) for the same activities. The results obtained showed correlation with the Crouter model. With the results we can conclude that present tool allows the assessment of the athlete performance based on ECG and accelerometer signals, being a versatile tool, which can be used by sports professionals and non-professionals.

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in Harvard Style

Santinha J., Santos R., Sousa J. and Gamboa H. (2012). PLUX REAL-TIME SPORTS EVALUATION - A New Real-time Tool for Sports Evaluation . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-89-8, pages 389-392. DOI: 10.5220/0003773103890392


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biosignals12,
author={João Santinha and Rui Santos and Joana Sousa and Hugo Gamboa},
title={PLUX REAL-TIME SPORTS EVALUATION - A New Real-time Tool for Sports Evaluation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={389-392},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003773103890392},
isbn={978-989-8425-89-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing - Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - PLUX REAL-TIME SPORTS EVALUATION - A New Real-time Tool for Sports Evaluation
SN - 978-989-8425-89-8
AU - Santinha J.
AU - Santos R.
AU - Sousa J.
AU - Gamboa H.
PY - 2012
SP - 389
EP - 392
DO - 10.5220/0003773103890392