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Rotation sequence is an important factor in shoulder kinematics. Application to the elite players' flat serves.

A A Bonnefoy-Mazure, J J Slawinski, A A Riquet, J-M JM Lévèque, C C Miller, and L L Chèze

J Biomech 43(10):2022-5 (2010) PMID 20382388

The aim of this study was to test three different rotation sequences (YXY, ZXY, and XZY) on the shoulder kinematics (rotations of the humerus relative to the thorax) during an original movement such as the tennis flat serve (FS). Nine elite male and female players performed a minimum of five flat serves. An optoelectronic motion analysis system was used to record the movements. Segment kinematics during each FS was reconstructed from the spatial trajectories of the markers according to ISB recommendations. For each rotation sequence, three angles were reported for the shoulder joint, each corresponding to a rotation component around a defined axis. The occurrence of gimbal lock (GL) and angle amplitude coherences were examined. From these three rotation sequences tested, it appears that the XZY sequence was the only decomposition not to suffer from GL. Moreover, the rotation sequence XZY was found to be coherent for all rotation components. Thus, these results show that the best rotation sequence, from both GL and amplitude coherence points of view, is XZY to describe the shoulder kinematics during the tennis serve.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.03.028
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