2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Testing the validity of coordinate-dependent analysis of human movement and developing a coordinate-free alternative method
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17H02151
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
PATAKY TODD 京都大学, 医学研究科, 准教授 (70571272)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | バイオメカニクス / 応用統計 / 統計パラメトリックマッピング / ヒト三次元運動解析 / 膝関節運動 |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In 2018 I published five papers related to this study in international journals, three at the Journal of Biomechanics (IF=2.431), one at Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (IF=3.929), and one at the Journal of Sports Sciences (IF=2.733). Two additional papers have been accepted for publication at international journals.
In 2018 I was invited to give two seminars, one at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, and one at the World Congress on Biomechanics in Dublin, Ireland. I have also been asked to give two invited talks in 2019, one at the CRoNoS Meeting & Workshop on Multivariate Data Analysis in Limassol, Cyprus, and one at the XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Calgary, Canada. Additionally, I gave regular oral presentations at three international conferences, and through research collaborators I presented this project’s work at two other international conferences.
Last, in 2018 I was honored with an Adjunct Senior Lecturer position at the University of Western Australia, School of Human Sciences for a period of three years, mainly to carry out research activities associated with this project.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
Part of the research is progressing slower than expected and part of it is progressing faster than planned. Experimental work involving kinematics progressed somewhat slow due to complex movement variablity, and the associated difficulties with accurate measurement. Because of the measured large-magnitude, complex three-dimensional movement variability, my research collaborators and I have had to focus on simpler movements than planned, so have dedicated most of our time to well-controlled experimental conditions involving robot-driven passive motion.
Nevertheless, I have made better-than-expected progress in software developments. Those developments have resulted in two papers that have been accepted for publication at international journals.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In the third and final fiscal year of this project I will, as planned, begin to apply the proposed three-dimensional analysis software to the experimental data that research collaborators and I collected during the first two years of this study. In particular, we will attempt to improve the accuracy of our measurements using the MRI images that we collected in Year 2. If analyses are successful, and if we have sufficient time remaining this academic year, we will attempt, as planned, to continue experimentation on non-passive movements (i.e., active movements). We intend to target at moderate-to-high impact journal to publish the ultimate results of this project.
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| Remarks |
I have been invited to give the following seminar: Pataky TC, "Statistics in biomechanics", Invited Tutorial, 2019.07.31, XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics, Calgary, Canada.
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