Blikslager, N. (Niek) (2020) Can entrainment with external rhythms destabilize running patterns? thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Running synchronous with an external rhythm can help increase running pattern stability, however, can running with an asynchronous external rhythm result in a destabilization of a running pattern? In a series of three experiments, we investigated this question. The first two experiments involved treadmill running with visual and auditory external stimuli. These stimuli were of the same frequency, and either in-synch or out-of-synch with the running cadence of the participants. To measure movement stability, standard deviation and multiscale entropy were determined for step time and peak forces during running. We found no clear effects of asynchronous external rhythms on running pattern stability, but we found that the use of a treadmill constrained the runners in expressing stepping regularity. Therefore, the third experiment involved overground running. The effects of synchronous and asynchronous metronome sounds on running pattern stability were assessed in a single participant (due to the Coronavirus pandemic). The results indicate that there is a possibility that the mere presence of a metronome affects running variability and regularity. Future studies will therefore be conducted in which will be investigated whether running pattern is destabilized by asynchronous external rhythms.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Poel, H.J. de |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 May 2022 09:39 |
| Last Modified: | 16 May 2022 09:39 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3337 |
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