Projective geometry for human motion, with an application to injury risk

dc.creatorLaurie, Henri
dc.creatorPenne, Rudi
dc.date2004-06-11
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:58:29Z
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dc.descriptionWe give an exposition of Plucker vectors for a system of joint axes in projective 3-space. We use Plucker vectors to analyse dependencies among joint axes, and in particular show that two rotational joints rigidly joined by a bar and each with 3 degrees of freedom always forms a 5-dimensional system. We introduce the concept of reduced redundancy in a dependent set of projective Lines, and argue that reduced redundancy in the axes of a body position increases injury risk. We apply this to a simple two-joint model of bowling in cricket, and show by analysis of some experimental data that reduced redundancy around ball release is observed in some cases.
dc.description19 pp, 4 figs. To be published in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0406024
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0406024
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/88373
dc.subjectQuantitative Methods
dc.subjectOther Quantitative Biology
dc.titleProjective geometry for human motion, with an application to injury risk
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