Reliability of Lower Limb Kinematics during the Arm-Throw Wrestling Technique

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this article was to study the reliability of kinematic parameters during the arm-throw wrestling technique. Two experienced wrestlers (age: 18.5 ± 0.7 years, body mass: 73.5 ± 0.7 kg, height: 174 ± 1.4 cm) voluntarily served as subjects. Their arm-throw technique was recorded by an optoelectronic system (Vicon MX) with six infrared video cameras operated at 100 Hz. Each wrestler performed five trials using the arm-throw technique against a wrestling dummy with a 30-kg mass and 1.6-meter height. The results showed that the pelvic, hip, knee, and ankle kinematics showed high to very high reliability during the performance of an arm-throw technique.

Keywords:

• arm throw
• wrestling
• reliability