https://sam.ensam.eu:443 The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. Sun, 17 May 2026 08:46:39 GMT 2026-05-17T08:46:39Z http://hdl.handle.net/10985/20099 Physiology, biomechanics and injuries in table tennis: A systematic review FERRANDEZ, Clémence; MARSAN, Thibault; POULET, Yoann; THOREUX, Patricia; SAURET, Christophe; ROUCH, Philippe Objectives Table tennis is a widely practiced sport, often described as a reaction sport. Therefore, players need to practice extensively that may expose them to overuse injuries. For optimizing training with limitation of the injury risk, the knowledges of table tennis physiology, biomechanics and epidemiology are of primary interest. Methods For that purpose, a literature review has been made through a systematic search on three scientific databases. Overall, table tennis physiology is complex due to intense and intermittent efforts. It results that some technological challenges still need to be addressed to accurately quantify this physiology. Besides, current rules changes may modify the table tennis physiological requirements. Results Findings in neurophysiology tend to define table tennis as an anticipation sport rather than a reaction sport and higher occulo-motor skills were found in table tennis population with respect to average population. Regarding biomechanics, some rare studies have been done but none had investigated the energy flow between the upper- and the lower-body, which would be interesting to understand how the energy generated by the footwork contributes to racket velocity. Conclusion Finally, epidemiological studies lack of details on injury locations and diagnosis. These data could be of high interest to improve medical and training care. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10985/20099 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z FERRANDEZ, Clémence MARSAN, Thibault POULET, Yoann THOREUX, Patricia SAURET, Christophe ROUCH, Philippe Objectives Table tennis is a widely practiced sport, often described as a reaction sport. Therefore, players need to practice extensively that may expose them to overuse injuries. For optimizing training with limitation of the injury risk, the knowledges of table tennis physiology, biomechanics and epidemiology are of primary interest. Methods For that purpose, a literature review has been made through a systematic search on three scientific databases. Overall, table tennis physiology is complex due to intense and intermittent efforts. It results that some technological challenges still need to be addressed to accurately quantify this physiology. Besides, current rules changes may modify the table tennis physiological requirements. Results Findings in neurophysiology tend to define table tennis as an anticipation sport rather than a reaction sport and higher occulo-motor skills were found in table tennis population with respect to average population. Regarding biomechanics, some rare studies have been done but none had investigated the energy flow between the upper- and the lower-body, which would be interesting to understand how the energy generated by the footwork contributes to racket velocity. Conclusion Finally, epidemiological studies lack of details on injury locations and diagnosis. These data could be of high interest to improve medical and training care. http://hdl.handle.net/10985/23201 Analyzing Intra-Cycle Velocity Profile and Trunk Inclination during Wheelchair Racing Propulsion POULET, Yoann; BRASSART, Florian; SIMONETTI, Emeline; PILLET, Helene; FAUPIN, Arnaud; SAURET, Christophe The analysis of intra-cycle velocity profile of manual wheelchair (MWC) users has been used to highlight the significant role of trunk inertia in propulsion biomechanics. Maximal wheelchair linear velocity has previously been observed to be reached after the release of the handrims both during sports activities and daily life propulsion. This paper provides a combined analysis of linear velocity and trunk kinematics in elite wheelchair racing athletes during straight-line propulsion at stabilized speeds. MWC and trunk kinematics of eight athletes (level: 7 elite, 1 intermediate; classification: T54 (5), T53 (2) and T52 (1)) were monitored during 400 m races using inertial measurement units. An average propulsion cycle was computed for each athlete. The main finding of this article is the difference in propulsion patterns among the athletes, exhibiting either 1, 2 or 3 peaks in their velocity profile. A second peak in velocity is usually assumed to be caused by the inertia of the trunk. However, the presence of a second velocity peak among more severely impaired athletes with little to no trunk motion can either be associated to the inertia of the athletes’ arms or to their propulsion technique. Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10985/23201 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z POULET, Yoann BRASSART, Florian SIMONETTI, Emeline PILLET, Helene FAUPIN, Arnaud SAURET, Christophe The analysis of intra-cycle velocity profile of manual wheelchair (MWC) users has been used to highlight the significant role of trunk inertia in propulsion biomechanics. Maximal wheelchair linear velocity has previously been observed to be reached after the release of the handrims both during sports activities and daily life propulsion. This paper provides a combined analysis of linear velocity and trunk kinematics in elite wheelchair racing athletes during straight-line propulsion at stabilized speeds. MWC and trunk kinematics of eight athletes (level: 7 elite, 1 intermediate; classification: T54 (5), T53 (2) and T52 (1)) were monitored during 400 m races using inertial measurement units. An average propulsion cycle was computed for each athlete. The main finding of this article is the difference in propulsion patterns among the athletes, exhibiting either 1, 2 or 3 peaks in their velocity profile. A second peak in velocity is usually assumed to be caused by the inertia of the trunk. However, the presence of a second velocity peak among more severely impaired athletes with little to no trunk motion can either be associated to the inertia of the athletes’ arms or to their propulsion technique. http://hdl.handle.net/10985/21917 How Was Studied the Effect of Manual Wheelchair Configuration on Propulsion Biomechanics: A Systematic Review on Methodologies FRITSCH, Capucine; POULET, Yoann; BASCOU, Joseph; THOREUX, Patricia; SAURET, Christophe Background : For both sports and everyday use, finding the optimal manual wheelchair (MWC) configuration can improve a user's propulsion biomechanics. Many studies have already investigated the effect of changes in MWC configuration but comparing their results is challenging due to the differences in experimental methodologies between articles. Purpose : The present systematic review aims at offering an in-depth analysis of the methodologies used to study the impact of MWC configuration on propulsion biomechanics, and ultimately providing the community with recommendations for future research. Methods : The reviewing process followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flowchart on two databases (Scopus and PubMed) in March 2022. Results : Forty-five articles were included, and the results highlighted the multiplicity of methodologies regarding different experimental aspects, including propulsion environment, experimental task, or measurement systems, for example. More importantly, descriptions of MWC configurations and their modifications differed significantly between studies and led to a lack of critical information in many cases. Discussion : Studying the effect of MWC configuration on propulsion requires recommendations that must be clarified: (1) the formalism chosen to describe MWC configuration (absolute or relative) should be consistent with the type of study conducted and should be documented enough to allow for switching to the other formalism; (2) the tested MWC characteristics and initial configuration, allowing the reproduction or comparison in future studies, should be properly reported; (3) the bias induced by the experimental situation on the measured data must be considered when drawing conclusions and therefore experimental conditions such as propulsion speed or the effect of the instrumentation should be reported. Conclusion : Overall, future studies will need standardization to be able to follow the listed recommendations, both to describe MWC configuration and mechanical properties in a clear way and to choose the experimental conditions best suited to their objectives. Sun, 01 May 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10985/21917 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z FRITSCH, Capucine POULET, Yoann BASCOU, Joseph THOREUX, Patricia SAURET, Christophe Background : For both sports and everyday use, finding the optimal manual wheelchair (MWC) configuration can improve a user's propulsion biomechanics. Many studies have already investigated the effect of changes in MWC configuration but comparing their results is challenging due to the differences in experimental methodologies between articles. Purpose : The present systematic review aims at offering an in-depth analysis of the methodologies used to study the impact of MWC configuration on propulsion biomechanics, and ultimately providing the community with recommendations for future research. Methods : The reviewing process followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) flowchart on two databases (Scopus and PubMed) in March 2022. Results : Forty-five articles were included, and the results highlighted the multiplicity of methodologies regarding different experimental aspects, including propulsion environment, experimental task, or measurement systems, for example. More importantly, descriptions of MWC configurations and their modifications differed significantly between studies and led to a lack of critical information in many cases. Discussion : Studying the effect of MWC configuration on propulsion requires recommendations that must be clarified: (1) the formalism chosen to describe MWC configuration (absolute or relative) should be consistent with the type of study conducted and should be documented enough to allow for switching to the other formalism; (2) the tested MWC characteristics and initial configuration, allowing the reproduction or comparison in future studies, should be properly reported; (3) the bias induced by the experimental situation on the measured data must be considered when drawing conclusions and therefore experimental conditions such as propulsion speed or the effect of the instrumentation should be reported. Conclusion : Overall, future studies will need standardization to be able to follow the listed recommendations, both to describe MWC configuration and mechanical properties in a clear way and to choose the experimental conditions best suited to their objectives. http://hdl.handle.net/10985/23403 A preliminary study of stability in elite and novice 10 meter air pistol shooters CHADEFAUX, Delphine; VALDES-TAMAYO, Laura; MORENO FLORES, R.; POULET, Yoann; HERRERA ALTAMIRA, G.; HYBOIS, Samuel; COURSIMAULT, M.; SAURET, Christophe; ATTALI, Valerie; THOREUX, Patricia Numerous processes are involved in 10 meter air pis-tol performance such as physiological (Tremayne andBarry2001), sensorimotor (Cheng et al.2017), or psy-chological (Baeck et al.2012). From a biomechanicalpoint of view, the posture stability has been investi-gated through the athlete’s center of pressure (CoP)(Ko et al.2017) as well as the upper-limb motion(Kevin et al.2003). A high stability, reflected by a lowCoP excursion and velocity, has been related to ahigh performance (Ko et al.2017). To understandhow to maximize the shooter’s stability, several pos-tural features have been discussed. For instance,(Hawkins and Sefton2011) pointed out that thehigher the stance width, the higher the CoP excursionand velocity, and the poorer the shoot performance.Under this framework, a detailed description of theCoP/Posture relationship may be noteworthy tounderstand shoot performance. For this purpose,although most studies focused on the whole-bodyCoP, we hypothesize that getting more insight intothe CoP evolution under each foot may be valuable toimprove performance. The objective of the presentstudy is therefore to compare the CoP under eachfoot for elite and novice shooters. Sun, 01 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10985/23403 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z CHADEFAUX, Delphine VALDES-TAMAYO, Laura MORENO FLORES, R. POULET, Yoann HERRERA ALTAMIRA, G. HYBOIS, Samuel COURSIMAULT, M. SAURET, Christophe ATTALI, Valerie THOREUX, Patricia Numerous processes are involved in 10 meter air pis-tol performance such as physiological (Tremayne andBarry2001), sensorimotor (Cheng et al.2017), or psy-chological (Baeck et al.2012). From a biomechanicalpoint of view, the posture stability has been investi-gated through the athlete’s center of pressure (CoP)(Ko et al.2017) as well as the upper-limb motion(Kevin et al.2003). A high stability, reflected by a lowCoP excursion and velocity, has been related to ahigh performance (Ko et al.2017). To understandhow to maximize the shooter’s stability, several pos-tural features have been discussed. For instance,(Hawkins and Sefton2011) pointed out that thehigher the stance width, the higher the CoP excursionand velocity, and the poorer the shoot performance.Under this framework, a detailed description of theCoP/Posture relationship may be noteworthy tounderstand shoot performance. For this purpose,although most studies focused on the whole-bodyCoP, we hypothesize that getting more insight intothe CoP evolution under each foot may be valuable toimprove performance. The objective of the presentstudy is therefore to compare the CoP under eachfoot for elite and novice shooters.