Force plate coverings significantly affect measurement of ground reaction forces

Smith, Tina; Ditroilo, Massimiliano

dc.contributor.author	Smith, Tina
dc.contributor.author	Ditroilo, Massimiliano
dc.date.accessioned	2023-11-21T09:10:22Z
dc.date.available	2023-11-21T09:10:22Z
dc.date.issued	2023-11-03
dc.identifier.citation	Smith T, Ditroilo M (2023) Force plate coverings significantly affect measurement of ground reaction forces. PLoS ONE 18 (11): e0293959. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293959	en
dc.identifier.issn	1932-6203	en
dc.identifier.pmid	37922265 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.doi	10.1371/journal.pone.0293959	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2436/625353
dc.description	© 2023 The Authors. Published by Public Library of Science. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0293959	en
dc.description.abstract	The purpose of this study was to carry out a material test to investigate the effect of different force plate coverings on vertical and horizontal ground reaction force and derived parameters. Four surface conditions were analysed; bare plate, vinyl, sportflex, and astroturf on a Kistler force plate. Vertical data were collected by dropping a 2 kg rigid, textured medicine ball from a low (61 cm) and a high (139 cm) height. Horizontal data were collected using a custom-built, rigid, metal pendulum device. A one-way ANOVA revealed a significant main effect of surface on peak force and rate of force development for high height, low height, and horizontal force conditions (all p<0.001), with effect sizes in the post-hoc analysis being mostly large to very large. Interestingly, sportflex yielded the highest vertical but the lowest horizontal ground reaction forces. This study showed the use of current force platform coverings had a significant effect on peak force and rate of force development measurements during a standardised testing procedure. Future research should try to obtain rate of force development values that more closely replicate aspects of human performance during standardised testing procedures. Also further investigate the effect of the different surfaces on ground reaction forces during human movement.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	The authors received no specific funding for this work.	en
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dc.language	eng
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)	en
dc.relation.url	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0293959	en
dc.rights	Licence for published version: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Analysis of Variance
dc.subject.mesh	Movement
dc.subject.mesh	Gravitation
dc.subject.mesh	Biomechanical Phenomena
dc.title	Force plate coverings significantly affect measurement of ground reaction forces	en
dc.type	Journal article	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1932-6203
dc.contributor.department	Faculty of Education, Health & Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom	en
dc.identifier.journal	PLoS ONE	en
dc.date.updated	2023-11-20T19:40:48Z
dc.contributor.institution	Faculty of Education, Health & Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Walsall, United Kingdom.
dc.identifier.articlenumber	e0293959
pubs.place-of-publication	United States
dc.date.accepted	2023-10-23
rioxxterms.funder	University of Wolverhampton	en
rioxxterms.identifier.project	UOW21112023TS	en
rioxxterms.version	VoR	en
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate	2023-11-03	en
dc.source.volume	18
dc.source.issue	11 November
dc.source.issue	11
dc.source.beginpage	e0293959
dc.source.beginpage	1
dc.description.version	Published version
refterms.dateFCD	2023-11-21T09:09:59Z
refterms.versionFCD	VoR
refterms.dateFOA	2023-11-21T09:10:23Z