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Measuring throwing load in handball
2021.04.27 |
| Date | Mon 10 May |
| Time | 14:00 — 16:00 |
| Location | Online |
On Monday 10 May at 14:00, Sebastian Deisting Skejø defends his PhD dissertation entitled "Interventions, Mechanisms and Injuries. Understanding the causes of overuse shoulder injuries in handball".
Most handball players experience shoulder pain at some point in their career. But why do such injuries occur? And how can research uncover the causes of such injuries? These are the main questions of a new PhD-project from Aarhus University, Health.
The main finding of the project is the development of a wearable device, which can register how many times and how hard handball players throw the ball. With this device, researcher have the opportunity to accurately measure the throwing load during practices and matches for the first time. With time, this device can be a potent weapon in the battle against shoulder injuries.
Furthermore, the project consists of a review of the existing knowledge of handball throw's shoulder biomechanics - i.e. how the different parts of the shoulder move and become loaded during different types of throws - as well as a novel suggestion for how injury epidemiology and biomechanics can be integrated with the aim of understanding what the causes of sports injuries are.
The summary is written by the PhD student.
The defence is public and takes place online. Please read the attached press release for more information.
PhD student Sebastian Deisting Skejø
Mail: sdsk@ph.au.dk
Phone: (+45) 28740747