Matthew Citt
Angular Kinematics Lab
1. Selected Exercise: Knapsack Dead Lift
2. Pictures: See attached
[Link]: Angular Motion Joint Charts of Hip and Knee
Joint 1: Hip (Relative Angle)
Joint 2: Knee (Relative Angle)
4. Graphs: See attached
[Link] Angular Distance(AD):
Matt's total angular distance for the Hip Joint
AD= Frame 1 + Frame 2
AD= 87 + 107
AD= 194
AD= Frame 2 + Frame 3
AD= 107 + (-5)
AD= 102
AD= Frame 3 + Frame 4
AD= -5 + 128
AD= 123
AD= Frame 4 + Frame 5
AD= 128 + 94
AD= 222
MATT
Frame 1 Angle
Joint 1 87
Joint 2 73
Frame 2 Angle
Joint 1 107
Joint 2 143
Frame 3 Angle
Joint 1 -5
Joint 2 0
Frame 4 Angle
Joint 1 128
Joint 2 161
Frame 5 Angle
Joint 1 94
Joint 2 100
ALEX
Frame 1 Angle
Joint 1 69
Joint 2 140
Frame 2 Angle
Joint 1 87
Joint 2 143
Frame 3 Angle
Joint 1 -16
Joint 2 162
Frame 4 Angle
Joint 1 80
Joint 2 152
Frame 5 Angle
Joint 1 80
Joint 2 162
Matthew Citt
Alex's total angular distance for the Hip Joint
AD= Frame 1 + Frame 2
AD= 69+87
AD= 156
AD= Frame 2 + Frame 3
AD= 87+ (-16)
AD= 71
AD= Frame 3 + Frame 4
AD= -16 + 80
AD= 64
AD= Frame 4 + Frame 5
AD= 80+80
AD= 160
Matt's total angular distance for the Knee Joint
AD= Frame 1 + Frame 2
AD= 73+143
AD= 216
AD= Frame 2 + Frame 3
AD= 143+0
AD= 143
AD= Frame 3 + Frame 4
AD= 0+161
AD= 161
AD= Frame 4 + Frame 5
AD= 161 + 100
AD= 261
Alex's total angular distance for the Knee Joint
AD= Frame 1 + Frame 2
AD= 140+143
AD= 283
AD= Frame 2 + Frame 3
AD= 143+162
AD= 305
AD= Frame 3 + Frame 4
AD= 162+152
AD= 314
AD= Frame 4 + Frame 5
AD= 152+162
AD= 314
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[Link] Displacement:
= angular displacement
f= final angular position
i = initial angular position
Matt's Hip Angle Displacement
=f-i
=94- 87
= -7
Matt's Knee Angle Displacement
=f-i
=73- 100
= -27
Alex's Hip Angle Displacement
=f-i
=80- 69
= 11
Alex's Knee Angle Displacement
=f-i
=162- 140
= 22
7. Yes my kinematic analysis of the Knapsack Deadlift shows that Matt would be more
successful at performing the exercise than Alex. Alex's knee angle stays relatively open when
doing the exercise while her hip angle changes a lot. This means that she is pulling most of the
weight with her back muscles. This can be dangerous when using heavier loads as more
pressure is being put on the low back with little assistance from the legs. If you examine the
graphs one can see that Matt's lines for both his Hip and Knee angle are consistent with one
another. You can clearly see the initial pull, when he reaches the top of the movement, and the
lowering phase. Alex's lines are very different and one may have a difficult time figuring out
where she is at in her lift just by using the graphs and not the photos.
