TY - JOUR
KW - Biomechanical Phenomena
KW - flamenco
KW - Foot
KW - Footwork
KW - Humans
KW - Intangible cultural heritage
KW - Knee Joint
KW - Lower Extremity
KW - Range of Motion
KW - Articular
KW - Technique
KW - Zapateado
KW - anterior pelvic tilt
KW - article
KW - biomechanics
KW - body weight
KW - cultural heritage
KW - dancing
KW - foot
KW - ground reaction force
KW - hip
KW - human
KW - Inheritance
KW - joint characteristics and functions
KW - Kinematics
KW - knee
KW - lower limb
KW - physician
KW - range of motion
KW - Sound
KW - teacher
KW - waveform
KW - weight
AU - Wanda Forczek-Karkosz
AU - Robert Michnik
AU - Katarzyna Nowakowska-Lipiec
AU - Alfonso Vargas-Macias
AU - Irene Baena-Chicon
AU - Sebastian Gomez-Lozano
AU - Joanna Gorwa
AB - The main purpose of this study was to identify a dancer’s body alignment while performing flamenco footwork to provide a detailed description that could be used by flamenco practitioners: teachers, instructors and students of different levels of advancement. The zapateado technique performed by a professional flamenco dancer was analyzed. The biomechanical analysis was based on 30 cycles composed of six repeating sequences of strikes. Kinematic recordings were performed using a Vicon system, while the measurement of the ground reaction forces (GRF) was accomplished with a Kistler force plate. The following parameters were analyzed: the time of each foot strike, the maximal value of the vertical component of GRF normalized to body weight (BW) for subsequent footwork steps, the impulse of the GRF and the kinematics of pelvis and lower limb joints, and an exemplary waveform view of the sound of footwork strikes was shown. The average values of the vertical component of GRF ranged between 0.6 and 2.7 BW. The maximal anterior pelvic tilt was 29°, with a 6° range of motion (RoM). This mobility was accompanied by 20° hip RoM and by \textasciitilde40° knee RoM throughout flexion. The conclusions provide practical information that a teacher and flamenco student should receive.
BT - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
DA - mar
DO - 10.3390/ijerph18062905
LA - English
M1 - 6
N1 - Publisher: MDPI AG
N2 - The main purpose of this study was to identify a dancer’s body alignment while performing flamenco footwork to provide a detailed description that could be used by flamenco practitioners: teachers, instructors and students of different levels of advancement. The zapateado technique performed by a professional flamenco dancer was analyzed. The biomechanical analysis was based on 30 cycles composed of six repeating sequences of strikes. Kinematic recordings were performed using a Vicon system, while the measurement of the ground reaction forces (GRF) was accomplished with a Kistler force plate. The following parameters were analyzed: the time of each foot strike, the maximal value of the vertical component of GRF normalized to body weight (BW) for subsequent footwork steps, the impulse of the GRF and the kinematics of pelvis and lower limb joints, and an exemplary waveform view of the sound of footwork strikes was shown. The average values of the vertical component of GRF ranged between 0.6 and 2.7 BW. The maximal anterior pelvic tilt was 29°, with a 6° range of motion (RoM). This mobility was accompanied by 20° hip RoM and by \textasciitilde40° knee RoM throughout flexion. The conclusions provide practical information that a teacher and flamenco student should receive.
PY - 2021
SP - 1
EP - 14
T2 - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
TI - Biomechanical Description of Zapateado Technique in Flamenco
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85102344230&doi=10.3390%2fijerph18062905&partnerID=40&md5=249d32d816da23177fe4a5adc2eead6b
VL - 18
SN - 16617827 (ISSN)
ER -