Ukemi technique prevents the elevation of head acceleration of a person thrown by the judo technique 'osoto-gari' - Murayama H, Hitosugi M, Motozawa Y, Ogino M, Koyama K.

Biomechanical analysis was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of mastering ukemi in preventing severe head injury in judo. One judo expert (tori) threw another judo expert (uke) with a skilled break-fall (ukemi) four times. We obtained kinematic data ...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news