Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

1 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Biology

Custom Smartphone Application to Guide Locomotor-Respiratory Coupling in the Field Using Step-Adaptive Breathing Sounds

Eric Harbour¹, Vincent van Rheden², Harald Rieser³, Ulf Jensen⁴, Hermann Schwameder¹

¹Department of Sport and Exercise Science, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, ²Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, ³Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, ⁴adidas AG

Locomotor-respiratory coupling (LRC) is potentially advantageous for runners but may be difficult to perform. We introduce a custom solution implemented on a smartphone to individualize and guide runners toward LRC.