MOBILE APPLICATIONS USED IN MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE: A TRADITIONAL REVIEW

Abstract

The widespread use of smartphones and mobile devices in all areas of human life has led to the demand for the development of software running on these devices. Mobile apps are software applications designed to run on mobile devices such as phones, tablets, or watches. The softwares, coded and designed for mobile devices, have taken an indispensable place in the lives of individuals in the last 20 years with the development of technology. It is stated that mobile applications are generally used in the categories of games, weather, communication, maps and navigation, music, sports, and news. An important part of mobile applications under the category of sports is used to collect data and monitor performance in health and exercise sciences. The number of mobile applications used in performance measurement and monitoring is increasing day by day due to their commercial availability. This increasing interest and orientation towards mobile applications used in performance measurement and monitoring reveal the necessity of a correct understanding of the terms, equipment, methods, and application stages used in these applications. Therefore, the purpose of this review is to define mobile applications, which are increasingly used by researchers and practitioners in the field of sportive performance, from a holistic perspective, to examine them in line with scientific research, to explain the terms and equipment in their use, and to give information about the application steps.

ATLETİK PERFORMANS ÖLÇÜMÜNDE VE TAKİBİNDE KULLANILAN MOBİL UYGULAMALAR: GELENEKSEL BİR DERLEME

Abstract

Akıllı telefonların ve mobil cihazların insan yaşamının her alanında yaygın bir hale gelmesi bu cihazlarda çalışan yazılımların da geliştirilmesi talebini beraberinde getirmiştir. Mobil uygulamalar telefon, tablet veya saat gibi mobil cihazlarda çalışmak üzere tasarlanmış yazılım uygulamalarıdır. Mobil cihazlar için özel olarak kodlanmış ve tasarlanmış olan bu yazılımlar teknolojinin de gelişimi ile beraber son 20 yılda bireylerin hayatında vazgeçilmez bir yer almıştır. Mobil uygulamaların genellikle oyun, hava durumu, iletişim, haritalar ve navigasyon, müzik, spor ve haber alma kategorileri üzerine kullanıldığı belirtilmektedir. Spor kategorisi altındaki mobil uygulamaların önemli bir kısmı sağlık ve egzersiz bilimlerinde veri toplamak ve performansı takip etmek amacıyla kullanılmaktadır. Performans ölçümünde ve takibinde kullanılan mobil uygulamaların sayısı ticari olarak erişilebilir olmalarından dolayı da gün geçtikçe artmaktadır. Performans ölçümünde ve takibinde kullanılan mobil uygulamalara karşı artan bu ilgi ve yönelim, bu uygulamalarda kullanılan terimlerin, ekipmanların, metotların ve uygulama aşamalarının doğru anlaşılması gerekliliğini ortaya çıkarmaktadır. Dolayısıyla bu derlemenin amacı, araştırmacılar ve uygulayıcılar tarafından sportif performans alanında kullanımı gün geçtikçe artan mobil uygulamaları bütünsel bir bakış açısıyla tanımlamak, bilimsel araştırmalar doğrultusunda incelemek, kullanımındaki terimleri ve ekipmanları açıklamak ve uygulama basamakları hakkında bilgi vermektir.

Keywords

• Mobil uygulama
• atletik performans
• performans ölçümü
• performans takibi

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