Description
Supplied research motion-cycle timing without a movement quality or exercise prescription.
Movement research distinguishes elapsed time, active time, cycle phase, measured force, and assessment-score conventions. Normalizing or remapping these quantities can help compare records when their units and definitions agree. A local arithmetic term does not by itself validate a functional assessment or an exercise program.
Supplied research motion-cycle timing without a movement quality or exercise prescription.
When to use this tool
Use Research Motion Cycle Duration when you need this motion, timing, force, annotation, or score-mapping component for supplied research records.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter firstStart, nextStart, suppliedPause, cycles. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read elapsed, activePerCycle. Use the output convention below.
Require positive integer cycles, nextStart>=firstStart, and suppliedPause within the elapsed interval. Return elapsed=nextStart-firstStart and activePerCycle=(elapsed-suppliedPause)/cycles.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| firstStart | First Start | Required. Finite number. |
| nextStart | Next Start | Required. Finite number. |
| suppliedPause | Supplied Pause | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| cycles | Cycles | Required. Safe integer; minimum 1. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| elapsed | Elapsed | Required. Finite number. |
| activePerCycle | Active Per Cycle | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"firstStart": 10,
"nextStart": 30,
"suppliedPause": 4,
"cycles": 2
},
"output": {
"elapsed": 20,
"activePerCycle": 8
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Timestamps and pause need a common unit. The result is an average under supplied cycle boundaries rather than automatically detected movement cycles or a clinical performance score.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Signed zero is exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Use the intended assessment or motion-analysis protocol with verified timing, units, and event annotations. A complete interpretation needs the relevant measurement properties and task context beyond this local calculation.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- Motion Repetition Phase Gap
Compare supplied research cycle phases with a positive half-cycle tie convention.
- Movement Cycle Anchor Gap
Wrap an integer event sample into a supplied cycle and report its shortest signed sample gap from an anchor.