Sprint performance is related to muscle fascicle length in male 100-m sprinters

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 811-816

  Kumagai, Kenya ^a   Abe, Takashi ^a   Brechue, William F ^b   Ryushi, Tomoo ^a   Takano, Susumu ^c   Mizuno, Masuhiko ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON SPORT SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle shape; Pennation angle; Shortening velocity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0034097375     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.88.3.811     Document Type: Article

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