A three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the long jump take-off

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 891-903

  Graham Smith, Philip ^a   Lees, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Long jump; Models of performance; Three dimensional analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 23644441341     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410400022169     Document Type: Article

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