Effects of muscle-tendon length on joint moment and power during sprint starts

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Mero, Antti ^a   Kuitunen, Sami ^a   Harland, Martin ^b   Kyröläinen, Heikki ^a   Komi, Paavo V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force production; Muscle mechanics; Sprint technique; Velocity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RECORDING; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPORT; TENDON; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; RUNNING; TENDONS;

EID: 31344470360     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500131753     Document Type: Article

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