Track compliance does not affect sprinting performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1479-1490

  Stafilidis, Sawas ^a   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Lower extremity mechanics; Running; Surface compliance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SPORTS SCIENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 34748863605     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410601150462     Document Type: Article

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