Built for speed: Musculoskeletal structure and sprinting ability

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3700-3707

  Lee, Sabrina S M ^a   Piazza, Stephen J ^a,b  

^a Department of Kinesiology ^*  (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Moment arm; Muscle architecture; Plantarflexors; Sprinting; Toes

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOOT; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449878057     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.031096     Document Type: Article

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