Continuous change in spring-mass characteristics during a 400 m sprint

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 256-261

  Hobara, Hiroaki ^a,b   Inoue, Koh ^a   Gomi, Kouki ^a   Sakamoto, Masanori ^a   Muraoka, Tetsuro ^a   Iso, Shigeo ^a   Kanosue, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Athletes; Biomechanics; Fatigue; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD WORK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049084328     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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