Limitations to maximum sprinting speed imposed by muscle mechanical properties

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1092-1097

  Miller, Ross H ^a   Umberger, Brian R ^a   Caldwell, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Force velocity; Limits; Muscle; Speed; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC; FORCE-EXTENSION; FORCE-LENGTH; FORCE-VELOCITY; FORWARD DYNAMICS SIMULATION; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; JOINT TORQUES; LIMITS; MAXIMUM SPEED; MUSCLE MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRINTING; STRIDE LENGTH;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SPEED; VELOCITY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILIOPSOAS MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RUNNING; SIMULATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPRINTING SPEED; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING;

EID: 84858618473     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.04.040     Document Type: Article

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