Lower-limb muscular strategies for increasing running speed

Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 813-824

  Schache, Anthony G ^a   Dorn, Tim W ^b   Williams, Gavin P ^a,c   Brown, Nicholas A T ^d   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c EPWORTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Joint power; Sprinting; Traumatic brain injury; Work

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGING; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMAN; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGING; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN INJURIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING;

EID: 84907695852     PISSN: 01906011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2014.5433     Document Type: Review

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