ANKLE KINEMATICS DURING FORWARD HOCKEY SKATING: ACCELERATION TO CONSTANT VELOCITY

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  • Curt Dewan
  • David Pearsall
  • Rene Turcotte

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ice hockey##common.commaListSeparator## ankle##common.commaListSeparator## kinematics##common.commaListSeparator## goniometer

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Kinematic measures of the foot and ankle are of relevance to footwear manufacturers and to rehabilitative professionals. Difficulties undertaking such measurements have been summarized previously (Milani & Hennig, 2000). This paper presents the kinematic profile of the ankle in both sagittal (plantar dorsi) and frontal (inversion eversion) planes. Penny & Giles electrogoniometers (Blackwood, UK / Biometrics Ltd.) collected data from 5 elite subjects at 1000 Hz. Similar kinematic profiles were observed between 3 accelerating strides and constant velocity strides. Despite the absence of significant differences between strides there was a trend for increased range of motion at the ankle as the skaters accelerated to a high velocity.

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2008-03-25

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22 International Symposium on Biomechanics in Sports (2004)

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Muscle-Skeleton-Mechanics

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Authors can retain copyright, while granting the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports (ISBS) the right of first publication.