SPRINT START KINETICS: COMPARISON OF AMPUTEE AND NON-AMPUTEE SPRINTERS

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  • Steffen Willwacher
  • Volker Herrmann
  • Kai Heinrich
  • Johannes Funken
  • Wolfgang Potthast
  • Ian Bezodis
  • Gerda Strutzenberger
  • Gareth Irwin
  • GertPeter Brüggemann

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push-off forces##common.commaListSeparator## amputee sprinting##common.commaListSeparator## sprint start

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The purpose of this study was to observe relationships between reaction forces measured with an instrumented force starting block, start performance (normalized average horizontal block power) and 100 m personal record times in 142 male and female able-bodied sprinters. Further, start kinetics of 7 amputee sprinters and ablebodied sprinters of similar 100 m performance level were compared. Amputee sprinters showed a reduced starting performance, which seems to be related to their lower capacity of creating high peak forces with their rear (affected) legs. In able-bodied athletes, starting performance was related to peak force production in the front and rear blocks, but also to the ability to apply these forces in a horizontal direction. The obtained dataset offers a strong potential for the use in performance diagnostics and feedback training.

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2016-05-05

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33 International Conference of Biomechanics in Sports (2015)

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Coaching and Sports Activities

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