Sprint mechanical variables in elite athletes: Are force-velocity profiles sport specific or individual?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The main aim of this investigation was to quantify differences in sprint mechanical variables across sports and within each sport. Secondary aims were to quantify sex differences and relationships among the variables.

Methods

In this cross-sectional study of elite athletes, 235 women (23 ± 5 y and 65 ± 7 kg) and 431 men (23 ± 4 y and 80 ± 12 kg) from 23 different sports (including 128 medalists from World Championships and/or Olympic Games) were tested in a 40-m sprint at the Norwegian Olympic Training Center between 1995 and 2018. These were pre-existing data from quarterly or semi-annual testing that the athletes performed for training purposes. Anthropometric and speed-time sprint data were used to calculate the theoretical maximal velocity, horizontal force, hori

SUBMITTER: Haugen TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6655540 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature