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Maximum velocities in flexion and extension actions for sport
journal contribution
posted on 2016-04-15, 10:47 authored by David M. Jessop, Matthew PainMatthew PainSpeed of movement is fundamental to the outcome of many human actions. A variety of techniques can be
implemented in order to maximise movement speed depending on the goal of the movement, constraints, and the time
available. Knowing maximum movement velocities is therefore useful for developing movement strategies but also as
input into muscle models. The aim of this study was to determine maximum flexion and extension velocities about the
major joints in upper and lower limbs. Seven university to international level male competitors performed
flexion/extension at each of the major joints in the upper and lower limbs under three conditions: isolated; isolated with
a countermovement; involvement of proximal segments. 500 Hz planar high speed video was used to calculate
velocities. The highest angular velocities in the upper and lower limb were 50.0 rad·s-1 and 28.4 rad·s-1, at the wrist
and knee, respectively. As was true for most joints, these were achieved with the involvement of proximal segments,
however, ANOVA analysis showed few significant differences (p<0.05) between conditions. Different segment masses,
structures and locations produced differing results, in the upper and lower limbs, highlighting the requirement of
segment specific strategies for maximal movements.
History
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- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
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Journal of Human KineticsCitation
JESSOP, D.M. and PAIN, M.T.G., 2016. Maximum velocities in flexion and extension actions for sport. Journal of Human Kinetics, 50, pp. 37-44.Publisher
De Gruyter / © Editorial Committee of Journal of Human KineticsVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-02-05Publication date
2016Notes
This article was published in the Journal of Human Kinetics. The article is also available here; http://www.johk.pl/volume_50.htmlISSN
1899-7562Publisher version
Language
- en