Relationship of Step Width with Sprinting Performance and Ground Reaction Forces

Ryu Nagahara, Mirai Mizutani, Akifumi Matsuo

2016

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationship of step width with sprinting performance and ground reaction forces in order to understand the sprinting mechanism and its relation to better sprinting performance.

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Nagahara R., Mizutani M. and Matsuo A. (2016). Relationship of Step Width with Sprinting Performance and Ground Reaction Forces . In - icSPORTS, ISBN , pages 0-0


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsports16,
author={Ryu Nagahara and Mirai Mizutani and Akifumi Matsuo},
title={Relationship of Step Width with Sprinting Performance and Ground Reaction Forces},
booktitle={ - icSPORTS,},
year={2016},
pages={},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={},
isbn={},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - - icSPORTS,
TI - Relationship of Step Width with Sprinting Performance and Ground Reaction Forces
SN -
AU - Nagahara R.
AU - Mizutani M.
AU - Matsuo A.
PY - 2016
SP - 0
EP - 0
DO -