Gait & Posture
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 209-212 , February 2010

Kinematic analysis of the braking and propulsion phases during the support time in sprint running

  • Simone Ciacci

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, c/o Record, Via del Pilastro 8, 40127 Bologna, Italy
    • Faculty of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Bologna, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Dept. of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, c/o Record, Via del Pilastro 8, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Tel.: +39 51 502712; fax: +39 51 6334473.
    • ,
  • Rocco Di Michele

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, c/o Record, Via del Pilastro 8, 40127 Bologna, Italy
    • Faculty of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Bologna, Italy
    • ,
  • Franco Merni

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Histology, Embryology and Applied Biology, University of Bologna, c/o Record, Via del Pilastro 8, 40127 Bologna, Italy
    • Faculty of Exercise and Sport Science, University of Bologna, Italy

Received 6 February 2009 ,Revised 15 September 2009 ,Accepted 16 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2009.10.007

Gait & Posture
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