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Taewoon Jung and Hyoungjin Park
The roundhouse kick is the most commonly executed kick in Taekwondo competitions. Because it is the fastest kick among kicking techniques and can easily change its motion on the basis of the opponent?s motion, the roundhouse kick is suitable for scoring ...
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Marta Izquierdo-Renau, Roberto Sanchis-Sanchis, Jose I. Priego-Quesada, Alberto Encarnación-Martínez, Ana Queralt and Pedro Pérez-Soriano
The use of minimalist shoes (MS) in running involves changes in running mechanics compared to conventional shoes (CS), but there is still little research analysing the effects of this footwear on plantar pressure, which could help to understand some risk...
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Sébastien Garcia, Nicolas Delattre, Eric Berton and Guillaume Rao
Patellar tendinopathy is a chronic overuse injury of the patellar tendon which is prevalent in jump-landing activities. Sports activities can require jumping not only with a vertical component but also in a forward direction. It is yet unknown how jumpin...
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Vanessa E. Ortiz-Padilla, Mauricio A. Ramírez-Moreno, Gerardo Presbítero-Espinosa, Ricardo A. Ramírez-Mendoza and Jorge de J. Lozoya-Santos
This work presents a survey literature review on biomechanics, specifically aimed at the study of existent biomechanical tools through video analysis, in order to identify opportunities for researchers in the field, and discuss future proposals and persp...
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Kristof Kipp, John Krzyszkowski, Todd Smith, Christopher Geiser and Hoon Kim
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the biomechanics of countermovement (CMJ) and preferred-style (PrefJ) jumps. Eight male basketball players (age: 19 ± 1 year; height: 1.84 ± 0.14 m; mass: 92.8 ± 11.4 kg) participated in a cross-se...
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Catarina M. Amaro, Maria A. Castro, Luis Roseiro, Maria A. Neto and Ana M. Amaro
Sports activity is extremely important in the health context, with a clear motivation for its practice. One of the sports that involve more athletes is basketball, where the human body undergoes rapid reactions, emphasizing the contact of the foot with t...
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Nurhidayah Omar, Maurice R. Yeadon and Mark A. King
Efficient throwing mechanics is predicated on a pitcher?s ability to perform a sequence of movements of body segments, which progresses from the legs, pelvis, and trunk to the smaller, distal arm segments. Each segment plays a vital role in achieving max...
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