Examining the intrinsic foot muscles' capacity to modulate plantar flexor gearing and ankle joint contributions to propulsion in vertical jumping

• Hauptverfasser: Ross Smith (Verfasst von), Glen Lichtwark (Verfasst von), Dominic Farris (Verfasst von), Luke Kelly (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Elsevier, 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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Background: During human locomotion, a sufficiently stiff foot allows the ankle plantar flexors to generate large propulsive powers. Increasing foot stiffness (e.g., via a carbon plate) increases the ankle's external moment arm in relation to the internal moment arm (i.e., increasing gear ratio...