ECCENTRIC PEAK TORQUE OF THE KNEE FLEXORS AND EXTENSORS RELATES TO BACKWARD SOMERSAULT HEIGHT IN FEMALE JUNIOR ARTISTIC GYMNASTS

• Main Authors: Sebastian Möck (Author), Alina Korrmann (Author), Petra Nissinen (Author), Klaus Wirth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani), 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Artistic gymnastics consist of a high amount of jumping actions with rotations around one or more axes. To achieve an optimal flight height to perform the desired number of rotations, the movement pattern and the floor characteristics have to be concerted optimally. To account for the required leg s...