Relationship of the knee extensor strength but not the quadriceps femoris muscularity with sprint performance in sprinters: a reexamination and extension

• Main Authors: Miyuki Hori (Author), Tadashi Suga (Author), Masafumi Terada (Author), Takahiro Tanaka (Author), Yuki Kusagawa (Author), Mitsuo Otsuka (Author), Akinori Nagano (Author), Tadao Isaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Purpose This study examined the relationships of knee extensor strength and quadriceps femoris size with sprint performance in sprinters. Methods Fifty-eight male sprinters and 40 body size-matched male non-sprinters participated in this study. The knee extensor isometric and isokinetic str...