ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2015
Performance characteristics of long-track speed skaters: a literature review.
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- Biomechanical Variables Associated with the First 20 m of the Start Phase in Speed Skaters.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Long Conjugate Sequence Resistance Training to Improve Strength, Power and Competition Performance in Speed Skaters.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Olympic Ice Sports: A Narrative Review and Perspectives Toward Milano-Cortina 2026.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Review
- Kalman-Based Joint Analysis of IMU and Plantar-Pressure Data During Speed-Skating Slideboard Training.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Descriptive Video Analysis of All Short Track Speed Skating Falls in 16 International Competitions From 2021 to 2023 With Injury Reporting for the Canadian Team.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Reference levels of mean and peak anaerobic power for male and female long-track speed skaters.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Does inter-limb asymmetry matter in adolescent speed skaters?Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Performance and Performance-Determining Factors in the Olympic Winter Endurance Sports.Sports medicine - open · 2024Review
- Effects of Technique Asymmetry on 500 m Speed Skating Performance.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Epidemiology, etiology and prevention of injuries in competitive ice speed skating-limited current evidence, multiple future priorities: A scoping review.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2024Article
- Reliability of motion phase identification for long-track speed skating using inertial measurement units.PeerJ · 2024Article
- Investigation of the Mechanical Response of the Foot Structure Considering Push-Off Angles in Speed Skating.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- How to Test the On-Ice Aerobic Capacity of Speed Skaters? An On-Ice Incremental Skating Test for Young Skaters.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Analysis of Pacing Behaviors on Mass Start Speed Skating.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Usefulness of Portable Device to Establish Differences in Muscle Oxygenation Between the Wingate Test and Graded Exercise Test: Effect of Gender on Anaerobic and Aerobic Capacity in Speed Skaters.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- The Effect of Lower-Body Blood Flow Restriction on Static and Perturbated Stable Stand in Young, Healthy Adults.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2021Article
- To Compare the Effect of Eccentric Exercises and Isometric Exercises for Achilles Tendinitis in Skaters.Journal of lifestyle medicine · 2020Article
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- Combining Chronic Ischemic Preconditioning and Inspiratory Muscle Warm-Up to Enhance On-Ice Time-Trial Performance in Elite Speed Skaters.Frontiers in physiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Speed skating is an intriguing sport to study from different perspectives due to the peculiar way of motion and the multiple determinants for performance. This review aimed to identify what is known on (long-track) speed skating, and which individual characteristics determine speed skating performance. A total of 49 studies were included. Based on a multidimensional performance model, person-related performance characteristics were categorized in anthropometrical, technical, physiological, tactical, and psychological characteristics. Literature was found on anthropometry, technique, physiology, and tactics. However, psychological studies were clearly under-represented. In particular, the role of self-regulation might deserve more attention to further understand mechanisms relevant for optimal performance and for instance pacing. Another remarkable finding was that the technically/biomechanically favourable crouched skating technique (i.e. small knee and trunk angle) leads to a physiological disadvantage: a smaller knee angle may increase the deoxygenation of the working muscles. This is an important underlying aspect for the pacing tactics in speed skating. Elite speed skaters need to find the optimal balance between obtaining a fast start and preventing negative technical adaptations later on in the race by distributing their available energy over the race in an optimal way. More research is required to gain more insight into how this impacts on the processes of fatigue and coordination during speed skating races. This can lead to a better understanding on how elite speed skaters can maintain the optimal technical characteristics throughout the entire race, and how they can adapt their pacing to optimize all identified aspects that determine performance.
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