ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2015
The energy cost of sprint running and the role of metabolic power in setting top performances.
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- Running Economy in the Vertical Kilometer.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Mechanical and Metabolic Power in Accelerated Running-PART I: the 100-m dash.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Relative Individual Sprint in Most Demanding Passages of Play in Spanish Professional Soccer Matches.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Exploring the interplay between metabolic power and equivalent distance in training games and official matches in soccer: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Critical assessment of a wide-spread method for estimating energy expenditure during accelerated running based on positioning tracking systems.Journal of sport and health science · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeTo estimate the energetics and biomechanics of accelerated/decelerated running on flat terrain based on its biomechanical similarity to constant speed running up/down an 'equivalent slope' dictated by the forward acceleration (a f).
methodsTime course of a f allows one to estimate: (1) energy cost of sprint running (C sr), from the known energy cost of uphill/downhill running, and (2) instantaneous (specific) mechanical accelerating power (P sp = a f × speed).
resultsIn medium-level sprinters (MLS), C sr and metabolic power requirement (P met = C sr × speed) at the onset of a 100-m dash attain ≈50 J kg(-1) m(-1), as compared to ≈4 for running at constant speed, and ≈90 W kg(-1). For Bolt's current 100-m world record (9.58 s) the corresponding values attain ≈105 J kg(-1) m(-1) and ≈200 W kg(-1). This approach, as applied by Osgnach et al. (Med Sci Sports Exerc 42:170-178, 2010) to data obtained by video-analysis during soccer games, has been implemented in portable GPS devices (GPEXE), thus yielding P met throughout the match. Actual O₂ consumed, estimated from P met assuming a monoexponential VO₂ response (Patent Pending, TV2014A000074), was close to that determined by portable metabolic carts. Peak P sp (W kg(-1)) was 17.5 and 19.6 for MLS and elite soccer players, and 30 for Bolt. The ratio of horizontal to overall ground reaction force (per kg body mass) was ≈20 % larger, and its angle of application in respect to the horizontal ≈10° smaller, for Bolt, as compared to MLS. Finally, we estimated that, on a 10 % down-sloping track Bolt could cover 100 m in 8.2 s.
conclusionsThe above approach can yield useful information on the bioenergetics and biomechanics of accelerated/decelerated running.
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