ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2021
No Correlation Between Plantar Flexor Muscle Volume and Sprint Performance in Sprinters.
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- Assessment of Lower Limb Muscle Volume Using 3D Ultrasonography: Validity and Reliability Compared to MRI.Journal of imaging informatics in medicine · 2026Article
- Effectiveness Index of Mechanical Energy Utilization in Male 400-m Sprinters and the Relation Between Muscle Cross-Sectional Area of the Trunk and the Lower Limb.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Article
- Optimizing Resistance Training for Sprint and Endurance Athletes: Balancing Positive and Negative Adaptations.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Ankle and Plantar Flexor Muscle-Tendon Unit Function in Sprinters: A Narrative Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- How mechanics of individual muscle-tendon units define knee and ankle joint function in health and cerebral palsy-a narrative review.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Review
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Abstract
The plantar flexor torque plays an important role in achieving superior sprint performance in sprinters. Because of the close relationship between joint torque and muscle size, a simple assumption can be made that greater plantar flexor muscles (i.e., triceps surae muscles) are related to better sprint performance. However, previous studies have reported the absence of these relationships. Furthermore, to examine these relationships, only a few studies have calculated the muscle volume (MV) of the plantar flexors. In this study, we hypothesized that the plantar flexor MVs may not be important morphological factors for sprint performance. To test our hypothesis, we examined the relationships between plantar flexor MVs and sprint performance in sprinters. Fifty-two male sprinters and 26 body size-matched male non-sprinters participated in this study. On the basis of the personal best 100 m sprint times [range, 10.21-11.90 (mean ± SD, 11.13 ± 0.42) s] in sprinters, a
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