Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41668957›Full record

ArticleBiology of sport2026

Neuromechanical effects and predictive profiling of sprint priming strategies in elite youth sprinters.

Krzysztof Kotuła, Aleksander Matusiński, Adam Maszczyk, Lucas A Pereira, Adam Zajac, Irineu Loturco

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Biology of sport, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Krzysztof KotułaInstitute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland.
Aleksander MatusińskiInstitute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland.
Adam MaszczykInstitute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland.
Lucas A PereiraNAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, Brazil.
Adam ZajacInstitute of Sport Sciences, Jerzy Kukuczka Academy of Physical Education, Katowice, Poland.
Irineu LoturcoNAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, Brazil.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the acute biomechanical effects of three distinct sprint-specific priming strategies - resisted sprinting, assisted sprinting (i.e., overspeed), and technical wicket drills - on neuromechanical performance during 50-m sprint trials in elite youth sprinters. Twelve nationally ranked female youth sprinters (17.3 ± 0.8 years) participated in a randomized, repeated-measures protocol. Each athlete performed baseline 50-m maximal sprints, followed by three separate priming interventions, with performance re-evaluated at 24 h and 48 h post-activation. Key outcome measures included 50-m sprint time, reactive strength index (RSI), ground contact time (GCT), flight time (FT), step length, step frequency, duty factor, and asymmetry metrics. Data were analyzed using repeated-measures ANOVA, principal component analysis (PCA), k-means clustering, and machine learning classifiers. Assisted sprinting produced the greatest improvements in RSI (+0.13) and the largest reductions in GCT (-16 ms) at 48 h post-activation (

Indexed as

Athletic performancePriming strategiesResisted sprintingSprint velocityTrack and field

Identifiers

PMID41668957
PMCPMC12884905

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.