2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A comparative study on morphology and functions of muscle-tendon complex in Japanese and Kenyan distance runners
| Project/Area Number |
23500729
|
|---|
| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
|
| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
|---|
| Section | 一般 |
|---|
| Research Field |
Sports science
|
|---|
| Research Institution | Hyogo University of Teacher Education |
|---|
Principal Investigator |
ODA Toshiaki 兵庫教育大学, 学校教育研究科(研究院), 准教授 (10435638)
|
|---|
| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ISHIKAWA Masaki 大阪体育大学, 体育学部, 准教授 (20513881)
|
|---|
| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
|
| Keywords | バイオメカニクス / 筋腱複合体 / 長距離走 / ケニア / 超音波 / 競技力 / 筋腱相互作用 |
|---|
| Research Abstract |
The purposes of the present work were to investigate the differences in morphology and functions of muscle-tendon complex in Japanese and Kenyan distance runners, and to relate the results to race performance. The comparison between Japanese and Kenyan data, and between different performance groups in Japanese suggested the possibility that the race performance is related to morphology of lower leg, tendon geometry, muscle stiffness and tendon compliance. In particular, the passive torque of ankle joint and muscle stiffness were significantly higher by 52% and by 181% in Kenyan than in Japanese, respectively. In addition, these parameters showed positive correlations to race performance (R=0.58, 0.53) in Japanese distance runners.
|
-
[Journal Article] Muscle-tendon interaction and EMG profiles of world class endurance runners during hopping2013
Author(s)
K Sano, M Ishikawa, A Nobue, Y Danno, M Akiyama, T Oda, A Ito, M Hoffren, C Nicol, E Locatelli, P V Komi
-
Journal Title
Eur J Appl Physiol
Volume: 113(6)
Pages: 1395-403
DOI
Peer Reviewed
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
