Editorial: The Biomechanics of Competitive Gait: Sprinting, Hurdling, Distance Running and Race Walking by Brian Hanley, Johnny Padulo, Jean Slawinski

Get full text

The learning of sprint hurdles: A comparative study on increasing contextual interference and blocked practice schedules. by Hubert Makaruk, Beata Makaruk, Marcin Starzak, Kazimierz Chmielewski, Jared M Porter

“…Two groups of physical education students learned sprint hurdles, employing either an increasing CI practice schedule (n = 23) or a blocked practice schedule (n = 23). …”
Get full text

Sprint Specificity of Isolated Hamstring-Strengthening Exercises in Terms of Muscle Activity and Force Production by Caroline Prince, Caroline Prince, Jean-Benoît Morin, Jean-Benoît Morin, Jurdan Mendiguchia, Johan Lahti, Kenny Guex, Kenny Guex, Pascal Edouard, Pascal Edouard, Pierre Samozino

Get full text

Overnight Immune Regulation and Subjective Measures of Sleep: A Three Night Observational Study in Adolescent Track and Field Athletes by Thomas Steidten, Thomas Steidten, Philipp Baumbach, Rico May, Brunhild Gabriel, Marco Herbsleb, Adrian Markov, Urs Granacher, Michael Kellmann, Michael Kellmann, Wilhelm Bloch, Holger H. W. Gabriel, Christian Puta, Christian Puta

“…Training was performed for different disciplines (sprint, hurdles, and long-jump) following their daily training routines. …”
Get full text

Relative age effects in elite Brazilian track and field athletes are modulated by sex, age category, and event type by Lucas Savassi Figueiredo, Drumond Gilo da Silva, Bruno Henrique Góes Oliveira, Arthur Gomes Ferreira, Petrus Gantois, Fabiano de Souza Fonseca

“…Abstract Aim: This study investigated the Relative Age Effect (RAE) in Brazilian track and field athletes based on sex, age category (U-16, U-18, U-20, U-23 and senior), and event type (sprints/hurdles, middle distance, long-distance, jumps, throws). …”
Get full text

Association between feel-like temperatures and injury risk during international outdoor athletic championships: a prospective cohort study on 29 579 athlete starts during 10 champi... by Edouard, P, Dandrieux, P-E, Klöwer, MK, Junge, A, Racinais, S, Branco, P, Hollander, K, Navarro, L

“…We performed Poisson regressions with incidence rates (number of injuries per 1000 athlete starts) as outcomes and UTCI as a predictive variable adjusted for sex, for all and time-loss injuries, for different injured tissue types (ie, muscle, tendon, ligament, articular, bone and skin) and specific discipline (ie, sprints, hurdles, jumps, throws, middle distance, long distance, marathon and race walking).…”

Characteristics of water jump for better performance in collegiate male 3000 m steeplechase by Yuya Maruo

“…The water jump in the 3000 m steeplechase makes it different from the sprint hurdle events. It is important for coaches and athletes to understand how to clear the water jump successfully. …”
Get full text

Biomechanics of World-Class Men and Women Hurdlers by Brian Hanley, Josh Walker, Giorgos P. Paradisis, Stéphane Merlino, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas, Athanassios Bissas

“…The sprint hurdle events require athletes to cross ten hurdles between the start and finish line. …”
Get full text

Acute effects of resisted and assisted locomotor activation on sprint performance by Aleksander Matusiński, Artur Gołas, Adam Zajac, Adam Maszczyk

“…Sprinting speed is one of the most significant motor abilities in team sport games and all sprint, hurdling and jumping events in athletics. Over the years numerous methods and devices have been developed to improve sprinting performance. …”
Get full text

Epidemiology of Injury Complaints in Elite Sprinting Athletes in Athletics (Track and Field) by Pascal Edouard, Benjamin Caumeil, Caroline Giroux, Antoine Bruneau, Jeanne Tondut, Laurent Navarro, Christine Hanon, Gaël Guilhem, Alexis Ruffault

“…Objective: To describe the epidemiology of injury complaints related to the athletics activity in elite athletics (track and field) athletes practicing disciplines with sprints (i.e., sprints, hurdles, combined events, long jump, and triple jump). …”
Get full text