TY  - JOUR
A1  - Karamanidis, Kiros
A1  - Albracht, Kirsten
A1  - Braunstein, Bjoern
A1  - Catala, Maria Moreno
A1  - Goldmann, Jan-Peter
A1  - Brüggemann, Gert-Peter
T1  - Lower leg musculoskeletal geometry and sprint performance
JF  - Gait and Posture
N2  - The purpose of this study was to investigate whether sprint performance is related to lower leg musculoskeletal geometry within a homogeneous group of highly trained 100-m sprinters. Using a cluster analysis, eighteen male sprinters were divided into two groups based on their personal best (fast: N = 11, 10.30 ± 0.07 s; slow: N = 7, 10.70 ± 0.08 s). Calf muscular fascicle arrangement and Achilles tendon moment arms (calculated by the gradient of tendon excursion versus ankle joint angle) were analyzed for each athlete using ultrasonography. Achilles tendon moment arm, foot and ankle skeletal geometry, fascicle arrangement as well as the ratio of fascicle length to Achilles tendon moment arm showed no significant (p > 0.05) correlation with sprint performance, nor were there any differences in the analyzed musculoskeletal parameters between the fast and slow sprinter group. Our findings provide evidence that differences in sprint ability in world-class athletes are not a result of differences in the geometrical design of the lower leg even when considering both skeletal and muscular components.
Y1  - 2011
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.03.009
SN  - 0966-6362
VL  - 34
IS  - 1
SP  - 138
EP  - 141
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arampatzis, Adamantios
A1  - Karamanidis, Kiros
A1  - Mademli, Lida
A1  - Albracht, Kirsten
T1  - Plasticity of the human tendon to short and long-term mechanical loading
JF  - Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Y1  - 2009
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JES.0b013e31819c2e1d
SN  - 1538-3008
VL  - 37
IS  - 2
SP  - 66
EP  - 72
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Arampatzis, Adamantios
A1  - Karamanidis, Kiros
A1  - Albracht, Kirsten
T1  - Adaptational responses of the human Achilles tendon by modulation of the applied cyclic strain magnitude
JF  - Journal of Experimental Biology
Y1  - 2007
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.003814
SN  - 0022-0949
VL  - 210
IS  - 15
SP  - 2743
EP  - 2753
ER  -