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The ISBS Proceedings Archive publishes papers from the International Society of Biomechanics in Sport annual conference. Papers focus on applied research on human and animal movement, equipment, and training in sports.

See the Aims and Scope for an overview of the society.

See the Policies for an overview the submission process

This archive hosts the proceedings archive for ISBS conferences from 2017 onwards. Papers presented at ISBS conference prior to 2017 can be found here

Current Issue: Volume 43, Issue 1 (2025) ISBS Conference 2025; Doha, Qatar

Papers

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ISBS 2025 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Rony Ibrahim, Paul Grimshaw, Lina Majed, and Philip Graham-Smith

Other

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VELOCITY-BASED TRAINING INTERVENTION: EFFECTS ON LOWER LIMB PERFORMANCE IN FEMALE FLOORBALL ATHLETES
Basil Achermann, Naire Regazzi, Rahel Heynen, Julia Suter, and Silvio Lorenzetti

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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ALTERED SPINOPELVIC KINEMATICS DIFFERENTIATE INDIVIDUALS WITH SYMPTOMATIC CAM FROM ASYMPTOMATIC CAM AND CONTROL GROUPS
Dalia Al Otti, Filip Staes, Stijn Ghijselings, Emma J. Beckaerts, Gaivilė Kurtinaitytė, and Lennart Scheys

Clinical Biomechanics

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ALMUBAREZ: A FUSION OF DIGITAL INNOVATION FOR FENCING TRAINING
Marwa Al-Ani, Abdulnaser Rabie, Amna A. Osman, Prof.Uvais Qidwai, and Dr. Noora Al-Qahtani

Modelling / Simulation

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ADVANCED NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR PROTECTIVE FENCING SUITS: ENHANCING BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
Ala Husam Subhi Alardah, Mennatalla SheikhMohamed Saifeldin kuna, Marwa Al-Ani, Dr. Mostafa Hussein Ramadan Sliem, and Dr. Noora Al-Qahtani

Wearable Technology

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INVESTIGATION OF SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING FOR IMU-BASED SWIMMING ACTIVITY RECOGNITION
Saeed Aram, Isobel M. Thompson, Dominic A. Hudson, and Joseph Banks

Water Sports

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A NOVEL PATHWAY TO CHARACTERISE FOOTBALLS FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS
Megan J. Barnes-Wood, Henrique Ramos, Rafael Santiago, and Peter Theobald

Equipment

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TOWARDS AI-BASED AT-HOME PHSIOTHERAPY FOR THE ELDERLY: COMPARING MOVENET WITH VITPOSE IN HUMAN POSE ESTIMATION
Dominik Batić, Srinivas Kachavarapu, Fayçal Nait Irahal, Dagmar Meyer, and Carsten Meyer

Rehabilitation

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ACL INJURY-RELATED KINEMATIC ASSESSMENT: A PRELIMINARY STUDY TO COMPARE MARKER-BASED, WEARABLE, AND MARKERLESS SYSTEMS
Claudia Brunetti, Filippo Bertozzi, Pietro Maver, Marco Palombi, Matilde Santini, Manuela Galli, and Marco Tarabini

Technology/equipment

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THE EFFECTS OF A BASKETBALL GAME-BASED WARM-UP IN SQUAT JUMP PERFORMANCE IN YOUTH STUDENTS
Marco V. Campana Bonilla and Mansour N. Alsowayan

Running & Jumping

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WITHIN-SESSION VARIABILITY IN TREADMILL RUNNING MECHANICS IN TEAM SPORT ATHLETES
Claire Chaisson, Brian Hanley, Dan Weaving, and Stacey Emmonds

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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THE ANALYSIS METHOD RESULTS IN DIFFERENCES IN THE EVALUATION OF DROP JUMP KINETICS: PROOF OF CONCEPT AT THREE DROPPING HEIGHTS
Christos Chalitsios PhD, Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos PhD, and Iraklis A. Kollias

Running & Jumping

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TRUNK KINEMATICS IN THE SLIDING FOREHAND ON CLAY COURTS: A COMPARISON OF ELITE AND SUB-ELITE TENNIS PLAYERS
Kai-Lung Chang, Wen-Tzu Tang, Tsung-Yu Huang, Zi-Jun Lin, and Cheng-Yi Hsiao

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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MACHINE LEARNING AND DEEP LEARNING APPLICATIONS IN SPORTS BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS: A SYSTEMATIC SCOPING REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT AND INJURY PREVENTION STRATEGIES
Wissem Dhahbi, Nidhal Jebabli, Manar Boujabli, Marouen Souaifi, Ismail Dergaa, and Lamia Ben Ezzdine

Injury prevention

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TESTING ACLR FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON THE FIELD: AN ALGORITHM TO ASSESS CUTTING BIOMECHANICS INJURY RISK THROUGH WEARABLES
Stefano Di Paolo, Margherita Mendicino, Marianna Viotto, Alberto Grassi, and Stefano Zaffagnini

Clinical Biomechanics

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VALIDATING A MARKERLESS MOTION CAPTURE APPLICATION IN SIMULTAED SNOWBOARDING
Stuart Evans Dr, Christian Merz, and Felix Friedl

Equipment

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CHARACTERIZATION OF SHOULDER MOMENTS AND FORCE APPLICATION IN STATIC AND DYNAMIC CAMPUS EXERCISES
Juliana Exel PhD, Judith Satzinger, Willi Koller, Arnold Baca, and Hans Kainz

Athletics

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ESTIMATION OF BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETERS DURING SQUAT, WALKING AND JUMPING USING IMUS
Gilmar Fernandes dos Santos, Christof Hurschler, and Eike Jakubowitz

Wearable Technology

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WALKING ON EXTREME SLOPE: ARE STAIRS CHEAPER? IMPLICATION FOR VERTICAL KILOMETER PERFORMANCE
Louis Finiel, Sophie Carron, Chloé Margot, and Fabio Borrani

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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SPATIOTEMPORAL SPRINT PARAMETERS OF ADULTS WITH ACHONDROPLASIA DURING THE WORLD DWARF GAMES 2023 – PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Johannes Funken, Bennet Brüsehof, Jan-Peter Goldmann, Carola Birk, Svea Lüdorff, Aleksei Ratnikov, and Oliver Semler

Athletics

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SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCES IN TRAIL RUNNING BIOMECHANICS: A FIELD STUDY
Matteo Genitrini, Stephanie Moore, and Hermann Schwameder

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES IN THE NEURAL CONTROL OF EXPLOSIVE CONTRACTIONS
Anna Grootenhuis, Fiona Hiereth, Jakob Škarabot, Marius Oßwald, Alessandro Del Vecchio, Markus Gruber, and Luca Ruggiero Dr.

Motor Control

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ARE ON-FIELD PEAK PATELLAR TENDON FORCE ESTIMATIONS FROM KINEMATICS AND KINETICS VIABLE? AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS
Michiel Hagen, Jasper Verheul, Wouter Meynendonckx, Simran Chandani, Yoni Dochez, Margot Vanpachtenbeke, Danilo Santos Catelli, Sabine Verschueren, and Jos Vanrenterghem

Rehabilitation

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THE EFFECT OF CHANGING DEPTH AND SPEED ON GROUND REACTION FORCES DURING SQUAT
Ihsen M. Hamed, Hafiz H. Abdalla, and Rony Ibrahim

Strength & Conditioning

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INTERACTION BETWEEN THE MIDSOLE AND PLATE IN RUNNING SHOES MODIFIES THE ENERGY STRATEGY OF THE MTP JOINT DURING RUNNING
Soo-ji Han, Jusung Lee, Sanghyuk Han, Seongjun Kim, and JongChul Park

Technology/equipment

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NEUROMUSCULAR AND MUSCLE MORPHOLOGICAL ADVANTAGE OF POWER-TRAINED ATHLETES IMPROVES HIP EXTENSION TORQUE AT HIGH VELOCITIES
Andras Hegyi, Luca Mezei, Fabien Leboeuf, Annamaria Peter, Aurélie Sarcher, Antoine Nordez, Giuseppe Rabita, Gaël Guilhem, and Lilian Lacourpaille

Athletics

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ASSESSING THE IMPACT REDUCTION CAPABILITIES OF GAMEBREAKER SOFTSHELL HEADGEAR IN DROP TESTS
Annette G. Heward-Swale, George Stilwell, Nick Draper, and Natalia Kabaliuk

Injury

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COMPARISON OF SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS BETWEEN SOCCER SIDE VOLLEY KICK AND INSTEP KICK
Tsuyoshi Iitake and Hiroyuki Nunome Prof.

Football Codes

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IMPACT TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING BALL TRAJECTORIES HEIGHT IN SOCCER INSTEP KICKING
Koichiro Inoue, Neal Smith, and Hiroyuki Nunome

Football Codes

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CHANGES IN ARM AND LEG SWING DURING A 400 M SPRINT
Ryo Iwasaki and Sakie Nobuoka

Athletics

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SIMULATING THE EFFECT OF MEASUREMENT ERROR ON STRIDE TIME DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS
Ben D. M. Jones, David L. Carey, Jon Wheat, Kane Middleton, and Ben Heller

Modelling / Simulation

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THE STABILITY OF VARIABILITY – MULTIDAY RELIABILITY OF SAMPLE ENTROPY IN SUBMAXIMAL HOP AND STRENGTH TASKS IN ELITE ATHLETES
Daniel Kadlec, Jake Cowin, Kat Daniels, Matthew J Jordan, Matt Miller-Dicks, Shayne Vial, and Sophia Nimphius

Motor Control

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COMPARISON OF THORAX AND PELVIS MOTION DURING IRON CLUB GOLF SWING BETWEEN FEMALE AND MALE SKILLED GOLFERS
Karolina Kanova, Jiri Skypala, Pavel Brtva, and Roman Farana

Stick/club/racquet sports

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CHARACTERIZING CARDIAC-LOCOMOTION SYNCHRONIZATION AND HEART RATE/GAIT CYCLE FLUCTUATIONS: A PILOT STUDY
Minato Kawaguchi, Kousuke Meguro, and Kentaro Takahashi

Wearable Technology

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CAN A NEW RULE ADAPTED TAKEOFF ZONE IMPROVE APPROACH-RUN AND TAKEOFF MOTIONS IN LONG JUMP?
Yosuke Kido, Mizuki Kitamura, Fumiaki Kobayashi, and Mitsuo Otsuka

Athletics

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HEAD IMPACT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MALE AND FEMAL JUDO PRACTITONERS DURING SPARRING PRACTICE: A SECONDARY ANALYSIS OF AN EXPLORATORY STUDY
Sentaro Koshida, Takanori Ishii, Hiroshi Kubota, Tatsunari Hasegawa, Chinami Nakagawara, and Hiroshi Churei

Injury prevention

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SHOULDER KINEMATICS OF OVERHEAD THROWING IN MALE PROFESSIONAL AND SEMI-PROFESSIONAL CRICKETERS
Jordan Leondiris Mr., Janine Gray Dr., Megan Dutton Dr., and Yumna Albertus Associate Prof.

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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EFFECT OF HAMSTRING STRENGTH INTERVENTION ON LOWER EXTREMITY BIOMECHANICS OF SPRINTING
shangxiao Li, Weiya Hao, and Shufang Yuan

Running & Jumping

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DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN ALGORITHM FOR FOOT CONTACT DETECTION IN HIGH-DYNAMIC MOVEMENTS USING INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNITS
Margherita Mendicino, Stefano Di Paolo, José Miguel Dos Santos, Eline M. Nijmeijer, Pieter Heuvelmans, Francesco Della Villa, Alli Gokeler, Anne Benjaminse, and Stefano Zaffagnini

Wearable Technology

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THE HALFPIPE LINES OF THE 2022 MEN'S OLYMPIC SNOWBOARD FINALISTS: AN EXPLORATIVE ANALYSIS
Christian Merz, Felix Friedl, Matthias Thelen, and Tom Gorges

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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JOINT POWER DIFFERENCES IN SPEED RUNNING BETWEEN AMERICAN STYLE FOOTBALL POSITION GROUPS
Monique Mokha, Alyana Andal Andal, Jacob Haberer, Isabella Estrada Hernandez, and Hunter Forte

Football Codes

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DEVELOPMENT OF SPRINT RUNNING PERFORMANCE OVER 4 YEARS: A CASE STUDY
Ryu Nagahara and Masataka Yamashita

Athletics

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THE EFFECT OF BASEBALL BAT DIAMETER ON BATTED BALL
HIROTAKA NAKASHIMA

Stick/club/racquet sports

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BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF ELITE JAVELIN THROWER OF PAKISTAN
Muhammad Tahir Nazeer Dr, Muhammad Ahmad Tahir, and Rabia Walee

Athletics

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SURFACE CONDITION MEASUREMENT FOR RUNNERS USING SMARTPHONE SENSORS
Junho Oh and Jaeyoung Oh

Wearable Technology

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IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF HANDLE USE ON A NEW SWIMMING STARTING BLOCK
Kazumasa Ozeki, Shummei Ichikawa, Hiroshi Suito, and Shinji SAKURAI

Water Sports

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Prediction of Anterio-Posterior and Medio-Lateral Force from Vertical Force in different frequency of movement pattern
Rajinikumar Palaniyappan Dr., Hema D Ms., and Tamil Selvan P Mr.

Running & Jumping

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DROP JUMPING FROM DIFFERENT HEIGHTS: WHAT AND WHEN IT IS DIFFERENT IN THE CASE WHERE JUMP HEIGHT IS SIMILAR?
Vassilios Panoutsakopoulos PhD, Christos Chalitsios PhD, and Iraklis A. Kollias PhD

Running & Jumping

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THE LARGE VOLUME AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE OF THE FLEXOR HALLUCIS LONGUS MUSCLE IN SPRINTERS AND DISTANCE RUNNERS
Annamaria Peter, Andras Hegyi, István Kóbor, Gyula Gyebnár, and Bálint Kovács

Muscle & Tendon

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EXPERTISE AND COORDINATION IN SHOW JUMPING: INVESTIGATING LUMBAR MOTION
Nolwenn Régnault, Agnès Olivier, and Nicolas Bideau

Other

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EFFECT OF HALLUX VALGUS ON LOWER EXTREMITY KINEMATICS DURING BALLET MOVEMENTS
Nahoko Sato, Haruka Seki, Naoko Oba, and Akito Miura

Other

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RUNNING-INDUCED FATIGUE INCREASES COORDINATION VARIABILITY, REGARDLESS OF RUNNING ABILITY
Zak J.M Sheehy, Adrian R Rivadulla, and Ezio Preatoni

Motor Control

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DIFFERENCES IN BACKSWING MECHANICS BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR GOLFERS
Bobae Song, Minji Kim, Sejin Kong, Jaejin Ryue, and Ki-Kwang Lee

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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INTRODUCING ‘SLIDE’ - A PORTABLE DEVICE FOR ASSESSING SKIN-SURFACE INJURY RISK VIA THE MAXWELL TRIBO INDEX
Finlay Taggart, Maxwell MacFarlane, John McLuckie, Eric O'Donnell, and Peter Theobald

Equipment

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COMPARISON OF EXTERNAL INVERSION/EVERSION MOMENT BETWEEN BAREFOOT AND SHOD RUNNING
Kotaro Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Nunome Prof., Yuji Tamura, Tsuyoshi Iitake, and Ryo Iwasaki

Running & Jumping

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ON THE CURVED SKATE PATH TECHNIQUE OF SPEED SKATING
Jeroen van der Eb Dr. Ir. and Prof. M. R. (Fred) Yeadon

Modelling / Simulation

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ENERGY FLOW ANALYSIS DURING MAXIMAL SPEED SPRINT RUNNING
Shayne Vial, Kyle Wasseberger, and Daniel Kadlec

Running & Jumping

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AN EXPLORATION OF SHOULDER-HIP SEPARATION DYANMICS IN GOLF THROUGH STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING
Jason Wicke, Tyler Kearney, and Jordan L. Cola

Stick/club/racquet sports

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EFFECT OF HANDLEBAR HEIGHT ON LOWER-LIMB BIOMECHANICS AND UPPER BODY KINEMATICS IN ELITE PURSUIT CYCLISTS
Daniel Williams, Marcus Dunn, Paul Worsfold, Deborah Newton, Steve H. Faulkner, Francesca d'Andrea, and Jon Wheat

Cycling

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EXPLORING THE DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF CAM-LIKE MORPHOLOGY BY AGE GROUP IN HIGH- AND LOW-IMPACT SPORTS
Ryota Yamamoto, Toshiharu Tsutsui, Wataru Sakamaki, Nodoka Ikegami, and Suguru Torii

Injury prevention

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THE EFFECTS OF THE FOOTBALL+ WARMUP PROGRAM ON ISOKINETIC STRENGTH AMONG YOUTH AMATEUR MALE FOOTBALL PLAYERS
Mostafa Zarei, Mojtaba Asgari, Ebrahim Heidarnia, Seyed Hossein Yaghoobzadeh, and Thomas Jaitner

Injury

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EXTERNAL RESISTANCE CHANGES THE ROTATION-EXTENSION STRATEGY IN ACCELERATED RUNNING
Marvin Zedler, Martin Pinter, Wolfgang Potthast, Bjoern Braunstein, and Jan-Peter Goldmann

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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KINEMATICAL ANALYSIS OF 135° CHANGE-OF-DIRECTION TECHNIQUES IN BASKETBALL
Raffaele Zinno, Salvatore Pinelli, Anna Jòdar-Portas, Raquel Font-Lladó, Anna Prats-Puig, and Laura Bragonzoni

Sports Performance & Elite Sports

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COMPETITIVE-LEVEL AND LEG PREFERENCE EFFECTS ON VERTICAL GROUND REACTION FORCES IN SOCCER KICKING
Yecheng Zhang, Archit Navandar, and Enrique Navarro

Football Codes

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