A research group led by Professor Yasuo Kawakami of the Academy of Sport Sciences, Assistant Professor Natsunori Sado of the University of Tsukuba’s Department of Physical Education, and Assistant Hoshizora Ichinose of the Nihon University School of Medicine found that although the lower limbs of trained male sprinters are significantly more developed than those of the average adult male, there is no significant difference in “difficulty of rotation movement” around the hip joint in both groups. The results showed that the male sprinters were able to move faster because of the amount of muscle mass in the thigh in particular.
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