Trunk and Lower Limb Muscularity in Sprinters: What Are the Specific Muscles for Superior Sprint Performance?

Overview

Journal BMC Res Notes

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialties Biology
General Medicine

Date 2021 Feb 26

PMID 33632290

Citations 10

Authors

Nobuaki Tottori

Tadashi Suga

Yuto Miyake

Ryo Tsuchikane

Takahiro Tanaka

Masafumi Terada

Mitsuo Otsuka

Akinori Nagano

Satoshi Fujita

Tadao Isaka

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Abstract

Objective: The major purpose of this study was to determine the specific muscle(s) for superior sprint performance in sprinters. The cross sectional areas (CSAs) of ten muscles of the trunk and lower limb were measured using magnetic resonance images in 56 male sprinters and 40 male non-sprinters. In addition to the absolute CSA, to minimize the effect of difference in body size among participants, the relative CSA normalized to body mass was used for analysis of this study.

Results: Absolute and relative CSAs of most trunk and lower limb muscles, including the psoas major (PM) and gluteus maximus (GM), were significantly larger in sprinters than in non-sprinters (all P < 0.001, d = 0.91 to 1.82). The absolute and relative CSAs of the PM and GM correlated significantly with personal best 100-m sprint time in sprinters (r = - 0.363 to - 0.388, all P < 0.01). A stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed that both CSAs of absolute PM and relative GM were predictive variables for the personal best 100 m sprint time in sprinters (β = - 0.289 and - 0.287, respectively, both P < 0.05). These findings suggest that the PM and GM may be specific muscles for superior sprint performance in sprinters.

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