Study: Knees, Hips – But Not Ankles – Power the Fastest Olympic Sprinters

Saturday, August 20, 2016 - 12:01 in Physics & Chemistry

As fans around the world have marveled at the athletic feats performed in the 2016 Summer Olympics, University of Virginia biomedical engineer Silvia Blemker and her research team are investigating how differences in musculature can help lead to Olympic gold. In her latest academic publication, “Adding Muscle Where You Need It: Non-Uniform Hypertrophy Patterns in […]

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