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A Study of the Effects of Motor Experience on Neuromuscular Control Strategies During Sprint Starts
Zhengye Pan1, Lushuai Liu1, Yuan Sun1
1College of Physical Education and Sports, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
Abstract:
Much of the current research on sprint start has attempted to analyze the biomechanical characteristics of elite athletes to provide guidance on the training of sprint technique, with less attention paid to the effects of motor experience gained from long-term training on neuromuscular control characteristics. The present study attempted to investigate the effect of motor experience on the modular organization of the neuromuscular system during starting, based on he clarification of the characteristics of muscle synergies during starting. It was found that exercise experience did not promote an increase in the number of synergies but rather a more focused timing of the activation of each synergy, allowing athletes to quickly complete the postural transition from crouching to running during the starting.
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