Research Article

Relationship between Lower Limb Angular Kinematic Variables and the Effectiveness of Sprinting during the Acceleration Phase

Table 2

Values of correlation coefficients (r) between running time over a 10-meter section and individual kinematic variables of the ankle joint.

VariableRunning stepr

Maximum eversion angular velocity8−0.50

Inversion-eversion range of angular velocity8−0.47

Maximum dorsiflexion angle 3 0.64

Maximum plantar flexion angle 5 −0.49

Maximum abduction angle 5 0.48

Maximum abduction angular velocity4−0.60
6−0.47

Maximum adduction angle 6 −0.59
8 −0.65

Maximum adduction angular velocity4−0.67

Abduction-adduction range of motion4 −0.74
6 −0.56
8 −0.55

Abduction-adduction range of angular velocity4−0.75
6−0.56

Statistically significant at p < 0.05.