Limitations Of Animal Running Speed
Limitations of animal running speed provides an overview of how various factors determine the maximum Sprint (running), running speed. Some terrestrial animals are built for achieving extremely high speeds, such as the cheetah, pronghorn, race Horse racing, horse and Greyhound racing, greyhound, while humans can train to achieve high sprint speeds. There is no single determinant of maximum running speed: however, certain factors stand out against others and have been investigated in both animals and humans. These factors include: Muscle moment arms, foot morphology, muscle architecture, and muscle fiber type. Each factor contributes to the Ground reaction force, ground reaction force (GRF) and foot contact time of which the changes to increase maximal speed are not well understood across all species. Ground reaction force and foot contact time *GRF is a common variant which is studied in running gait. It has been shown in humans that as velocity increases, there is a linear increa ...
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