Abstract
The purpose of this study was to clarify the characteristics of sprint kinematics of the support leg for a wide range of participants, from novices to athletes, by reviewing previous articles analyzing sprint kinematics of the support leg in sprint events. Using three domestic and international search engines, we collected Japanese and English articles analyzing the sprint kinematics of the support leg during the maximal velocity phase of sprint events for both novices and athletes, and summarized the mean values of hip and knee angles and the results of intergroup comparisons. The main results are as follows. The hip angle at touchdown tended to be larger for athlete groups than for novice groups. The minimum knee joint angle of the support leg was larger in novices with higher sprint velocity, and novice groups with high sprint velocity showed values similar to that of athlete groups with low sprint velocity. The knee joint angle at takeoff was larger in novice groups with higher sprint velocity, and smaller in athlete groups with higher sprint velocity. The knee flexion angular displacement in the first half of the support leg was similar to that of world-class athletes for novices with high sprint velocity.
https://ror.org/01wx88t91 
