Abstract
Although it is a “young” scientific discipline, locomotion and sport biomechanics has taken an important place in the daily routine of many practitioners of sports training, medicine and rehabilitation. It allows both a better understanding of human locomotion and performance and a better design of sports training and injury prevention programs.
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Morin, JB., Samozino, P. (2018). Introduction. In: Morin, JB., Samozino, P. (eds) Biomechanics of Training and Testing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05633-3_1
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