Yuto Miyake is Graduate Student in Faculty of Sport and Health Science of Ritsumeikan University, and his research manuscript was accepted and published in European Journal of Applied Physiology, which collaborated with Professor Tadao Isaka, Professor Akinori Nagano, Assistant Professor Tadashi Suga, and Assistant Professor Mitsuo Otsuka.

The study revealed that the knee extensor moment arm is greater in sprinters than in non-sprinters, and this morphological structure in sprinters is associated with sprint performance. Therefore, these findings suggest that that a greater knee extensor moment arm may be an advantageous for achieving superior sprint performance in sprinters.

Miyake Y, Suga T, Otsuka M, Tanaka T, Misaki J, Kudo S, Nagano A, Isaka T. The knee extensor moment arm is associated with performance in male sprinters. Eur J Appl Physiol 117(3): 533-539, 2017.