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Sports Engineering
Volume 2 Issue 2 Page 97  - May
1999
doi:10.1046/j.1460-2687.1999.00024.x

The influence of friction on
sports surfaces in turning movements

Durá, Hoyos, Martínez &
Lozano

A 180° turning movement was performed over five surfaces with
different coefficients of friction measured with the method defined
in the standard DIN180322. Two different phases were found: the
braking and the starting phase. The results show that people adapt
their movement, increasing time and knee flexion angle during the
braking phase. Considering the time taken to perform the movement as
a performance parameter, it was found that there is a compensation
between the two phases that reduces the differences in times and
causes the global performance to be similar on the different
surfaces. In this manner, low friction coefficients are better
because muscle stress and torque in joints are reduced.

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Authors:

Durá

Hoyos

Martínez

Lozano

Keywords:

sports surfaces

friction

turning

Affiliations

1Grupo de Biomecánica
Deportiva, Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (IBV), Parque
Tecnológico de Valencia s/n. Apartado de Correos 199. (46980)
Paterna, VALENCIA, Spain

Correspondence

Correspondence to: Juan V. Durá

To cite this
article
Durá, , Hoyos, , Martínez,
& Lozano, (1999)
The influence of friction on sports surfaces
in turning movements.
Sports
Engineering 2 (2), 97-102.
doi:
10.1046/
j.1460-2687.1999.00024.x

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