Post by Steve Yutzy on Jun 25, 2009 19:23:41 GMT -5
The research that was used to clear Oscar Pistorius (the south african guy with artificial running legs) for competition has finally been published in a peer reviewed journal. The interesting thing here is that the article concludes that his running is "mechanically different" but "physiologically similar" despite the fact that they say he uses 17% less oxygen as other 400m runners.
That doesn't seem physiologically similar at all to me, and frankly it baffles me how this very evidence was used in a legal setting (successfully) as a defense.
If anybody wants to give it a read shoot me an email, I have a PDF copy.
Links:
Journal of Applied Physiology article: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19541739
Some analysis by Science of Sport: www.sportsscientists.com/2009/06/pistorius-research-published.html
That doesn't seem physiologically similar at all to me, and frankly it baffles me how this very evidence was used in a legal setting (successfully) as a defense.
If anybody wants to give it a read shoot me an email, I have a PDF copy.
Links:
Journal of Applied Physiology article: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19541739
Some analysis by Science of Sport: www.sportsscientists.com/2009/06/pistorius-research-published.html