Inter-Segment Coordination of Male and Female Collegiate Ice Hockey Players During Forward Skating Starts.

: Coordination in ice hockey skating has been minimally investigated, particularly in females. The objective was to compare lower-extremity inter-segment coordination of collegiate male and female ice hockey players during forward skating starts. : 3D kinematic data were collected on collegiate male ( = 9) and female ( = 10) participants during accelerative steps.

Differences in inter-segment coordination between high- and low-calibre ice hockey players during forward skating.

The objective was to compare lower extremity inter-segment coordination between high-calibre and low-calibre ice hockey players during forward full stride skating. A 10-camera Vicon motion capture system collected kinematic data on male high-calibre (n = 8) and low-calibre (n = 8) participants. Continuous relative phase (CRP) was calculated for shank-/thigh, shank-s/thigh- and foot-/shank- segment pairs.