This page will allow you to download some of Jesús Dapena’s publications, including four reports containing biomechanical technique evaluations of high jumpers and discus throwers prepared for USA Track & Field.
Selected Papers and Abstracts
by Jesús Dapena
(email: dapena@iu.edu)
When a scientific paper is published, the copyright normally has to be yielded by the author to the publisher of the journal. Because of that, I am not allowed to offer here downloadable copies of almost any of my publications. So most of what you see below are just abstracts from conferences. The main exception are the last four items, which are complete copies of reports that I wrote for USA Track & Field on the discus throw and on the high jump.
Feltner, M.E. and J. Dapena. Dynamics of the shoulder and elbow joints of the throwing arm during a baseball pitch. Int. J. Sport Biomech. 2:235-259, 1986. (abstract)
Dapena, J. and C.S. Chung. Vertical and radial motions of the body during the take-off phase of high jumping. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 20:290-302, 1988. (abstract)
Dapena, J. and C. McDonald. A three-dimensional analysis of angular momentum in the hammer throw. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 21:206-220, 1989. (abstract)
Feltner, M.E. and J. Dapena. Three-dimensional interactions in a two-segment kinetic chain. Part 1: General model. Int. J. Sport Biomech. 5:403-419, 1989. (abstract)
Dapena, J. Some biomechanical aspects of hammer throwing. Athletics Coach. 23:12-19, 1989. (paper).
McDonald, C. and J. Dapena. Linear kinematics of the men’s 110-meter and women’s 100-meter hurdles races. Med. Sci. Sports Exerc. 23:1382-1391, 1991. (abstract)
Dapena, J. An analysis of angular momentum in the discus throw. Paper presented at 14th Int.Congress Biomech., Paris, France, 1993. (abstract)
Dapena, J. Calculation of the true value of a high jump using a computer graphics model. Paper presented at 17th Annu. Meeting Am. Soc. Biomech., Iowa City, IA, 1993. (abstract)
Dapena, J. The twist rotation in high jumping. Paper presented at 19th Annu. Meeting Am. Soc. Biomech., Stanford, CA, 1995. (abstract)
Dapena, J. How to design the shape of a high jump run-up. Track Coach. 131:4179-4181, 1995. (paper)
Dapena, J., M. Ae and A. Iiboshi. A closer look at the shape of the high jump run-up. Track Coach. 138:4406-4411, 1997. (paper)
LeBlanc, M.K. and J. Dapena. Angular momentum flow during the javelin throw. Paper presented at 45th Annu. Meeting ACSM, Orlando, FL, 1998. (abstract)
Dapena, J. Effect of the direction of the somersault rotation on the amount of twist rotation in high jumping. Symposium paper presented at 4th World Cong. Biomech., Calgary, 2002. (abstract)
Gordon, B. and J. Dapena. Angular momentum transfer during a power tennis serve. Presented at 28th Annu. Meeting Am. Soc. Biomech., Portland, OR, 2004. (abstract)
tUrquidi, B. and J. Dapena. Contributions of longitudinal and normal hand forces to the speed of a bat. Presented at 52nd Annu. Meeting ACSM, Nashville, TN, 2005. (abstract)
Willmott, A. and J. Dapena. A model for assessing the contributions of hand forces and torques to the speed of a swinging implement: application to the field hockey hit. Presented at 20th Int. Congress Biomech./29th Annu. Meeting Am. Soc. Biomech., Cleveland, OH, 2005. (abstract)
Dapena, J., M. Gutierrez-Dávila and J. Campos. The effect of muscular pre-tensing on the sprint start. Presented at 53rd Annu. Meeting ACSM, Indianapolis, 2006. (abstract)
Dapena, J. and W.J. Anderst. Discus throw, #1 (Men). Report for Scientific Services Project (USATF). USA Track & Field, Indianapolis, 161 pp, 1997. (report)
Dapena, J., M.K. LeBlanc and W.J. Anderst. Discus throw, #2 (Women). Report for Scientific Services Project (USATF). USA Track & Field, Indianapolis, 123 pp, 1997. (report)
Dapena, J. and T.K. Ficklin. High jump, #32 (Men). Report for Scientific Services Project (USATF). USA Track & Field, Indianapolis, 133 pp, 2007. (report)
Dapena, J., B.J. Gordon and B.W. Meyer. High jump, #29 (Women). Report for Scientific Services Project (USATF). USA Track & Field, Indianapolis, 103 pp, 2006. (report)