Pred_Sim_Sprinting

This repository provides all the code and materials in relation to the article titled: Simulations reveal how touchdown kinematic variables affect top sprinting speed: implications for coaching

BioRxiv link: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.08.617292v1

All optimal control problems were formulated and solved on a Dell laptop (CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-11900H @ 2.50GHz, cores: 8, RAM: 32 GB) with Windows OS.

Necessary software

• Matlab (version 2022b was used)
• CasADi (installation instructions can be found here: https://web.casadi.org/get/)

Running the framework

• To reproduce optimal/nominal sprinting simulation you need to run: MainFunctions\main_pred_sim_sprinting.m and set the variable simulation_type to '_Nominal'
• To reproduce the horizontal touchdown distance (HTD) or inter-knee touchdown distance (IKTD) simulations you run the same function, but change simulation_type accordingly (e.g., '_HTD_Plus_6' will generate the simulation that sets HTD 6 cm greater than in the nominal/optimal simulation)