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Publications

• 2000 Year Book of Sports Medicine 2000, pp 318-320.
  Title: Positive Versus Negative Foot Inclination For Maximum Height Two Leg Vertical Jumps Larkins, C., and Snabb, T.
  This article was selected as one of the best research articles in the year 2000.
  Purpose of Year Book: "...to select from those journals papers representing significant advances and statements of important clinical principles."
  
  
• 1999 Clinical Biomechanics, June 1999, Vol. 14 No. 5 pp 321-328.
  Title: Positive Versus Negative Foot Inclination For Maximum Height Two Leg Vertical Jumps Larkins, C., and Snabb, T.
  
  
• 1994 TRACK TECHNIQUE, Summer 1994, NO. 128 pp.3882-3886 and 3906-3907.
  Title: Can Triple Jumpers Really Use an Even Ratio Strategy? Larkins, C. and Ramey, M.R.
  
  
• 1994 The Jumps - Contemporary Theory, Technique and Training Edited by Jess Jarver 4th Edition, Published by Tafnews Press in 1994 (originally published in my Ph.D. dissertation, 1985 and TRACK TECHNIQUE, WINTER 1993, No. 122).
  Title: A Biomechanical Analysis of Novice Triple Jump Technique, Clifford Larkins, The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1994 The Jumps - Contemporary Theory, Technique and Training, Edited by Jess Jarver, 4th Edition, 1994 (originally published in TRACK TECHNIQUE, SPRING 1989, No. 107).
  Title: The Takeoff Drill for the Long Jump
  
  
• 1994 Proceedings: XII International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, Budapest, Hungary, June 23-26.
  Title: A Portable Runway for Collecting Triple Jump Ground Reaction Forces, Larkins, C., The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1993 Proceedings: XI International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, Amherst, MA, June 23-26.
  Title: A Mathematical Model of Human Dynamic Locomotion: The Development and Application of the Model. Larkins, C, The University of Michigan and Vieten, M., University of Konstanz, Germany.
  Title: A Mathematical Model of Human Dynamic Locomotion: Theoretical Bases of the Model. Vieten, M and Larkins, C
  
  
• 1993 TRACK TECHNIQUE, WINTER 1993, NO. 122 pp. 3882-3886 and 3906-3907.
  Title: A Biomechanical Analysis of Novice Triple JumpTechnique, Larkins, C. The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1992 Proceedings: X International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, Milan, Italy, June 19-26.
  Title: Determination of Optimal Heel Inclination for Maximum Height Vertical Jumps! Larkins, C., Snabb, J., and Snabb, T.
  
  
• 1991 Proceedings: IX International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, Ames, Iowa, June 29-July 3.
  Title: Can Triple Jumpers Really Use an Even Ratio Strategy?
  Larkins, C. The University of Michigan and Ramey, M.R. University of California, Davis.
  
  
• 1990 TRACK AND FIELD QUARTERLY REVIEW, VOL 90, NO. 4, WINTER, 1990 pp. 18-23.
  Title: In Search of the Optimal Phase Ratios: Trial and Error, Larkins, C. The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1989 TRACK TECHNIQUE, SPRING 1989, NO. 107 pp. 3415-3418 + 3427.
  Title: The Takeoff Drill for the Long Jump, Larkins, C. The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1988 Proceedings: VI International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports, Bozeman, Montana.
  Title: The Optimal Contribution of the Phase Distances in the Triple Jump Larkins, C. The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1984 Proceedings: Second National Symposium of Teaching Kinesiology and Biomechanics in Sports, Colorado Springs, Colorado; January, pp. 12-14 (abstract).
  Title: Laboratory Experiment: Measurement and Interpretation of Muscle Force Vectors, Net Muscle Moments, and Power, Brown, E. and Larkins, C., Michigan State University.
  Contribution: I wrote a FORTRAN program which can be used to check student work and quickly verify speculation on the influence of changes in input variables. The program also allows the laboratory director to give each student variables to prevent group answers without increasing grading requirements.

Conference Presentations

• 1995 Third IOC World Congress on Sport Sciences at Atlanta, GA. USA
  Title: Positive Versus Negative Foot Inclination For Maximum Height Running Two Leg Vertical Jumps. Larkins, C. and Snabb, T.
  
  
• 1994 XII International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports at Budapest, Hungary.
  Title: A PORTABLE RUNWAY FOR COLLECTING TRIPLE JUMP GROUND
  REACTION FORCES. Larkins, C. The University of Michigan.
  
  
• 1993 XI International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports at Amherst, MA., USA.
  Title 1: A Mathematical Model of Human Dynamic Locomotion: The Development and Application of the Model. Larkins, C, The University of Michigan and Vieten, M., University of Konstanz, Germany
  Title 2: A Mathematical Model of Human Dynamic Locomotion: Theoretical Bases of the Model.
  Vieten, M. and Larkins, C.
  
  
• 1992 X International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports at Milan, Italy.
  Title: Determination of Optimal Heel Inclination for Maximum Height Vertical Jumps. Larkins, C., Snabb J., and Snabb, T.
  
  
• 1991 IX International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
  Title: Can Triple Jumpers Really Use an Even Ratio Strategy?
  Larkins, C. The University of Michigan and Ramey, M.R. University of California, Davis
  
  
• 1988 Michigan Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (MAHPERD), Battle Creek, Michigan.
  Title: The Takeoff Drill for the Long Jump. C. Larkins, The University of Michigan
  
  
• 1988 VI International Symposium of Biomechanics in Sports in Bozeman, Montana.
  Title: The Optimal contribution of the Phase Distances in the Triple Jump. C. Larkins, The University of Michigan
  
  
• 1987 MAHPERD, Traverse City, Michigan.
  Title: The Optimal Contribution of the Phase Distances
  in the Triple Jump. C. Larkins, The University of Michigan