So if Pistorius had legs, he'd be about as good as a state champion high school girl or average high school boy...not sure I'm buying that.
I would rather test the rigorous testing done at one of the world's premier prosthetic research labs located at MIT than those two no-namers in your article:
http://jap.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/00174.2009v1
"The scientific team compared Oscar Pistorius to track athletes with intact limbs to evaluate their:
Energy cost of running
Fatigue resistance
Sprinting mechanics
The team concluded that:
Pistorius’ maximal rate of aerobic metabolism (VO2max) is 7.6 percent lower than that of the average for intact-limb 400-meter specialists. However, he has essentially the same running speed at VO2max because his metabolic cost of running is 17 percent lower than the average for the performance-matched male sprinters. His running economy is similar to that of accomplished male distance runners.
Pistorius’ ability to hold his speed over longer sprint races is identical to that of intact-limb athletes.
Pistorius’ sprinting mechanics are markedly dissimilar to intact-limb track athletes. At top speed:
He exerts considerably less force on the ground in relation to his body weight than intact-limb runners.
His foot is in contact with the ground 14% longer on each sprinting step.
He spends 34% less time in the air between steps.
He takes 21% less time to reposition (swing) his legs between steps.
In summary, the team concluded that Pistorius’ physiology (energy cost and fatigability) is generally similar to that of intact-limb athletes, but his sprint running mechanics are markedly dissimilar."
I meant "trust" in my first sentence. I mean seriously these guys?
Human performance researchers:
Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University
Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming
I've never even heard of these schools, and these two jokers try and debunk real scientific testing with absurd conclusions and not taking all the variables or the physiology into account? I'm surprised that it's even going to be published.
The problem is in the author's conclusions on the study posted above.
His physiology is not generally similar just be reading the study and the results. It's very different. Lower VO2, better economy.
you've never heard of the university of wyoming?
What's a wyoming?
Seriously? I think Oscar P. could easily run a 56.25 if he had legs (Real legs). Wow, now these guys are considered total idiots in my book.
Weyand has co-authored numerous papers on the mechanics and physiology of sprinting in recent years.