Centre of Health Sciences Faculty of Health University of the Faroe Islands Tórshavn Faroe Islands

Department of Biological and Medical Sciences Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Comenius University in Bratislava Bratislava Slovakia

Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics SDU Sport and Health Sciences Cluster Faculty of Health Sciences University of Southern Denmark Odense Denmark

Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Charles University Prague Prague Czechia

Editorial on the Research Topic A physiologically-based approach to study different types of locomotion in association with core performance PubMed

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