Marcus Pandy, a BME professor, was quoted in the Baltimore Sun on April 5 in a story about how humans jump.
Researchers agree that the process is intricate, but disagree over which muscles do what. According to the article, "Some argue that the hamstrings, the muscles at the back of the thighs play a key role, moving energy from the legs to the hips. According to this theory, the transferred force helps propel the jumper upward. Pandy disagrees. By creating computer simulations of humans jumping, he has been able to test how individual muscles contribute to leaping ability. His models show that hamstrings make little difference."
