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New app keeps students on their toes Mount Maunganui College students testing out the Calf Raise App. Supplied photos. ); } else { // } Tauranga secondary school students gained a newfound appreciation of biomechanics, along with a challenging calf workout, at the University of Waikato National Biomechanics Day (NBD) event earlier this month. A newly developed Calf Raise App, is receiving international acclaim for its ability to track and quantify calf muscle performance in children, elderly and high-level athletes. The technology featured at one of three activation stations at the University’s Adams Centre of High Performance in Mount Maunganui. Students from Mount Maunganui College and Te Puke High School took turns doing the Calf Raise Test, a standard assessment used in clinics and sports to gauge calf muscle function requiring participants to stand on one leg and go up on their toes and back down as many times as they can. ....

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