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Understanding these movement strategies may be important for designing effective training programs and avoiding unintended biomechanical adaptations. Therefore, we aimed to compare the kinematics and muscular activities of the lower limbs during half squats and gait between copers and healthy controls. Ten copers (3 females) and 10 controls (4 females) were included in this secondary cross-sectional study. All participants were young, physically active adults who engaged in recreational physical activities for more than 1.5 h per week. We compared mean and peak angles of the thigh, shank, and foot calculated from inertial measurement units, as well as muscle activities of the biceps femoris long head, rectus femoris, gastrocnemius, and tibialis anterior between copers and controls during half squats and gait. 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