Biomechanics and running economy

Sports Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 76-89

  Anderson, Tim ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FOOT; GENDER; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PELVIS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; ROTATION; RUNNING; SHOE; SHOULDER; VELOCITY;

EID: 0029837729     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199622020-00003     Document Type: Review

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