Running economy, preferred step length correlated to body dimensions in elite middle distance runners

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-15

  Brisswalter, J ^a   Legros, P ^a   Durand, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Body dimensions; Running; Step length

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING;

EID: 0029898931     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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