Energy Cost and Stride Duration Variability at Preferred Transition Gait Speed between Walking and Running

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 471-480

  Brisswalter, Jeanick ^a   Mottet, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Energy cost; Locomotion; Transition speed; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 0030339841     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h96-041     Document Type: Article

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