Mechanism of leg stiffness adjustment for hopping on surfaces of different stiffnesses

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1044-1055

  Farley, Claire T ^a   Houdijk, Han H P ^b   Van Strien, Ciska ^b   Louie, Micky ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Locomotion; Motor control; Running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH;

EID: 0031689958     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.3.1044     Document Type: Article

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