Force treadmill for measuring vertical and horizontal ground reaction forces

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 764-769

  Kram, Rodger ^a   Griffin, Timothy M ^a   Donelan, J Maxwell ^a   Chang, Young Hui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Force platform; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL ERGOMETRY; WALKING;

EID: 0031928843     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.2.764     Document Type: Article

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