Determinants of the center of mass trajectory in human walking and running

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2935-2944

  Lee, Cynthia R ^a   Farley, Claire T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Human; Inverted pendulum model; Locomotion; Running; Spring mass model; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032211951     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.201.21.2935     Document Type: Article

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