Development of a generalized model to estimate the energy cost of walking and running for healthy adults

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-36

  Sherman, Nestor W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intercept; Multiple regression; Oxygen uptake; Slope

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032326219     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/00124278-199802000-00007     Document Type: Article

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