Runners adjust leg stiffness for their first step on a new running surface

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 787-794

  Ferris, D P ^a   Liang, K ^a   Farley, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Locomotion; Motor control; Muscle; Spring mass model; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LEG STIFFNESS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RUNNING;

EID: 0032997162     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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