Faster top running speeds are achieved with greater ground forces not more rapid leg movements

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1991-1999

  Weyand, P G ^a   Sternlight, D B ^a   Bellizzi, M J ^a   Wright, S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Running mechanics; Running performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICS; MUSCLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033759221     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.5.1991     Document Type: Article

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