Optimization characteristics of walking with and without a load on the trunk of the body

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 261-272

  Falola, Jean Marie ^b   Delpech, Nathalie ^b   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; STATISTICS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034242358     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.91.1.261     Document Type: Article

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