Measurement of the mechanical power of walking by satellite positioning system (GPS)

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1912-1918

  Terrier, P ^a   Ladetto, Q ^a   Merminod, D ^a   Schutz, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Differential global positioning system; Energy expenditure; Indirect calorimetry; Mechanical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALORIMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; GAIT; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; WALKING;

EID: 0034761269     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200111000-00017     Document Type: Article

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