Why do people jump the way they do?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 95-102

  Bobbert, Maarten F ^a   Van Soest, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ballistic movements; Coordination; Humans; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HIP; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; HIP; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035404495     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200107000-00002     Document Type: Article

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