Human hopping on damped surfaces: Strategies for adjusting leg mechanics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1525, 2003, Pages 1741-1746

  Moritz, Chet T ^a,b   Farley, Claire T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; SURFACE PROPERTY; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA;

EID: 0041376423     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2435     Document Type: Article

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