A feedback-controlled treadmill (treadmill-on-demand) and the spontaneous speed of walking and running in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 838-843

  Minetti, Alberto E ^a   Boldrini, Lorenzo ^a   Brusamolin, Laura ^a   Zamparo, Paola ^a,b   McKee, Tom ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gait; Pathology; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECELERATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TECHNIQUE; TREADMILL; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 0041627691     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00128.2003     Document Type: Article

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