Direction of foot force for pushes against a fixed pedal: Role of effort level

Motor Control

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 229-241

  Gruben, Kreg G ^a,b   Rogers, Lynn M ^a,b   Schmidt, Matthew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Direction; Foot; Force; Leg; Motor control; Pedal; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CYCLING; FEMALE; FOOT FORCE; FORCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; BICYCLE; EXERCISE; FOOT; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BICYCLING; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0043234532     PISSN: 10871640     EISSN: 15432696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/mcj.7.3.229     Document Type: Article

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