Ankle plantar flexor force production is an important determinant of the preferred walk-to-run transition speed

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 799-808

  Neptune, Richard R ^a   Sasaki, Kotaro ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Intrinsic muscle properties; Modeling and simulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 15944398315     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01435     Document Type: Article

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