Energetic consequences of walking like an inverted pendulum: Step-to-step transitions

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 88-97

  Kuo, Arthur D ^a   Donelan, J Maxwell ^b   Ruina, Andy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedal walking; Center of mass; Human locomotion; Mechanical work; Metabolic cost; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCLE FORCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; LEG; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 17744394910     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200504000-00006     Document Type: Article

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