Running performance has a structural basis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2625-2631

  Weyand, Peter G ^a,b   Davis, J Adam ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Bone; Ground support forces; Locomotion; Mechanics; Muscle; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUNNING;

ELAGATIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 23744458798     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01609     Document Type: Article

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