Minimizing center of mass vertical movement increases metabolic cost in walking

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2099-2107

  Ortega, Justus D ^a   Farley, Claire T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Determinants of gait; Inverted pendulum; Locomotion; Mechanical work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING;

EID: 28044454740     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00103.2005     Document Type: Article

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