Consequences of forward translation of the point of force application for the mechanics of running

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Bullimore, Sharon R ^a,b   Burn, Jeremy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Centre of pressure; Foot strike; Gait; Locomotion; Spring mass model

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORCE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SIMULATION;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 28444499757     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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