Optimal jumping strategies from compliant surfaces: A simple model of springboard standing jumps

Human Movement Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-48

  Cheng, Kuangyou B ^a   Hubbard, Mont ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving; Jumping; Muscular activation; Optimization; Surface compliance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE; LEG; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STANDING; TORQUE; TRUNK; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPLIANCE; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORIENTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TORQUE;

EID: 2942637338     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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