Accounting for elite indoor 200 m sprint results

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-50

  Usherwood, James R ^a   Wilson, Alan M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Force; Run; Sprint

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; FORCE; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SPORT;

EID: 33644918571     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0399     Document Type: Article

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