Dynamics of the body centre of mass during actual acceleration across transition speed

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 578-585

  Segers, Veerle ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   Lenoir, Matthieu ^a   De Clerq, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Centre of mass; Running; Transition; Walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 33947359084     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02693     Document Type: Article

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