Anomalous centre of mass energy fluctuations during treadmill walking in healthy individuals

Gait and Posture

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 400-406

  Collett, Johnathan ^a,b   Dawes, Helen ^a,b,c   Howells, Ken ^a   Elsworth, Charlotte ^a,b,d   Izadi, Hooshang ^a   Sackley, Cath ^d  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centre of mass; Froude; Oxygen cost; Phase shift; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY RECOVERY; FEMALE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG LENGTH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING SPEED;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WALKING;

EID: 34547830412     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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