Mechanical energy in toddler gait: A trade-off between economy and stability?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2417-2431

  Hallemans, Ann ^a,b   Aerts, Peter ^a   Otten, Bert ^c   De Deyn, Peter P ^d   De Clercq, Dirk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Hoger Inst V Kinesitherapie E   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energetics; Gait; Inverted pendulum; Stability; Toddler

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; GAIT; HUMAN; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; BELGIUM; BIOMECHANICS; EXERTION; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WALKING;

EID: 3543035269     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01040     Document Type: Article

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