Ergonomic effects of load carriage on energy cost of gradient walking

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-149

  Abe, Daijiro ^a   Muraki, Satoshi ^b   Yasukouchi, Akira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Free ride; Locomotion; Optimal speed

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; COSTS; OXYGEN;

GRADIENT WALKING; LEISURE TASKS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STEADY STATE; TREADMILL; VELOCITY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 36849061601     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2007.06.001     Document Type: Article

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