Old men running: Mechanical work and elastic bounce

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1633, 2008, Pages 411-418

  Cavagna, G A ^a   Legramandi, M A ^a   Peyre Tartaruga L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Age; Elasticity; Locomotion; Muscle; Running; Work

Indexed keywords

AGE; ELASTICITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE;

AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SENESCENCE;

EID: 37849049371     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1288     Document Type: Article

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