Effects of independently altering body weight and body mass on the metabolic cost of running

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 4418-4427

  Teunissen, Lennart P J ^a,b   Grabowski, Alena ^a   Kram, Rodger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energetics; Reduced gravity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TIME; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGRAVITY; MALE; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

ELAGATIS; HARNESS;

EID: 38148998909     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.004481     Document Type: Article

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