Effects of hiking pole inertia on energy and muscular costs during uphill walking

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1117-1125

  Foissac, Matthieu J ^a,b,c   Berthollet, Romain ^a   Seux, Julien ^a   Belli, Alain ^a   Millet, Guillaume Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b Department of Movement Sciences   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Emg; Load distribution; Mass; Oxygen cost; Walking frequency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY COST; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE TEST; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; WALKING;

EID: 54049087824     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318167228a     Document Type: Article

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