The muscle force component in pedaling retains constant direction across pedaling rates

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-92

  Lorås, Havard ^a   Ettema, Gertjan ^a   Leirdal, Stig ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cadence; Cycling; Force decomposition; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; MECHANICS; ORTHOPEDICS;

CADENCE; CYCLE KINETICS; CYCLING; FORCE COMPONENT; FORCE DECOMPOSITION; FORCE EFFECTIVENESS; INERTIAL FORCES; MUSCLE FORCE;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FOOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER ANALYSIS; RECORDING;

EID: 63449084988     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.25.1.85     Document Type: Article

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