It pays to have a spring in your step

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 130-138

  Sawicki, Gregory S ^a   Lewis, Cara L ^b   Ferris, Daniel P ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

efficiency; energetics; exoskeleton; gait; locomotion; walking

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; WALKING;

BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; JOINTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROBOTICS; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 67650780059     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31819c2df6     Document Type: Article

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