Optimal speeds for walking and running, and walking on a moving walkway

Chaos

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Srinivasan, Manoj ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 67651092268     PISSN: 10541500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3141428     Document Type: Article

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