Dynamic arm swinging in human walking

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1673, 2009, Pages 3679-3688

  Collins, Steven H ^a,b   Adamczyk, Peter G ^a   Kuo, Arthur D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energetics; Locomotion; Simulation; Upper extremities

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; TORQUE; WALKING;

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WALKING;

EID: 70350214563     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0664     Document Type: Article

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