Biomechanical pole and leg characteristics during uphill diagonal roller skiing

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 318-333

  Lindinger, Stefan Josef ^a,b   Göpfert, Caroline ^a,b   Stöggl, Thomas ^a,b   Müller, Erich ^a,b   Holmberg, Hans Christer ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Olympic Committee   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cycle characteristics; Joint angles; Kinetics; Leg force; Pole force

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; SKIING; SPORTS EQUIPMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950353243     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140903414417     Document Type: Article

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