Biomechanical analysis of running in weightlessness on a treadmill equipped with a subject loading system

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 709-728

  Gosseye, Thierry P ^a   Willems, Patrick A ^a   Heglund, Norman C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exercise in microgravity; Long duration space flights; Mechanics of locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KNEE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT-BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 78049345606     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-010-1549-9     Document Type: Article

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