Understanding muscle energetics in locomotion: New modeling and experimental approaches

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Umberger, Brian R ^a   Rubenson, Jonas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

blood flow; musculoskeletal modeling; oxygen consumption; running; skeletal muscle; walking

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 79953250224     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31820d7bc5     Document Type: Review

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