Spring-mass behavior during exhaustive run at constant velocity in elite triathletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-692

  Rabita, Giuseppe ^a   Slawinski, Jean ^a,b   Girard, Olivier ^c   Bignet, Frank ^d   Hausswirth, Christophe ^a  

^a National Institute of Sport Expertise and Performance   (France)

^b Stade Paris Jean Bouin ^*  (France)

^c ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^d French Federation of Triathlon   (France)

Author keywords

ENERGY COST; FATIGUE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; RUNNING; TRIATHLON

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ATHLETES; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953746229     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181fb3793     Document Type: Article

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