Energetically optimal stride frequency in running: the effects of incline and decline

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2089-2095

  Snyder, Kristine L ^a   Farley, Claire T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic energy; Hill; Metabolic cost; Slope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; RUNNING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957653227     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.053157     Document Type: Article

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