Tendon length and joint flexibility are related to running economy

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1492-1499

  Hunter, Gary R ^a   Katsoulis, Konstantina ^b   Mccarthy, John P ^a   Ogard, William K ^a   Bamman, Marcas M ^c   Wood, David S ^d   Den Hollander, Jan A ^a   Blaudeau, Tamilane E ^a   Newcomer, Bradley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; NET OXYGEN UPTAKE; STRETCH CYCLE SHORTENING POTENTIATION; WALKING ECONOMY

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LEG; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; TENDONS; WALKING;

EID: 79961030936     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318210464a     Document Type: Article

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