The musculoskeletal system of humans is not tuned to maximize the economy of locomotion

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 18631-18636

  Carrier, David R ^a   Anders, Christoph ^b   Schilling, Nadja ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Electromyography; Human evolution; Locomotor energetics; Persistence hunting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; EVOLUTION; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; LONGISSIMUS THORACIS MUSCLE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TENSOR FASCIA LATAE MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 81755163620     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105277108     Document Type: Article

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