Ground contact time as an indicator of metabolic cost in elite distance runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 917-925

  Chapman, Robert F ^a   Laymon, Abigail S ^a   Wilhite, Daniel P ^a   McKenzie, James M ^a   Tanner, David A ^a   Stager, Joel M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

performance; running economy; running mechanics; stride frequency; stride length

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859914376     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182400520     Document Type: Article

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