Muscular strategy shift in human running: Dependence of running speed on hip and ankle muscle performance

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1944-1956

  Dorn, Tim W ^a   Schache, Anthony G ^a   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gait biomechanics; Muscle coordination; Musculoskeletal modelling; Stride frequency; Stride length

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSOAS MUSCLE; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PSOAS MUSCLES; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861632705     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.064527     Document Type: Article

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