Sensitivity of maximum sprinting speed to characteristic parameters of the muscle force-velocity relationship

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1406-1413

  Miller, Ross H ^a   Umberger, Brian R ^a   Caldwell, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Force velocity relationship; Forward dynamics; Hill model; Muscle; Simulation; Speed limit; Sprinting

Indexed keywords

FORCE-VELOCITY; FORWARD DYNAMIC; SIMULATION; SPEED LIMIT; SPRINTING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; VELOCITY;

MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECCENTRIC PLATEAU; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT ANGLE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOCOMOTION; MAXIMUM SHORTENING VELOCITY; MAXIMUM SPRINTING SPEED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SHAPE PARAMETER; STRIDE FREQUENCY; STRIDE LENGTH; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; JOINTS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84862798552     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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