Evaluation of the minimum energy hypothesis and other potential optimality criteria for human running

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1733, 2012, Pages 1498-1505

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy; Optimality; Running

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MUSCLE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION;

ELAGATIS;

EID: 84863263244     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2015     Document Type: Article

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