Leg adjustments during running across visible and camouflaged incidental changes in ground level

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3072-3079

  Müller, Roy ^a   Ernst, Michael ^a   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Human locomotion; Spring mass model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; KNEE; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANKLE JOINT; BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865202543     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.072314     Document Type: Article

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