Mechanisms for improved running economy in beginner runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1756-1763

  Moore, Isabel S ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a   Dixon, Sharon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

flexibility; kinematic; kinetic; Oxygen consumption; running mechanics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING;

EID: 84865513154     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318255a727     Document Type: Article

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