Learning to be economical: The energy cost of walking tracks motor adaptation

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1081-1095

  Finley, James M ^a,b   Bastian, Amy J ^a,b   Gottschall, Jinger S ^c  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GAIT; GAS ANALYSIS; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; METABOLIC POWER; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLIT BELT TREADMILL; STEP LENGTH SYMMETRY; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TREADMILL; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873739779     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.245506     Document Type: Article

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