The cost of transport of human running is not affected, as in walking, by wide acceleration/deceleration cycles

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 498-503

  Minetti, Alberto E ^a   Gaudino, Paolo ^b   Seminati, Elena ^a   Cazzola, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Running economy; Speed oscillation

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSCILLOMETRY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSCILLOMETRY; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874225972     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00959.2012     Document Type: Article

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