Mechanics of overground accelerated running vs. running on an accelerated treadmill

Gait and Posture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 125-131

  Van Caekenberghe, Ine ^a,c   Segers, Veerle ^a   Willems, Patrick ^b   Gosseye, Thierry ^b   Aerts, Peter ^a,c   De Clercq, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Ground reaction forces; Overground; Treadmill; Unsteady state gait

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREADMILL; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; GAIT; HUMANS; RUNNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878375239     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: 18792219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2012.10.022     Document Type: Article

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