Impact reduction during running: Efficiency of simple acute interventions in recreational runners

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 599-609

  Giandolini, Marlène ^a,b   Arnal, Pierrick J ^a,b   Millet, Guillaume Y ^a,b   Peyrot, Nicolas ^c   Samozino, Pierre ^d   Dubois, Blaise ^e   Morin, Jean Benoît ^a,b,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Laboratory of Exercise Physiology (EA4338)   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

Author keywords

Footwear; Loading rate; Muscular activity; Running pattern; Step frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878584867     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-012-2465-y     Document Type: Article

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