Elite and amateur orienteers' running biomechanics on three surfaces at three speeds

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 381-389

  Hébert Losier, Kim ^a   Mourot, Laurent ^b   Holmberg, Hans Christer ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Athletic Performance; Foot Orienteer; Kinematics; Running Off Road; Three Dimensional Motion Analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; LOWER LIMB; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANKLE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENT; FOOT; GAIT; HIP; HUMANS; KNEE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; PELVIS; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922018026     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000413     Document Type: Article

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