Energy cost of running and achilles tendon stiffness in man and woman trained runners

Physiological Reports

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Fletcher, Jared R ^a   Pfister, Ted R ^a   Macintosh, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometric scaling; Economy of locomotion; Oxygen uptake; Respiratory exchange ratio; Running economy

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALLOMETRY; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DYNAMOMETRY; ENERGY COST; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIRECT CALORIMETRY; LOCOMOTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RACE; RIGIDITY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 85008947615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2051817X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phy2.178     Document Type: Article

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