Muscle mechanical advantage of human walking and running: Implications for energy cost

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2266-2274

  Biewener, Andrew A ^a   Farley, Claire T ^b   Roberts, Thomas J ^c   Temaner, Marco ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Gait; Metabolic cost; Muscle force; Muscle mechanical advantage

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ANKLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; ENERGY COST; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GAIT; HIP; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 9244221123     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00003.2004     Document Type: Article

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