...Koen K. Lemaire; Guus C. Baan; Richard T. Jaspers; A. J. ‘Knoek’ van Soest ABSTRACT The relationship between mechanical and metabolic behaviour in the widely used Hill muscle–tendon complex (MTC) model is not straightforward, whereas this is an integral part of the Huxley model. In this study, we...

... ( [email protected] ) 8 3 2011 © 2011. 2011 metabolic cost slope elastic energy hill At a given speed on the level, human runners show a strong preference for a particular stride frequency, known as the preferred stride frequency (PSF). An individual's PSF is usually close...

... this effect. As expected, the risk of nose-up pitching during uphill trotting is substantially less, given the cranial COM position of most quadrupeds. [email protected] 19 10 2010 © 2011. 2011 Canis quadruped incline decline hill locomotion running ground reaction force...