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The spring-mass model for running and hopping

Journal of Biomechanics · 1989 · Vol. 22(11-12) · pp. 1217–1227

Reinhard Blickhan✉(Concord Consortium)

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Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics Sports Performance and TrainingKinematicsDisplacement (psychology)Spring (device)MechanicsPhysicsRange (aeronautics)Particle displacementContact forceEnergy (signal processing)Parameter space

MeSH terms

AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaBody WeightHumansLocomotionModels, BiologicalMusculoskeletal Physiological PhenomenaRunning

Funding

National Institutes of Health

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1,643

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2.39

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14

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