The spring-mass model for running and hopping

1989/01/01 by R. Blickhan, Reinhard Blickhan · 51 citations
Engineering · Medicine · #Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies #Sports Dynamics and Biomechanics #Sports Performance and Training

paper · doi:10.1016/0021-9290(89)90224-8

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