Influence of muscle‐belly and tendon gearing on the energy cost of human walking

A Monte, P Tecchio, F Nardello… - … Journal of Medicine …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study combines metabolic and kinematic measurements at the whole‐body level, with
EMG and ultrasound measurements to investigate the influence of muscle‐tendon …

Biomechanics of human locomotion in the wind

RM Mesquita, PA Willems… - Journal of Applied …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
In laboratory settings, human locomotion encounters minimal opposition from air resistance.
However, moving in nature often requires overcoming airflow. Here, the drag force exerted …

Linking muscle mechanics to the metabolic cost of human hopping

LN Jessup, LA Kelly, AG Cresswell… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
Many models have been developed to predict metabolic energy expenditure based on
biomechanical proxies of muscle function. However, current models may only perform well …

Relation between soft tissue energy dissipation and leg stiffness in running at different step frequencies

AH Dewolf, A Ivaniski-Mello… - Royal Society …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This study aims to investigate the relationship between soft tissue energy dissipation and leg
stiffness during running. Eight recreational healthy male runners (age: 22.2±1.0 years; …

Reply to Ettema letter:“Incorporating internal work leads to overestimations of total work in sprint running”

PE di Prampero, C Osgnach, JB Morin… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The internal and external work (or power) concepts have been widely used in the past to
describe the biomechanics of human legged (and assisted) locomotion [see Peyré …

Achilles tendon mechanical behavior and ankle joint function at the walk-to-run transition

A Monte, P Tecchio, F Nardello, P Zamparo - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study we investigated the ankle joint functional indexes and the
Achilles tendon mechanical behaviour (changes in AT force and power as a function of …