Humans Can Continuously Optimize Energetic Cost during Walking

Jessica C. Selinger; Shawn M. O’Connor; Jeremy D. Wong; J. Maxwell Donelan

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.016

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Humans Can Continuously Optimize Energetic Cost during Walking

Jessica C. Selinger

Shawn M. O’Connor Jeremy D. Wong J. Maxwell Donelan

Current Biology Vol. 25 No. 18 pp. 2452-2456 · Elsevier BV

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Published: Sep 01, 2015
Vol/Issue: 25(18)
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Jessica C. Selinger

School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University , Kingston, ON K7L 3N6,

Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720–3140, USA

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Jessica C. Selinger, Shawn M. O’Connor, Jeremy D. Wong, et al. (2015). Humans Can Continuously Optimize Energetic Cost during Walking. Current Biology, 25(18), 2452-2456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.08.016

Humans Can Continuously Optimize Energetic Cost during Walking

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