Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 312-318 , 9 February 2009

Dynamic similarity during human running: About Froude and Strouhal dimensionless numbers

  • Nicolas Delattre

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d’Etudes de la Motricité Humaine, FSSEP, Université de Lille 2, Ronchin, France
    • ,
  • Mario A. Lafortune

      Affiliations

    • Nike Sport Research Laboratory, Beaverton, OR, USA
    • ,
  • Pierre Moretto

      Affiliations

    • Laboratoire d’Etudes de la Motricité Humaine, FSSEP, Université de Lille 2, Ronchin, France
    • Laboratoire d’Automatique, de Mécanique et d’Informatique Industrielles et Humaines, UMR CNRS 8530, Université de Valenciennes, Le Mont Houy, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Laboratoire d’Etudes de la Motricité Humaine, Faculté des Sciences du Sport et de l’Education Physique, 9, rue de l’Université, 59790 Ronchin, France. Tel.: +33320887376; fax: +33320887363.

,Accepted 11 November 2008.

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PII: S0021-9290(08)00584-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.11.010

Journal of Biomechanics
Volume 42, Issue 3 , Pages 312-318 , 9 February 2009

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