The two asymmetries of the bouncing step.
The increase of the push on the ground with increasing running speed improves the "elastic" rebound of the body by privileging the role of tendons relative to muscle within muscle-tendon units.
Cavagna
Giovanni A
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Dipartimento di Fisiologia Umana, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy. giovanni.cavagna@unimi.it
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena / Q000502:physiology; D004548:Elasticity / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D012420:Running / Q000502:physiology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology*