title: Can the transitions to and from running and the metabolic cost of running be determined from the kinetic energy of running?
abstract: An experiment was conducted in which volume of used oxygen per stride time and the total segmental changes in kinetic energy generated per stride time, DeltaEk s-1, of 11 participants were determined on Day 1 for 7 treadmill running speeds. Gait transition speeds were determined on Day 2. Running metabolism and transition speed were predicted from the Day 1 mechanics of running expressed in Speed x DeltaEk s-1 coordinates. Predictions followed from the relation between 2 generalized quality ratios Qmetab, and Qmech, with numerator DeltaEk s-1. In Qmetab, the denominator was the volume of used oxygen per stride time; in Qmech, the denominator was the absolute regression constant from the linear dependency of DeltaEk s-1 on speed.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Ecological Study of Perception and Action, University of Connecticut.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Turvey
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lafiandra
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Fonseca