Linking muscle mechanics to the metabolic cost of human hopping.

ABSTRACT: Many models have been developed to predict metabolic energy expenditure based on biomechanical proxies of muscle function. However, current models may only perform well for select forms of locomotion, not only because the models are rarely rigorously tested across subtle and broad changes in locomotor task but also because previous research has not adequately characterised different forms of locomotion to account for the potential variability in muscle function and thus metabolic energy expenditure. To help to address the latter point, the present study imposed frequency and height constraints to hopping and quantified gross metabolic power as well as the activation requirements of medial gastrocnemius (MG), lateral gastrocnemius (GL), soleus (SOL), tibialis anterior (TA), vastus lateralis

SUBMITTER: Jessup LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10281547 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature