Walking economy is predictably determined by speed, grade, and gravitational load.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of applied physiology

• Publication date

  2017-07-20

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Mathematics, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1152/japplphysiol.00504.2017PMID 28729390
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