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Metabolic Costs Of Generating Force
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1. METABOLIC COST OF GENERATING FORCE
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Similarly sized bipeds and quadrupeds use nearly the same amount of metabolic energy to run, despite dramatic differences in morphology and running mechanics. It has been shown that the rate of metabolic energy use in .... Middle of Essay .... metabolic energy than quadrupeds. The rate of energy consumption for a given rate of force generation for humans is intermediate between that of birds and quadrupeds. These results support the idea that the costs of muscular force production determines the energy cost of running and suggest that bipedal runners use more energy for a given rate of force production because they require a greater volume of muscle to support their body weight.
Key words: locomotion, energetics, bipedal, bird, muscle force.
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The question of wither more energy is required to run on two or four legs was addressed 100 years ago when Zuntz (1897) pe ....
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