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Physiology

Energy cost and kinematics of level, uphill and downhill running: fatigue-induced changes after a mountain ultramarathon

Gianluca VernilloDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy;CeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Aldo SavoldelliCeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), Italy
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Andrea ZignoliDepartment of Neurological and Movement Sciences, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy;CeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), Italy
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Spyros SkafidasDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Alessandro FornasieroCeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), Italy
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Antonio La TorreDepartment of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Lorenzo BortolanDepartment of Neurological and Movement Sciences, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy;CeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), Italy
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Barbara PellegriniDepartment of Neurological and Movement Sciences, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy;CeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), Italy
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Federico SchenaDepartment of Neurological and Movement Sciences, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy;CeRiSM, Research Center “Sport, Mountain and Health”, Università degli Studi di Verona, Rovereto, (TN), Italy
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Pages 1998-2005 | Accepted 22 Feb 2015, Published online: 09 Mar 2015

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Gianluca Vernillo, Matheus Aguiar, Aldo Savoldelli, Aaron Martinez, Marlene Giandolini, Nicolas Horvais, W. Brent Edwards & Guillaume Y. Millet. (2020) Regular changes in foot strike pattern during prolonged downhill running do not influence neuromuscular, energetics, or biomechanical parameters. European Journal of Sport Science 20:4, pages 495-504.
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