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Effect of suspension systems on the physiological and psychological responses to sub-maximal biking on simulated smoothand bumpy tracks

John Titlestad Department of Mechanical Engineering
,
Tony Fairlie-Clarke Department of Mechanical Engineering
,
Arthur Whittaker Department of Mechanical EngineeringCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Mark Davie Department of Mechanical Engineering
,
Ian Watt Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences,University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
&
Stanley Grant Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences,University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Pages 125-135 | Accepted 14 Jan 2005, Published online: 18 Feb 2007

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