The Timing of Muscle Strain and Activation During Steady Swimming in a Salamander, Ambystoma Mexicanum

Netherlands Journal of Zoology

Volumn 46, Issue 3-4, 1995, Pages 263-271

  D’Août, Kristiaan ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   De Vree, Frits ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambystoma mexicanum; electromyography; swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000543188     PISSN: 00282960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854295X00212     Document Type: Article

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