Electromechanical film sensor device for dynamic force recordings from canine limbs

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 85-92

  Heikkinen, Lasse M ^a   Panula, Harri E ^a   Lyyra, Tiina ^a   Olkkonen, Hannu ^a   Kiviranta, Ilkka ^a   Nevalainen, Timo ^a   Helminen, Heikki J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

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