Kinematics, EMG, and inverse dynamics of the therian forelimb - A synthetic approach

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 41-54

  Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elbow kinetics; Locomotion; Mammalia; Muscle; Neuromuscular conservatism; Rhythmicity; Rodentia; Theria

Indexed keywords

GALEA MUSTELOIDES; MAMMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA; THERIA;

EID: 0002545864     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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