Relationships between range of motion, l(o), and passive force in five strap-like muscles of the feline hind limb

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 230, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-77

  Brown, Ian E ^a   Liinamaa, Tiina L ^a   Loeb, Gerald E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030273131     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199610)230:1<69::AID-JMOR6>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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