Kinetic and energetic patterns for hindlimb obstacle avoidance during cat locomotion

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 502-510

  McFadyen, B J ^a   Lavoie, S ^b   Drew, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Obstacle avoidance; Power; Quadruped; Torque; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAT; ENERGY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HIP; JOINT; KINETICS; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORQUE; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CATS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; WALKING;

EID: 0032895878     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050708     Document Type: Article

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