Templates and anchors: Neuromechanical hypotheses of legged locomotion on land

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 3325-3332

  Full, R J ^a   Koditschek, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Control; Locomotion; Modeling; Neurobiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033372952     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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