Acceleration and balance in trotting dogs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3565-3573

  Lee, David V ^a,b   Bertram, John E A ^a   Todhunter, Rory J ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Balance; Dog; Locomotion; Mechanical stability; Quadruped; Running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DOG; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; KINETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; RUNNING; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; DOGS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PRESSURE; RUNNING; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0033428091     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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