Time of contact and step length: The effect of limb length, running speed, load carrying and incline

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-227

  Hoyt, Donald F ^a   Wickler, Steven J ^a   Cogger, Edward A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Horse; Leg length; Locomotion; Scaling; Step length; Time of contact

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0033969870     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.203.2.221     Document Type: Article

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