X-ray kinematic analysis of forelimb movements during target reaching and food taking in the cat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1817-1826

  Boczek Funcke, A ^a   Kuhtz Buschbeck, J P ^a   Paschmeyer, B ^a   Illert, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Joint angles; Supination; Trajectory; X ray technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAT; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEEDING; FORELIMB; GRAVITY; HUMERUS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; JOINTS; MOTION PICTURES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; X-RAYS;

EID: 0034061971     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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