Biomechanics: Damper for bad vibrations

Nature

Volumn 414, Issue 6866, 2001, Pages 855-857

  Alexander, R Mc Neill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING;

MUSCLE FIBRES;

MUSCLE;

LOCOMOTION;

BONE STRESS; HORSE; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDON; VIBRATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTION; HORSES; LEG BONES; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; TENDONS; VIBRATION;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0035924327     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/414855a     Document Type: Article

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