Jumping in frogs: Assessing the design of the skeletal system by anatomically realistic modeling and forward dynamic simulation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1683-1702

  Kargo, William J ^a   Nelson, Frank ^a   Rome, Lawrence C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour degrees of freedom; Frog; Joint; Jumping; Modelling; Rana pipiens; Skeleton; Torque

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RANA PIPIENS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FROG; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0036022267     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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