Torque patterns of the limbs of small therian mammals during locomotion on flat ground

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1339-1353

  Witte, Hartmut ^a   Biltzinger, Jutta ^a   Hackert, Rémi ^a   Schilling, Nadja ^a   Schmidt, Manuela ^a   Reich, Christian ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galea musteloides; Inverse dynamics; Limb; Locomotion; Ochotona rufescens; Small therian mammal; Stance phase; Torque pattern; Tupaia glis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; GUINEA PIG; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LAGOMORPH; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANDENTIA; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; EXTREMITIES; FORELIMB; GUINEA PIGS; HINDLIMB; LAGOMORPHA; LOCOMOTION; MAMMALS; SCANDENTIA; TORQUE;

EID: 0036022365     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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