A model of scale effects in mammalian quadrupedal running

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 959-967

  Herr, Hugh M ^a   Huang, Gregory T ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body size; Computational model; Leg stiffness; Limb control; Locomotion; Mammal; Metabolic cost of transport; Quadruped; Running

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HEAD; HIP; JOINT; LIMB; MAMMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; HEAD; HIP; JOINTS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS CABALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036336020     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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