Control of obstacle climbing in the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis. I. Kinematics

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-53

  Watson, James T ^a   Ritzmann, Roy E ^a   Zill, Sasha N ^b   Pollack, Alan J ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body substrate angle; Center of mass; Climbing; Joint angle; Kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; COCKROACH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACHES; EXERCISE TEST; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; POSTURE; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036488822     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-002-0277-y     Document Type: Article

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