The effect of gait and digital flexor muscle activation on limb compliance in the forelimb of the horse Equus caballus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1325-1336

  McGuigan, M Polly ^a,b   Wilson, Alan M ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equus caballus; Gait; Horse; Locomotion; Stiffness; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; IN VITRO STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSES; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0038076117     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00254     Document Type: Article

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