Functional analysis of the thigh muscles during locomotion in the garnet galago (Galago garnetti)

Anthropological Science

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-201

  Hirokawa, Yohko ^a   Kumakura, Hiroo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biceps femoris; EMG; Garnet galago; Locomotor behavior; Vastus lateralis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMUR; HINDLIMB; HIP; KNEE; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN; STANDING; THIGH; TRUNK; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 0038449147     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.111.187     Document Type: Article

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