Stable operation of an elastic three-segment leg

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 365-382

  Seyfarth, André ^a   Günther, Michael ^a   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; LEG; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY);

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0039435346     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007982     Document Type: Article

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