Probing the limits to muscle-powered accelerations: Lessons from jumping bullfrogs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2567-2580

  Roberts, Thomas J ^a,b   Marsh, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Elastic; Frog; Jumping; Locomotion; Muscle power; Muscle work; Rana catesbeiana; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FROG; GAIT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0042427696     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00452     Document Type: Article

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