Coordination of medial gastrocnemius and soleus forces during cat locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 3645-3655

  Kaya, Motoshi ^a   Leonard, Tim ^a   Herzog, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cat; Contractile condition; Downhill walking; Medial gastrocnemius muscle; Muscle coordination; Soleus muscle; Uphill walking

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0242307210     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00544     Document Type: Article

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