Functional specialisation of pelvic limb anatomy in horses (Equus caballus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 557-574

  Payne, R C ^a   Hutchinson, J R ^a   Robilliard, J J ^a   Smith, N C ^a   Wilson, A M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biomechanics; Hindlimb; Horse; Locomotion; Muscle; Stiffness; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HINDLIMB; HORSE; LEG MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARPUS, ANIMAL; ENERGY METABOLISM; HINDLIMB; HORSES; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; TENDONS;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 21044457829     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2005.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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