Limb joints kinematics and their relation to increasing speed in the guinea pig Cavia porcellus (Mammalia: Rodentia)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 266, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 293-305

  Rocha Barbosa, Oscar ^a   De Castro Loguercio, Mariana Fiuza ^a   Renous, Sabine ^b   Gasc, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cavia porcellus; Cineradiography; Fast gaits; Joints kinematics; Speed

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; RODENT;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 22344431820     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905006928     Document Type: Article

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