Gear ratios at the limb joints of jumping dogs

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1011-1018

  Gregersen, Colin S ^a   Carrier, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

External work; Gearing; Locomotion; Mechanical advantage; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE;

EXTENSORS; GROUND REACTION FACTOR (GRF);

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; ELBOW; HIP; JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; JUMPING; KNEE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ANIMALS; DOGS; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 2542429281     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.11.024     Document Type: Article

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