Force plate for measuring the ground reaction forces in small animal locomotion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2877-2881

  Zumwalt, Ann C ^a   Hamrick, Mark ^b   Schmitt, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Force plate; Kinetic analyses; Mouse; Rodent

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; LOADS (FORCES); MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; FORCE PLATES; GROUND REACTION FORCES; RODENT MODELS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; MOUSE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MICE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33750311416     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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