Patterns of mechanical energy change in tetrapod gait: Pendula, springs and work

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 899-911

  Biewener, Andrew A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; VERTEBRATE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; RUNNING; VERTEBRATES; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 33751008648     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.334     Document Type: Article

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