Functional specialisation of the pelvic limb of the hare (Lepus europeus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-490

  Williams, Sarah B ^a   Payne, R C ^a   Wilson, A M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biomechanics; Hare; Locomotion; Moment arms; Muscle; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ELASTICITY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HARE; HORSE; LEG MUSCLE; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HARES; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 34147106042     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00704.x     Document Type: Article

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