How important are skeletal muscle mechanics in setting limits on jumping performance?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 923-933

  James, Rob S ^a   Navas, Carlos A ^b   Herrel, Anthony ^c  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Jump; Locomotion; Morphology; Muscular; Scaling; Temperature; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 34247466041     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02731     Document Type: Review

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