Maximum running speed limitations on terrestrial mammals: A theoretical approach

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2517-2522

  Blanco, R Ernesto ^a   Gambini, Rodolfo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Mass specific metabolic rate; Maximum running speed; Terrestrial locomotion

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECIFIC METABOLIC RATES; MAXIMUM RUNNING SPEED (MRS); TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STRENGTH; TENDON; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTREMITIES; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RUNNING; TENDONS;

EID: 34447558024     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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