Running in ostriches (Struthio camelus): Three-dimensional joint axes alignment and joint kinematics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 2548-2562

  Rubenson, Jonas ^a   Lloyd, David G ^a   Besier, Thor F ^b   Heliams, Denham B ^c   Fournier, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Fauna Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird; Joint; Kinematics; Locomotion; Ostrich; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; OSTRICH; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PELVIC BONES; RUNNING; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AVES; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 34547755517     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02792     Document Type: Article

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