Muscle moment arms of pelvic limb muscles of the ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 313-324

  Smith, Nicola C ^a,b   Payne, R C ^a   Jespers, K J ^a   Wilson, A M ^a,b  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biomechanics; Locomotion; Moment arm; Muscle; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOCOMOTION; MALE; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STANDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; JOINTS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TENDONS;

STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 34548529747     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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