Hind limb scaling of kangaroos and wallabies (superfamily Macropodoidea): Implications for hopping performance, safety factor and elastic savings

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-163

  McGowan, C P ^a,c   Skinner, J ^b   Biewener, A A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic energy; Hopping; Kangaroo; Mechanical advantage; Musclearea; Safety factor

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRESS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY RECOVERY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; JUMPING; KANGAROO; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENDON STRESS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MACROPODIDAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPODOIDEA; METATHERIA;

EID: 38849155697     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00841.x     Document Type: Article

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