Locomotor function of forelimb protractor and retractor muscles of dogs: Evidence of strut-like behavior at the shoulder

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-162

  Carrier, David R ^a   Deban, Stephen M ^b   Fischbein, Timna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

EMG; Forelimb; Protractor muscles; Quadruped; Recruitment; Retractor muscles; Running; Shoulder

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DOG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SHOULDER;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 38949184955     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.010678     Document Type: Article

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