Functional anatomy and muscle moment arms of the thoracic limb of an elite sprinting athlete: The racing greyhound (Canis familiaris)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 373-382

  Williams, S B ^a   Wilson, A M ^b   Daynes, J ^b   Peckham, K ^b   Payne, R C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architecture; Biomechanics; Greyhound; Locomotion; Moment arms; Muscle; Sprinting; Tendon

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HORSE; JOINT STABILITY; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LOCOMOTION; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOGS; FORELIMB; GAIT; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; JOINTS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ELAGATIS; EQUIDAE;

EID: 53149098988     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2008.00962.x     Document Type: Article

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