Contractile behavior of the forelimb digital flexors during steady-state locomotion in horses (Equus caballus): An initial test of muscle architectural hypotheses about in vivo function

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-114

  Butcher, M T ^a,b   Hermanson, J W ^c   Ducharme, N G ^c   Mitchell, L M ^c   Soderholm, L V ^c   Bertram, J E A ^b  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital flexors; Elastic energy; Horse; Muscle work; Strain; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSE; LOCOMOTION; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; RUNNING; SONOMICROMETER; STEADY STATE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON REFLEX; TREADMILL;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 56649097344     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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