Compass gait mechanics account for top walking speeds in ducks and humans

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3744-3749

  Usherwood, James R ^a   Szymanek, Katie L ^a   Daley, Monica A ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gait; Inverted pendulum; Run; Transition; Walk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DUCK; GAIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DUCKS; GAIT; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

ANAS;

EID: 57149095893     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.023416     Document Type: Article

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