Mechanical efficiency of limb swing during walking and running in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1618-1630

  Rubenson, Jonas ^a,b   Marsh, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guinea fowl; Inverse dynamics; Locomotion; Mechanical work; Metabolic cost; Muscle efficiency

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY COST; FOWL; JOINT FUNCTION; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; WALKING;

EID: 66349130776     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.91115.2008     Document Type: Article

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