Environmentally induced mechanical feedback in locomotion: Frog performance as a model

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-378

  Aerts, Peter ^a,b   Nauwelaerts, Sandra ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frog locomotion; Motor control; Neuromechanics; Performance; Physical properties environment

Indexed keywords

FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LOCOMOTION; MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FROG; JUMPING; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANA ESCULENTA; SWIMMING;

ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 70350043577     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.07.042     Document Type: Article

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