The bounce of the body in hopping, running and trotting: Different machines with the same motor

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1677, 2009, Pages 4279-4285

  Cavagna, G A ^a   Legramandi, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hopping; Landing takeoff asymmetry; Locomotion; Muscle force velocity relation; Running; Trotting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ASYMMETRY; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72749123960     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1317     Document Type: Article

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