Movement mechanics as a determinate of muscle structure, recruitment and coordination

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1554-1564

  Wakeling, James M ^a   Blake, Ollie M ^a   Wong, Iris ^a   Rana, Manku ^a   Lee, Sabrina S M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Gearing; Pennation; Power

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS);

EID: 79955378066     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0294     Document Type: Article

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