A single muscle's multifunctional control potential of body dynamics for postural control and running

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1570, 2011, Pages 1592-1605

  Sponberg, Simon ^a,b   Spence, Andrew J ^a,c   Mullens, Chris H ^a,d   Full, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insect; Motor control; Muscle; Neuromechanics; Running; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BODY SIZE; COCKROACH; KINEMATICS; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955444037     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0367     Document Type: Article

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