Function of a large biarticular hip and knee extensor during walking and running in Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3405-3413

  Carr, Jennifer A ^a,b   Ellerby, David J ^a,c   Marsh, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Locomotion; Muscle physiology

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; HIP; HISTOLOGY; JOINT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SARCOMERE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; HIP; JOINTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RUNNING; SARCOMERES; WALKING;

AVES; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS;

EID: 80053904133     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.060335     Document Type: Article

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