Muscle power attenuation by tendon during energy dissipation

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1731, 2012, Pages 1108-1113

  Konow, Nicolai ^a   Azizi, Emanuel ^a,b   Roberts, Thomas J ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Locomotion; Muscle; Strain; Tendon

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; SKELETON; STRAIN;

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 84856799236     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.1435     Document Type: Article

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