Forelimb muscle activity during equine locomotion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 2980-2991

  Harrison, Simon M ^a   Whitton, R Chris ^b   King, Melissa ^c   Haussler, Kevin K ^c   Kawcak, Chris E ^c   Stover, Susan M ^d   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canter; EMG; Equine gait; Joint torque; Quadrupedal biomechanics; Trot; Walk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSE; JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; TIME; TORQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; GAIT; HORSES; JOINTS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; ROTATION; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84865264803     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.065441     Document Type: Article

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