... investigation for its application to shear strains. Skeletal biomechanics Avian locomotion Tibiotarsus Table 1. Emu subject data and four-point bending test parameters Fig. 2. Schematic diagram of the four-point bending apparatus. The load points were adjusted horizontally...

... movement in small birds; however, reducing the cost of locomotion is only a secondary movement criterion. Avian locomotion Charadriiform birds Kinetics Optimization Leg work The locomotion of small birds is characterized by a crouched posture. This posture could, for example, relate...

...-related changes of avian terrestrial locomotion, we still know surprisingly little about how global parameters and local parameters at the leg level vary with gait, and thus how their tuning influences gait and motor control strategies. avian locomotion spring-mass joint control biomechanics...

... work rate. 17 04 1989 © 1989 by Company of Biologists 1989 locomotor-ventilatory coupling entrainment exercise hyperpnea ventilatory control medullary reticular formation avian locomotion goose The locomotor and respiratory systems are sometimes very tightly coupled...