... subject at 1.00 m s −1 who did not reach a steady rate of metabolism during the trial. Fig. 1. Calculation of net V̇ O 2 and net metabolic power. Representative time-series data from a single subject illustrating the demand for net oxygen consumption (A) and net metabolic power, according...

... with previous results, net metabolic power was reduced during split-belt adaptation, but changes in mediolateral dynamic balance control were not correlated with the reduction of net metabolic power during split-belt adaptation. Overall, this study has shown that a complementary mechanism of relative foot...

... Metabolic power Energetic cost The foot momentarily passes close to the ground about mid-way through each swing phase of walking. It does so with a peak speed over a stride, about three times walking speed ( Winter, 1992 ), thus presenting a risk of unexpected ground contact and therefore...

... and wings calculated from wing beat kinematics. Metabolic power was not sensitive to uncertainty in the value of efficiency when estimated from heat transfer modelling. A change in the assumed value of whole animal efficiency from 0.19 to 0.07 (the range of estimates in previous studies) only altered...

... rate oxygen consumption bird goose metabolic power Branta leucopsis Anser indicus migration Flight is the most energetically costly form of sustained activity performed by animals ( Schmidt-Nielsen,1972 ; Norberg,1990 ). The metabolic rate during flight is, therefore, of great...

...S. Ward; U. Möller; J. M. V. Rayner; D. M. Jackson; D. Bilo; W. Nachtigall; J. R. Speakman SUMMARY We trained two starlings ( Sturnus vulgaris ) to fly in a wind tunnel whilst wearing respirometry masks. We measured the metabolic power ( P met ) from the rates of oxygen consumption and carbon...