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Estimates of mechanical stresses in leg muscles of galloping Greyhounds (Canis familiaris
Author(s) -
Jayes A. S.,
Alexander R. McN.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.915
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1469-7998
pISSN - 0952-8369
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1982.tb02078.x
Subject(s) - moment of inertia , biology , biomechanics , canis , anatomy , leg muscle , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physics , medicine , classical mechanics , ecology
Films of Greyhounds galloping at maximum speed have been analysed, to determine the linear and angular accelerations of their legs. The masses and moments of inertia of the legs of dead Greyhounds, and the dimensions of individual leg muscles, have been measured. Hence the maximum stresses exerted during galloping, by various leg muscles, have been calculated.