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Plantar pressure distribution of ostrich during locomotion on loose sand and solid ground

BACKGROUND: The ostrich is a cursorial bird with extraordinary speed and endurance, especially in the desert, and thus is an ideal large-scale animal model for mechanic study of locomotion on granular substrate. METHODS: The plantar pressure distributions of ostriches walking/running on loose sand/s...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Rui, Han, Dianlei, Ma, Songsong, Luo, Gang, Ji, Qiaoli, Xue, Shuliang, Yang, Mingming, Li, Jianqiao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5530993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28761792
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3613