The dynamics of quadrupedal locomotion.

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• Publication year

  1988

• Venue

  Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

• Publication date

  1988-08-01

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Physics, Biology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1115/1.3108436PMID 3172744
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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