In vivo muscle force and muscle power during near-maximal frog jumps.

Frogs' outstanding jumping ability has been associated with a high power output from the leg extensor muscles. Two main theories have emerged to explain the high power output of the frog leg extensor muscles, either (i) the contractile conditions of all leg extensor muscles are optimized in ter...

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Main Authors: Eng Kuan Moo, Daniel R Peterson, Timothy R Leonard, Motoshi Kaya, Walter Herzog
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5345813?pdf=render