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Running on uneven ground: leg adjustment to vertical steps and self-stability
Sten Grimmer, Michael Ernst, Michael Günther, Reinhard Blickhan
Journal of Experimental Biology 2008 211: 2989-3000; doi: 10.1242/jeb.014357
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vol. 211 no. 18, 2989-3000

DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.014357
PubMed 
18775936

Published By 
The Company of Biologists Ltd
Print ISSN 
0022-0949
Online ISSN 
1477-9145
History 
  • Accepted June 11, 2008
  • Published online September 5, 2008.
Copyright & Usage 
© The Company of Biologists Limited 2008


Author Information

  1. Sten Grimmer1,*,
  2. Michael Ernst1,
  3. Michael Günther1,2 and
  4. Reinhard Blickhan1
  1. 1Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Lehrstuhl für Bewegungswissenschaft, Seidelstraße 20, D-07749 Jena, Germany
  2. 2Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Institut für Sportwissenschaft, Arbeitsbereich III, Wilhelmstraße 124, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany
  1. *↵ Author for correspondence (e-mail: sten.grimmer{at}uni-jena.de)
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Running on uneven ground: leg adjustment to vertical steps and self-stability
Sten Grimmer, Michael Ernst, Michael Günther, Reinhard Blickhan
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