This study explored the muscle strain and activation patterns of several key flight muscles of the pigeon (Columba livia) during takeoff and landing flight. Using electromyography (EMG) to measure muscle activation, and sonomicrometry to quantify muscle strain, we evaluated the muscle function patterns of the pectoralis, biceps, humerotriceps and scapulotriceps as pigeons flew between two perches. These recordings were analyzed in the context of three-dimensional wing kinematics. To understand the different requirements of takeoff, midflight and landing, we compared the activity and strain of these muscles among the three flight modes. The pectoralis and biceps exhibited greater fascicle strain rates during takeoff than during midflight or ...
Take-off is a critical phase of flight, and many birds jump to take to the air. Although the actuati...
Downstroke force produced by Rock Doves (Columba livia) as they negotiated an obstacle course was me...
The complexity of low speed maneuvering flight is apparent from the combination of two critical aspe...
We undertook this study to test a current hypothesis that, during locomotion, proximal, parallel-fib...
Flapping flight places strenuous requirements on the physiological performance of an animal. Bird fl...
The electrical activity of major caudal muscles of the pigeon (Columba livia) was recorded during fi...
Avian wings change shape during the flapping cycle due to the activity of a network of intrinsic win...
Takeoff and landing are critical phases in a flight. To better understand the functional importance ...
Intensity patterns of electromyographic (EMG) signals from selected muscles of the wing were studied...
In vivo measurements of pectoralis muscle force during different modes of free flight (takeoff, leve...
p. 173-268 : ill. ; 27 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-268)."The present paper presen...
properties of the pigeon supracoracoideus during different modes of flight (Article begins on next p...
Take-off is how a bird initiates flight and is important for predator evasion and therefore survival...
The muscular basis for dynamically changing wing shape in birds is not well understood, owing to the...
We have observed that birds of several different taxa move their tails in conjunction with sound pro...
Take-off is a critical phase of flight, and many birds jump to take to the air. Although the actuati...
Downstroke force produced by Rock Doves (Columba livia) as they negotiated an obstacle course was me...
The complexity of low speed maneuvering flight is apparent from the combination of two critical aspe...
We undertook this study to test a current hypothesis that, during locomotion, proximal, parallel-fib...
Flapping flight places strenuous requirements on the physiological performance of an animal. Bird fl...
The electrical activity of major caudal muscles of the pigeon (Columba livia) was recorded during fi...
Avian wings change shape during the flapping cycle due to the activity of a network of intrinsic win...
Takeoff and landing are critical phases in a flight. To better understand the functional importance ...
Intensity patterns of electromyographic (EMG) signals from selected muscles of the wing were studied...
In vivo measurements of pectoralis muscle force during different modes of free flight (takeoff, leve...
p. 173-268 : ill. ; 27 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-268)."The present paper presen...
properties of the pigeon supracoracoideus during different modes of flight (Article begins on next p...
Take-off is how a bird initiates flight and is important for predator evasion and therefore survival...
The muscular basis for dynamically changing wing shape in birds is not well understood, owing to the...
We have observed that birds of several different taxa move their tails in conjunction with sound pro...
Take-off is a critical phase of flight, and many birds jump to take to the air. Although the actuati...
Downstroke force produced by Rock Doves (Columba livia) as they negotiated an obstacle course was me...
The complexity of low speed maneuvering flight is apparent from the combination of two critical aspe...