Below is this week's Literature Update for keywords BIOMECH* or LOCOMOT*.
My postings for the next few weeks will be delayed. I am moving to the
Univ. of Colorado-Boulder and will probably be off-line for a short while.

Rodger Kram

CIRCULATORY/LARYNGEAL

Lee, Richard T.; Huang, Hayden.
Mechanotransduction and arterial smooth muscle cells: New insight into
hypertension and atherosclerosis.
Annals of Medicine, v. 32, n. 4, (May, 2000.): 233-235.

Mineck, Corey W.; Tayama, Niro; Chan, Roger; Titze, Ingo R.
Three-dimensional anatomic characterization of the canine laryngeal
abductor and adductor musculature.
Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology, v. 109, n. 5 Part 1, (May,
2000.): 505-513.

COMPARATIVE
Taylor, G. M.; Palmer, A. R.; Barton, A. C.
Variation in safety factors of claws within and among six species of
Cancer crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura).
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 70, n. 1, (May, 2000.):
37-62.

Dearolf, Jennifer L.; McLellan, William A.; Dillaman, Richard M.; Frierson,
Dargan, ; Pabst, D. Ann.
Precocial development of axial locomotor muscle in bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops truncatus).
Journal of Morphology, v. 244, n. 3, (June, 2000.): 203-215.

Tejedo, Miguel; Semlitsch, Raymond D.; Hotz, Hansjurg.
Differential morphology and jumping performance of newly metamorphosed
frogs of the hybridogenetic Rana esculenta complex.
Journal of Herpetology, v. 34, n. 2, (June, 2000.): 201-210.

Choi, In-Ho; Shim, Jae Han; Lee, Youn Sun; Ricklefs, Robert E.
Scaling of jumping performance in anuran amphibians.
Journal of Herpetology, v. 34, n. 2, (June, 2000.): 222-227.


ORTHOPEDICS
Judex, S.; Wohl, G. R.; Wolff, R. B.; Leng, W.; Gillis, A. M.; Zernicke, R. F.
Dietary fish oil supplementation adversely affects cortical bone
morphology and biomechanics in growing rabbits.
Calcified Tissue International, v. 66, n. 6, (June, 2000.): 443-448.

Motamedi, Ali R.; Blevins, Field T.; Willis, Michael C.; McNally, Thomas
P.; Shahinpoor, Mohsen.
Biomechanics of the coracoclavicular ligament complex and augmentations
used in its repair and reconstruction.
American Journal of Sports Medicine, v. 28, n. 3, (May-June, 2000.):
380-384.

Zhu, Qingan; Lu, William W.; Holmes, Andrew D.; Zheng, Yinggang; Zhong,
Shizhen; Leong, John C. Y.
The effects of cyclic loading on pull-out strength of sacral screw
fixation: An in vitro biomechanical study.
Spine, v. 25, n. 9, (May 1, 2000.): 1065-1069.

Belkoff, Stephen M.; Mathis, John M.; Erbe, Erik M.; Fenton, David C.
Biochemical evaluation of a new bone cement for use in vertebroplasty.
Spine, v. 25, n. 9, (May 1, 2000.): 1061-1064.

ERGONOMICS
Quesada, Peter M.; Mengelkoch, Larry J.; Hale, Robert C.; Simon, Sheldon R.
Biomechanical and metabolic effects of varying backpack loading on
simulated marching.
Ergonomics, v. 43, n. 3, (March, 2000.): 293-309.

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