Table 3.

Muscle moment arms (cm); maximum, minimum and mid-stance moment arms for the cheetah and greyhound (Williams et al. 2008a). Values are means (bold) and SD (italics)

			Cheetah						Greyhound
Joint	Muscle	Muscle abbreviation	Max MA(cm)		Min MA(cm)		Mid-stance MA (cm)		Max MA(cm)
Shoulder	Biceps brachii	BB	2.6	0.23	1.0	0.23	1.0	0.23	2.4
Shoulder	Deltoid acromial	DA	4.4	0.72	0.4	0.49	1.1	0.51	0.8
Shoulder	Deltoid scapula	DS	9.1	2.4	0.3	2.66	2.0	2.5	5.3
Shoulder	Infraspinatus	IS	2.8	0.30	0.2	0.22	0.5	0.17	0.7
Shoulder	Supraspinatus	SS	7.1	0.53	0.9	0.82	1.8	0.46	3.4
Shoulder	Teres major	TMJ	11.2	0.67	1.1	0.19	2.8	0.41	3.5
Shoulder	Triceps brachii – Long	Tlong	16.6	1.1	3.9	0.95	5.3	1.0	4.9
Elbow	Biceps brachii	BB	4.3	0.58	1.7	0.58	1.7	0.58	1.9
Elbow	Brachialis	BCH	3.4	0.41	1.3	0.41	1.3	0.41	2.3
Elbow	Extensor carpi radialis	ECR	4.0	1.0	0.5	0.34	1.1	0.55	2.5
Elbow	Extensor digitorum communis	EDC	3.6	0.53	1.4	0.53	1.4	0.53	0.23
Elbow	Triceps brachii – Lateral	Tlat	4.6	0.70	1.3	1.0	1.6	0.73	4.3
Elbow	Triceps brachii – Long	TLong	6.8	0.46	2.1	0.50	2.4	0.25	3.6
Carpus	Extensor carpi radialis	ECR	1.79	0.21	0.06	0.47	0.10	0.50	1.5
Carpus	Flexor carpi radialis	FCR	1.33	0.31	0.27	0.33	0.51	0.29	0.57
Carpus	Flexor carpi ulnaris	FCU	9.7	1.1	0.47	0.48	3.6	1.0	2.6
Carpus	Ulnaris lateralis	UL	3.6	0.80	0.05	0.12	1.3	0.76