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Monkey locomotion during gait transitions

How do interlimb time intervals, step sequences, and kinematics change

Bibliographic Data

ID8314150
AuthorsJack R Hurov (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume66
Issue4
Pages417-427
Publication date1985-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330660410
OpenAlexW2118581117
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited21

Cine film documenting unrestrained locomotion of vervet monkeys ( Cercopithecus aethiops ) ranging in age from 6 to greater than 48 months was analyzed to provide information on gait transitions from walking to loping. Changes in the duration of time between reciprocal footfalls were measured to determine how alternate limb movements, which occurred during walking, were converted to synchronous limb coordination characteristic of loping. Footfall pattern changes were also determined, and walk‐lope transition speeds were plotted on logarithmic coordinates, as a function of body mass. Conversion from alternate to synchronous limb movement during vervet walk‐lope transitions was effected by systematic decreases in the duration of time between successive footfalls. These decreases primarily affected contralateral limb pairs, RH‐LH and RF‐LF. Synchronous contralateral limb movement was considered to be mechanically advantageous because, when coupled with increased ranges of back motion, it provided a mechanism for increasing hindlimb step length. Intraspecific scaling of walk‐lope transition speed in vervets provided support for McMahon's (1975) elastic similarity principle

Biology · Classical mechanics · Gait · Hindlimb · Kinematics · Movement (music) · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Physics · Terrestrial locomotion · Anatomy · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention · Mathematics · Medicine · Robotic Locomotion and Control · Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation

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Unique citing works9
Citations per year0,23
Citation span1987 - 2018 (32)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 8
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