Competing Models of Work in Quadrupedal Walking: Center of Mass Work is Insufficient to Explain Stereotypical Gait
The walking gaits of cursorial quadrupedal mammals tend to be highly stereotyped as a four-beat pattern with interspersed periods of double and triple stance, often with double-hump ground reaction force profiles. This pattern has long been associated with high energetic economy, due to low apparent...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-05-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbioe.2022.826336/full |