... their tails, many vertebrates retain and use their tails for activities such as balancing, climbing and escaping predators. This study investigates how laboratory mice ( Mus musculus ) use their tails to maintain balance when dealing with external and self-generated perturbations. Mice crossed platforms...

..., and lengthened at later onset phases for outside foot slips only. Our findings illustrate slip magnitude and fall risk relationships that suggest slip direction may influence the balance threat posed by a slip, imply that walking speed may modify slip likelihood, and indicate the most destabilizing curved...

...: Temporal certainty of upcoming underfoot perturbations shows little influence on anticipatory or reactive locomotor behavior. Physical certainty allows individuals to respond to perturbations more effectively than when perturbations are uncertain. Balance Locomotor control Motion capture...

... 18 10 2021 © 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2021 Summary: The amplitude of postural oscillation in elephants is comparable with that in dogs and other species, suggesting that some aspects of sensorimotor postural control do not scale with size. Balance...

... speed based solely on metabolic energy minimization. Cost of transport Stability Optimization Balance Locomotion Humans have evolved the ability to walk very efficiently. Over generations, our bodies have evolved muscular and skeletal systems well suited to locomotion ( Alexander, 2003...

... convergent and divergent kinematic responses to perturbations in support diameter and compliance, suggesting that compliance is a critical – yet understudied – environmental determinant of arboreal locomotor performance. Stability Fine branch niche Branch stiffness Balance Locomotion...

... 2013 6 5 2013 © 2013. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2013 locomotion biomechanics balance lateral undulation axial squamata Many phylogenetically diverse lineages of animals use axial bending for propulsion ( Gray, 1968 ). However, compared with most other taxa...

...A. L. Hof; S. M. Vermerris; W. A. Gjaltema SUMMARY During walking on a treadmill 10 human subjects (mean age 20 years) were perturbed by 100 ms pushes or pulls to the left or the right, of various magnitudes and in various phases of the gait cycle. Balance was maintained by (1) a stepping strategy...

... of fit as a limitation in arboreal locomotion of snakes. However, the slower speeds on horizontal perches compared to tunnels also suggest that balance and grip may further limit locomotor performance. Both N cr,max and Δ N cr were significantly greater in tunnels ( Fig. 6C,D ) compared to perches...

... (e-mail: [email protected] — [email protected] ) 8 6 2002 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2002 2002 energetics biomechanics swimming fin human energy balance Passive locomotory tools for land locomotion have been shown to improve the economy...

... (e-mail: [email protected] ) 14 09 1999 29 14 1999 © 1999 by Company of Biologists 1999 locomotion mechanical stability running quadruped dog acceleration balance The trot is a running gait employed by quadrupeds that exhibit upright or sprawling postures...