Dynamics of quadrupedal locomotion of monkeys: Implications for central control

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 177, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 551-572

  Xiang, Yongqing ^a   John, Padmore ^b   Yakushin, Sergei B ^b   Kunin, Mikhail ^a   Raphan, Theodore ^a,b   Cohen, Bernard ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagonal gait; Lateral gait; Main sequence; Nystagmus; Phase plane characteristics; Saccades; Swing phase dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BACK; BODY MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; STANDING; VELOCITY; WALKING SPEED; WRIST;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE TEST; EXTREMITIES; EYE MOVEMENTS; GAIT; HAPLORHINI; LOCOMOTION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33847418054     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-006-0707-0     Document Type: Article

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