How well can spring-mass-like telescoping leg models fit multi-pedal sagittal-plane locomotion data?

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Srinivasan, Manoj ^a   Holmes, Philip ^a,b  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Legged locomotion; Running; Spring mass model; Stability; Walking

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACH; HOMINID; HORSE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

ARTICLE; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPRING MASS MODEL; VELOCITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COCKROACHES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; HORSES; HUMANS; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

ANIMALIA; BLATTARIA; EQUIDAE;

EID: 53149101642     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.06.034     Document Type: Article

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