Stabilization and mobility of the head, neck and trunk in horses during overground locomotion: Comparisons with humans and other primates

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3889-3907

  Dunbar, Donald C ^a   Macpherson, Jane M ^b   Simmons, Roger W ^c   Zarcades, Athina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedal; Canter; Cercopithecus; Equus caballus; Homo; Hylobates; Inertia; Kinematics; Linear displacement; Macaca; Navigation; Pitch rotation; Quadrupedal; Reference frames; Sensorimotor control; Spatial orientation; Trot; Velocity; Vestibular; Vision; Walk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NECK; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; GAIT; HEAD; HORSES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NECK; PRIMATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

CERCOPITHECUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; HAPLORHINI; HYLOBATES; MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 57449083816     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.020578     Document Type: Article

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