For analytic purposes, dogs trained to stand quietly on an oscillating platform can be likened
to a fixed-length inverted pendulum with a point mass. Describing function analysis …

The challenge to integrate neural control with musculoskeletal dynamics has and will
continue to benefit from the study of rhythmic systems. Rhythmic systems offer at least two …

Animals can produce a wide range of highly coordinated movements under a variety of
conditions. This ability requires the interaction of central commands with sensory feedback …

The ground reaction forces exerted by the legs of freely walking stick insects, Carausius
morosus, were recorded during normal and perturbed locomotion. The animals walked …

Locomotion is a particularly richly studied but frustrating aspect of biology. Much is known
about individual components of the process, but there is no general hypothesis for how it …

It has become widely acknowledged, and almost trivial to state, that the study of the control
and coordination of biological movement–motor control–is inherently multidisciplinary. From …

CONTROL Page 1 BIOMECHANICS OF POSTURAL CONTROL Keith C. Hayes Program in
Physical Therapy Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department of …

How is load sensed by receptors, and how is this sensory information used to guide
locomotion? Many insights in this domain have evolved from comparative studies since it …

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Most routine motor tasks are complex, involving load transmission through out the body,
intricate balance, and eye-head-shoulder-hand-torso-leg coor dination. The quest toward …