Center of mass
- Cutaneous sensory feedback from paw pads affects lateral balance control during split-belt locomotion in the cat
Summary: Cats compensate for unilaterally compromised tactile paw sensations by improving lateral balance and by shifting the body toward the anesthetized paws during the stance phase of split-belt locomotion.
- Forelimb position affects facultative bipedal locomotion in lizards
Highlighted Article: Bipedal locomotion enhances obstacle negotiation during sprint locomotion via maintaining forward speed and obstacle clearance. Forelimb position helps shift the center of mass to transition to a bipedal posture.
- Waddle and shuffle: gait alterations associated with domestication in turkeys
Summary: Selection has resulted in domestic turkeys that are three times more massive than wild birds, leading to decreased locomotor speeds, an altered center of mass position and a shuffling gait.
- Mechanisms for the functional differentiation of the propulsive and braking roles of the forelimbs and hindlimbs during quadrupedal walking in primates and felines
Summary: Theoretical models and empirical results reveal that functional differentiation of the limbs of quadrupeds in terms of net braking and propulsive roles is driven, in part, by the relative position of the limb point of contact relative to the center of mass.
- Effects of acceleration on gait measures in three horse gaits
Summary: Acceleration affects gait measures during walk, trot and canter in horses – force angle, collision angle and fraction are promising tools for future research.