Straight arm walking, bent arm running: gait-specific elbow angles
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DOI: 10.1242/jeb.197228
Abstract: ABSTRACT Stereotypically, walking and running gaits in humans exhibit different arm swing behavior: during walking, the arm is kept mostly straight, while during running, the arm is bent at the elbow. The mechanism for this… read more here.
Keywords: muscle torque; mechanical tradeoff; bent arms; straight arms ... See more keywords