Meeting Abstract 76-5 Monday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Skeletal kinematics and muscle function during locomotion in tinamou, Eudromia elegans MICHEL, KB*; BISHOP, PJ; CUFF, AC; ALLEN, V; HUTCHINSON, JR; Royal Vet College UK kmichel@rvc.ac.uk The archosaurs are a clade of reptiles that underwent repeated evolutionary acquisition of bipedality throughout their 250 million year history, including the […]
year: 2020
Modulation of Cranio-Caudal mass distribution facilitates obstacle traversal in a cursorial biorobotic model
Meeting Abstract 76-6 Monday, Jan. 6 09:15 – 09:30 Modulation of Cranio-Caudal mass distribution facilitates obstacle traversal in a cursorial biorobotic model SIDDALL, RJD*; JUSUFI, A; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems rob@is.mpg.de http://www.ardianjusufi.com/scientific-publications.html From the long necks of giraffes and hyenas, to the large tails of crocodilians, terrestrial animals display […]
Looking inside the sole intermetatarsal mobility in the American alligator
Meeting Abstract 76-4 Monday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 Looking inside the sole: intermetatarsal mobility in the American alligator TURNER, ML*; GATESY, SM; Brown University; Brown University morgan_turner@brown.edu Feet mediate animal-substrate interactions across an animal’s entire range of limb poses used in life. Despite its importance, the foot is typically either ignored or treated as a “black […]
Hip Moments and Muscle Activity During Compensatory Osteoarthritis Gaits
Meeting Abstract 76-8 Monday, Jan. 6 09:45 – 10:00 Hip Moments and Muscle Activity During Compensatory Osteoarthritis Gaits GECELTER, R*; KIKEL, M; THOMPSON, N/E; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine rgecelte@nyit.edu Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most common joint diseases. This disorder causes OA patients to […]
Evolutionary origins of human pelvic list, hip adduction, and step width
Meeting Abstract 76-7 Monday, Jan. 6 09:30 – 09:45 Evolutionary origins of human pelvic list, hip adduction, and step width KIKEL, M*; GECELTER, R; THOMPSON, NE; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine; NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine mkikel@nyit.edu Human bipedal walking entails unique frontal plane balance strategies compared to other primates. Compared to […]
Coordination of body undulation and leg wave during centipede locomotion, in a geometric perspective
Meeting Abstract 76-2 Monday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 Coordination of body undulation and leg wave during centipede locomotion, in a geometric perspective ZHONG, B*; SCHIEBEL, P; OZKAN-AYDIN, Y; BROWN, M; CARRUTHERS, A; RIESER, J; SPONBERG, S; GOLDMAN, D; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech; Goergia Tech baxichong8@gmail.com Epimorphic […]
Cockroaches bend head and use legs differentially to traverse grass-like beam obstacles
Meeting Abstract 76-1 Monday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:15 Cockroaches bend head and use legs differentially to traverse grass-like beam obstacles WANG, Y*; OTHAYOTH, R; LI, C; Johns Hopkins University ywang460@jhu.edu https://li.me.jhu.edu/ Cockroaches are excellent at traversing dense obstacles in complex terrain. For example, to traverse grass-like beam obstacles, the discoid cockroach often transitions from a pitch […]
The Role of Muscle Fascicle Length in the Power versus Economy Performance Trade-off
Meeting Abstract 75-2 Monday, Jan. 6 08:15 – 08:30 The Role of Muscle Fascicle Length in the Power versus Economy Performance Trade-off COOPER, AN*; MARTIN, JC; MCDERMOTT, WJ; DULANEY, SO; CARRIER, DR; University of Utah; University of Utah; The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Murray, UT; University of Utah; University of Utah amanda.cooper@utah.edu The ability of the locomotor muscles […]
The Effects of Muscle Internal Mass on the Contractile Behaviour of In Situ Rat Plantaris Muscle
Meeting Abstract 75-4 Monday, Jan. 6 08:45 – 09:00 The Effects of Muscle Internal Mass on the Contractile Behaviour of In Situ Rat Plantaris Muscle ROSS, SA*; RIMKUS, B; KONOW, N; BIEWENER, AA; WAKELING, JM; Simon Fraser University; University of Massachusetts Lowell; University of Massachusetts Lowell and Harvard University; Harvard University; Simon Fraser University saross@sfu.ca Most of […]
Passive mechanical properties of crocodilian limb muscles correlate with in vivo function
Meeting Abstract 75-5 Monday, Jan. 6 09:00 – 09:15 Passive mechanical properties of crocodilian limb muscles correlate with in vivo function ARIAS, AA*; BALL, AM; AZIZI, E; University of California, Irvine adriena@uci.edu https://adrienarias.wordpress.com The passive mechanical properties (i.e. passive stiffness) of muscle have been shown to influence the region of the force-length (F-L) curve over which it […]
