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Human Locomotion

Human Locomotion is a biomechanical process involving the coordinated movement of the human body through space via repetitive limb motions, distinguished from other forms of motion by its bipedal gait patterns and neuromuscular control specific to upright ambulation.

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Passive Dynamic Walking

Tad McGeer · The International Journal of Robotics Research · 1990 · 3.4K citations

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Efficient Bipedal Robots Based on Passive-Dynamic Walkers

Steven H. Collins, Andy Ruina, Russ Tedrake et al. · Science · 2005 · 1.9K citations

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Phase transitions and critical behavior in human bimanual coordination

J. A. Scott Kelso · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology · 1984 · 1.5K citations

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THE MAJOR DETERMINANTS IN NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL GAIT

John B. Saunders, Verne T. Inman, Howard D. Eberhart · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 1953 · 1.3K citations

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Dynamic Optimization of Human Walking

Frank C. Anderson, Marcus G. Pandy · Journal of Biomechanical Engineering · 2001 · 1.1K citations

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  1. AD
    Arthur D. Kuo

    University of Michigan, United States

    30 publications · 7.5K citations

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    Francesco Lacquaniti

    Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy

    31 publications · 4.4K citations

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    Yuri P. Ivanenko

    Fondazione Santa Lucia, Italy

    29 publications · 3.7K citations

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    Atsuo Takanishi

    Waseda University, Japan

    44 publications · 2.2K citations

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  5. AS
    André Seyfarth

    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    41 publications · 3.2K citations

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  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    42 h-index

    95 publications

    14.2K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    39 h-index

    123 publications

    22.5K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    116 publications

    13.3K citations

  4. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    35 h-index

    96 publications

    10.3K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    34 h-index

    201 publications

    12.5K citations

  6. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    33 h-index

    112 publications

    10K citations

  7. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    31 h-index

    140 publications

    9.4K citations

  8. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    30 h-index

    85 publications

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  1. Journal of Biomechanics

    177 publications · 20.4K citations

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  2. Gait & Posture

    132 publications · 12.6K citations

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  3. Journal of Neurophysiology

    JN · 66 publications · 7.7K citations

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  4. Experimental Brain Research

    83 publications · 7.8K citations

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  5. Journal of Experimental Biology

    62 publications · 7.2K citations

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