Browsing FAS Scholarly Articles by Keyword "walking"

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    • Control and Function of Arm Swing in Human Walking and Running 

      Pontzer, Herman; Holloway, John H. III; Raichlen, David A.; Lieberman, Daniel Eric (The Company of Biologists, 2009)
      We investigated the control and function of arm swing in human walking and running to test the hypothesis that the arms act as passive mass dampers powered by movement of the lower body, rather than being actively driven ...

    • The Human Gluteus Maximus and its Role in Running 

      Lieberman, Daniel Eric; Raichlen, David A.; Pontzer, Herman; Bramble, Dennis M.; Cutright-Smith, Elizabeth (The Company of Biologists, 2006)
      The human gluteus maximus is a distinctive muscle in terms of size, anatomy and function compared to apes and other non-human primates. Here we employ electromyographic and kinematic analyses of human subjects to test the ...