Predictive simulations of running gait reveal a critical dynamic role for the tail in bipedal dinosaur locomotion

A new role for joint mobility in reconstructing vertebrate locomotor evolution

(2021) Armita R. Manafzadeh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Computational modelling of muscle fibre operating ranges in the hindlimb of a small ground bird (Eudromia elegans), with implications for modelling locomotion in extinct species

(2021) Peter J. Bishop et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Natural Frequency Method: estimating the preferred walking speed ofTyrannosaurus rexbased on tail natural frequency

(2021) Pasha A. van Bijlert et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Tail-propelled aquatic locomotion in a theropod dinosaur

(2020) Nizar Ibrahim et al.   NATURE

The origin of endothermy in synapsids and archosaurs and arms races in the Triassic

(2020) Michael J. Benton   GONDWANA RESEARCH

Do humans exploit the metabolic and mechanical benefits of arm swing across slow to fast walking speeds?

(2020) Shernice A. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Reverse-engineering the locomotion of a stem amniote

(2019) John A. Nyakatura et al.   NATURE

Relating neuromuscular control to functional anatomy of limb muscles in extant archosaurs

(2019) Andrew R. Cuff et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Exploring Bipedal Hopping through Computational Evolution

(2019) Jared M. Moore et al.   ARTIFICIAL LIFE

Rapid predictive simulations with complex musculoskeletal models suggest that diverse healthy and pathological human gaits can emerge from similar control strategies

(2019) Antoine Falisse et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Algorithmic differentiation improves the computational efficiency of OpenSim-based trajectory optimization of human movement

(2019) Antoine Falisse et al.   PLoS One

Predicting gait adaptations due to ankle plantarflexor muscle weakness and contracture using physics-based musculoskeletal simulations

(2019) Carmichael F. Ong et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Scaling of avian bipedal locomotion reveals independent effects of body mass and leg posture on gait

(2018) Monica A. Daley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs

(2018) P. J. Bishop et al.   PLoS One

Body and tail-assisted pitch control facilitates bipedal locomotion in Australian agamid lizards

(2018) Christofer J. Clemente et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

OpenSim: Simulating musculoskeletal dynamics and neuromuscular control to study human and animal movement

(2018) Ajay Seth et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part III—Inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct theropods, and its evolution on the line to birds

(2018) Peter J. Bishop et al.   PeerJ

Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs and modern obligate bipeds

(2017) P. J. Bishop et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Steady bipedal locomotion with a forward situated whole-body centre of mass: the potential importance of temporally asymmetric ground reaction forces

(2017) C. J. Clemente et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Cope's rule and the adaptive landscape of dinosaur body size evolution

(2017) Roger B. J. Benson et al.   PALAEONTOLOGY

Lateral movements of a massive tail influence gecko locomotion: an integrative study comparing tail restriction and autotomy

(2017) Kevin Jagnandan et al.   Scientific Reports

Investigating the running abilities of Tyrannosaurus rex using stress-constrained multibody dynamic analysis

(2017) William I. Sellers et al.   PeerJ

Evaluation of Direct Collocation Optimal Control Problem Formulations for Solving the Muscle Redundancy Problem

(2016) Friedl De Groote et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Preferred gait and walk–run transition speeds in ostriches measured using GPS-IMU sensors

(2016) Monica A. Daley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Inferring muscle functional roles of the ostrich pelvic limb during walking and running using computer optimization

(2016) Jeffery W. Rankin et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

On the Conical Motion of a Two-Degree-of-Freedom Tail Inspired by the Cheetah

(2015) Amir Patel et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Predictive Simulation Generates Human Adaptations during Loaded and Inclined Walking

(2015) Tim W. Dorn et al.   PLoS One

Resolving the long-standing enigmas of a giant ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus mirificus

(2014) Yuong-Nam Lee et al.   NATURE

Constraints on muscle performance provide a novel explanation for the scaling of posture in terrestrial animals

(2013) J. R. Usherwood   Biology Letters

Elegant-crested TinamousEudromia elegansdo not synchronize head and leg movements during head-bobbing

(2013) Jennifer A. Hancock et al.   IBIS

In search of the pitching momentum that enables some lizards to sustain bipedal running at constant speeds

(2013) S. Van Wassenbergh et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Linking the evolution of body shape and locomotor biomechanics in bird-line archosaurs

(2013) Vivian Allen et al.   NATURE

Shake a Tail Feather: The Evolution of the Theropod Tail into a Stiff Aerodynamic Surface

(2013) Michael Pittman et al.   PLoS One

Tail-assisted pitch control in lizards, robots and dinosaurs

(2012) Thomas Libby et al.   NATURE

Differential segmental strain during active lengthening in a large biarticular thigh muscle during running

(2011) J. A. Carr et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Leg muscles that mediate stability: mechanics and control of two distal extensor muscles during obstacle negotiation in the guinea fowl

(2011) M. A. Daley et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Optimality principles for model-based prediction of human gait

(2010) Marko Ackermann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

The mechanical function of linked muscles in the guinea fowl hind limb

(2010) D. J. Ellerby et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Sensitivity analysis in evolutionary robotic simulations of bipedal dinosaur running

(2010) Karl T. Bates et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Variation in Center of Mass Estimates for Extant Sauropsids and its Importance for Reconstructing Inertial Properties of Extinct Archosaurs

(2009) Vivian Allen et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

A physiology based inverse dynamic analysis of human gait: potential and perspectives

(2009) F. De Groote et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Constraint-based exclusion of limb poses for reconstructing theropod dinosaur locomotion

(2009) Stephen M. Gatesy et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Fast locomotion of some African ungulates

(2009) R. McN. Alexander et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Integration within and between muscles during terrestrial locomotion: effects of incline and speed

(2008) T. E. Higham et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Angular momentum in human walking

(2008) H. Herr et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Kinematics and Kinetic Comparison of Overground and Treadmill Running

(2008) PATRICK O. RILEY et al.   MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS AND EXERCISE

The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to birds

(2008) John R. Hutchinson et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN