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ArticleJournal of motor behavior2014

Short-term effect of crural fasciotomy on kinematic variability and propulsion during level locomotion.

V A Stahl, T R Nichols

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Article in Journal of motor behavior, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

V A Stahla School of Applied Physiology, Georgia Institute of Technology , Atlanta.
T R Nichols
Georgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

SPINAL CIRCUITS &THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEMP01HD032571 · NICHD · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI GOOLSBY, WILLIAM · 1995 to 2016
$16.2M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD032571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treadmill locomotion can be characterized by consistent step-to-step kinematics despite the redundant degrees of freedom. The authors investigated the effect of disrupting the crural fascia in decerebrate cats to determine if the crural fascia contributed to kinematic variability and propulsion in the limb. Crural fasciotomy resulted in statistically significant decreases in velocity and acceleration in the joint angles during level walking, before, during, and after paw-off, particularly at the ankle. A further finding was an increase in variance of the limb segment trajectories in the frontal plane. The crural fascia therefore provides force transmission and reduction in kinematic variability to the limb during locomotion.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaCatsFasciaFasciotomyFootHindlimbHipLocomotionMovementcrural fascialocomotionpropulsionstability

Identifiers

PMID24914468
PMCPMC4442494
OpenAlexW1985028627

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