ArticleProceedings. Biological sciences2018
Inter-stride variability triggers gait transitions in mammals and birds.
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- Forelimb muscle activity during level and progressive incline and decline walking in dogs and implications for rehabilitation.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Viability leads to the emergence of gait transitions in learning agile quadrupedal locomotion on challenging terrains.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Subject-specific sensitivity of several biomechanical features to fatigue during an exhaustive treadmill run.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Unifying Large- and Small-Scale Theories of Coordination.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- A Review of Biomechanical Gait Classification with Reference to Collected Trot, Passage and Piaffe in Dressage Horses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Review
- Rein Tension in Transitions and Halts during Equestrian Dressage Training.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2019Article
- Rapid predictive simulations with complex musculoskeletal models suggest that diverse healthy and pathological human gaits can emerge from similar control strategies.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2019Article
- Terrestrial locomotion of the Svalbard rock ptarmigan: comparing field and laboratory treadmill studies.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
Speed-related gait transitions occur in many animals, but it remains unclear what factors trigger gait changes. While the most widely accepted function of gait transitions is that they reduce locomotor costs, there is no obvious metabolic trigger signalling animals when to switch gaits. An alternative approach suggests that gait transitions serve to reduce locomotor instability. While there is evidence supporting this in humans, similar research has not been conducted in other species. This study explores energetics and stride variability during the walk-run transition in mammals and birds. Across nine species, energy savings do not predict the occurrence of a gait transition. Instead, our findings suggest that animals trigger gait transitions to maintain high locomotor rhythmicity and reduce unstable states. Metabolic efficiency is an important benefit of gait transitions, but the reduction in dynamic instability may be the proximate trigger determining when those transitions occur.
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