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The application of biomechanical motion analysis to aspects of green monkey ( Cercopithecus a. sabaeus ) locomotion
Author(s) -
Wells James P.,
Wood Graeme A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330430208
Subject(s) - kinematics , motion analysis , motion (physics) , fictitious force , terrestrial locomotion , ground reaction force , computer science , biomechanics , inertial frame of reference , gravitation , gravitational force , geodesy , physics , simulation , geology , classical mechanics , artificial intelligence , anatomy , biology , thermodynamics
A cinematographic method of biomechanical motion analysis is presented which permits the determination of body segment forces and joint moments of force, and thereby dominant muscle action. An analysis of the horizontal leap of Cercopithecus is used as an example of the utility of this approach in the area of functional morphology. Kinematic and kinetic data are presented and discussed in terms of the biomechanical requirements of this form of locomotion. The importance of a consideration of inertial as well as gravitational forces in an analysis of positional behavior involving body motion is stressed.