
Low effective mechanical advantage of giraffes’ limbs during walking reveals trade-off between limb length and locomotor performance
Author(s) -
Christopher Basu,
John R. Hutchinson
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.2108471119
Subject(s) - cursorial , anatomy , ground reaction force , lever , biology , gait , forelimb , kinematics , hindlimb , inverse dynamics , terrestrial locomotion , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine , ecology , physics , physiology , classical mechanics , quantum mechanics , predation
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