Rule for scaling shoulder rotation angles while walking through apertures.

BACKGROUND: When an individual is trying to fit into a narrow aperture, the amplitude of shoulder rotations in the yaw dimension is well proportioned to the relative aperture width to body width (referred to as the critical ratio value). Based on this fact, it is generally considered that the centra...

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Main Authors: Takahiro Higuchi, Yasuhiro Seya, Kuniyasu Imanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3483222?pdf=render