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Scaling Stride Frequency and Gait to Animal Size: Mice to Horses

Heglund, Norman C., Taylor, C. Richard, McMahon, Thomas A.·1974·Science
DOI 10.1126/science.186.4169.1112
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The stride frequency at which animals of different size change from one gait to another (walk, trot, gallop) changes in a regular manner with body mass. The speed at the transition from trot to gallop can be used as an equivalent speed for comparing animals of different size. This transition point occurs at lower speeds and higher stride frequencies in smaller animals. Plotting stride frequency at the trot-gallop transition point as a function of body mass in logarithmic coordinates yields a straight line.

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Authors
Heglund, N. C., Taylor, C. R., & McMahon, T. A.
Venue
Science
Publisher
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published
1974-12-20
Volume
186
Issue
4169
Pages
1112-1113
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
DOI
10.1126/science.186.4169.1112
OpenAlex
W1985834661
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419
References
3
FWCI
7.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Heglund, N. C., Taylor, C. R., & McMahon, T. A. (1974). Scaling Stride Frequency and Gait to Animal Size: Mice to Horses. Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4169.1112

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