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Why the upper limbs move during human walking

✍ Scribed by K.M. Jackson

Book ID
104155366
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1983
Tongue
English
Weight
246 KB
Volume
105
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-5193

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✦ Synopsis

It has long been held that the movement of the upper limbs during walking counteracts the rotation of the shoulders about the longitudinal axis of the body. Alternative theories of the need for upper limb movement are discussed, and it is shown that controlled upper limb movement produced under the control of centres within the spinal cord is a necessary component of smooth non-jerky locomotion.

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