Prepared for landing: A simple activation strategy scales muscle force to landing height

N Konow, TJ Roberts - Journal of Biomechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
Before landing from a jump or fall, animals preactivate muscles to stiffen their limb joints but
it is unclear how muscles tune limb stiffness and how collision forcefulness is anticipated …

Introduction to The Symposium:“The Role of Mechanosensation in Robust Locomotion”

KE Stanchak, HR Katz - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Mechanosensory information is a critical component of organismal movement control
systems. Understanding the role mechanosensation plays in modulating organismal …