Rodger Kram's weekly digest of articles published with Title Words Locomotion or Biomechanics

VandeCrommert, HWAA; Mulder, T; Duysens, J.
Neural control of locomotion: sensory control of the central pattern
generator and its relation to treadmill training. GAIT & POSTURE, 1998 MAY,
V7 N3:251-263.

Soto, JEV A new real-time control method for free locomotion in a walking
robot.
 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY,1998, V11
N1-2:77-83.

 Ostrowski, J; Burdick, J. The geometric mechanics of undulatory robotic
locomotion.
 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH, 1998 JUL, V17 N7:683-701.

 Kirby, SD; Wang, B; To, CWS; Lampe, HB. Nonlinear, three-dimensional
finite-element model of skin
 biomechanics. JOURNAL OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY, 1998 JUN, V27 N3:153-160.

Haslegrave, C
Optical measurement methods in biomechanics, by J.F. Orr, J.C. Shelton.
APPLIED ERGONOMICS, 1998 OCT, V29 N5:399-399.

MacLaren, D
Biomechanics and medicine in swimming VII, by J.P. Troup, A.P.
Hollander, D. Strasse, S.W. Trappe, J.M. Cappaert, T.A. Trappe.
APPLIED ERGONOMICS, 1998 AUG, V29 N4:289-289.

Slawinska, U; Kasicki, S.
The frequency of rat's hippocampal theta rhythm is related to the speed of
locomotion.
 BRAIN RESEARCH, 1998 JUN 15, V796 N1-2:327-331.

 Kohler, M; MoyaSola, S.
The evolution from pronograde to orthograde posture and locomotion:
Implications for bipedality.
FOLIA PRIMATOLOGICA, 1998 JUL-AUG, V69 N4:185-240.

 Lejeune, TM; Willems, PA; Heglund, NC.
 Mechanics and energetics of human locomotion on sand.
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY, 1998 JUL, V201 N13:2071-2080.

Umesh, KN
Dexterous mechanisms for robot locomotion.
 MECHANISM AND MACHINE THEORY, 1998 NOV, V33 N8:1153-1165.

Gibson, PH; Cosens, DJ.
 Locomotion in the terrestrial planarian Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy).
 PEDOBIOLOGIA, 1998 JUL, V42 N3:241-251.

 Minetti, AE
The biomechanics of skipping gaits: a third locomotion paradigm?
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SERIES B-BIOLOGICAL
             SCIENCES, 1998 JUL 7, V265 N1402:1227-1235.

Werner, SL ; Plancher, KD.
Biomechanics of wrist injuries in sports.
CLINICS IN SPORTS MEDICINE, 1998 JUL, V17 N3:407+.

Reilly, SM
Sprawling locomotion in the lizard Sceloporus clarkii: Speed modulation of
motor patterns in a walking trot.  BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION, 1998 SEP,
V52 N3:126-138.

 Malawista, SE ; Chevance, AD.
Motile function of human blood polymorphonuclear leukocytes: locomotion and
chemotaxis in simplified systems. BULLETIN DE L ACADEMIE NATIONALE DE
MEDECINE, 1998, V182  N5:1011-1021.

 Yoganandan, N; Pintar, FA.
 Biomechanics of penetrating trauma.
CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 1997, V25 N6:485-501.

Bretscher, MS; AguadoVelasco, C.
 Membrane traffic during cell locomotion.
CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY, 1998 AUG, V10 N4:537-541.

Farley, CT
 Locomotion - Just skip it.
 NATURE, 1998 AUG 20, V394 N6695:721-723.

Gorska, T; Majczynski, H; Zmyslowski, W.
Overground locomotion in intact rats: contact electrode recording.
ACTA NEUROBIOLOGIAE EXPERIMENTALIS, 1998, V58 N3:227-237.

Eduardo, J; Bicudo, PW; ChauiBerlinck, JG.
 Locomotion and thermogenesis in hummingbirds.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR
 BIOLOGY, 1998 MAY, V120 N1:27-33.

 Kram, R; Dawson, TJ.
Energetics and biomechanics of locomotion by red kangaroos (Macropus rufus).
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR
 BIOLOGY, 1998 MAY, V120 N1:41-49.

 Biewener, AA
Muscle-tendon stresses and elastic energy storage during locomotion in the
horse.
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR
BIOLOGY, 1998 MAY, V120 N1:73-87.

Bottino, DC ; Fauci, LJ.
A computational model of ameboid deformation and locomotion.
EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, 1998, V27 N5:532-539.

 Belzung, C ; Leguisquet, AM; Barreau, S; DelionVancassel, S; Chalon, S;
Durand, G.
Alpha-linolenic acid deficiency modifies distractibility but not anxiety
and locomotion in rats during aging.
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION, 1998 SEP, V128 N9:1537-1542.

 Yan, JH; Thomas, JR; Downing, JH.
 Locomotion improves children's spatial search: A meta-analytic review.
PERCEPTUAL AND MOTOR SKILLS, 1998 AUG, V87 N1:67-82.

Lewis, DD; Bronson, DG; Samchukov, ML; Welch, RD;Stallings, JT.
Biomechanics of circular external skeletal fixation.
VETERINARY SURGERY, 1998 SEP-OCT, V27 N5:454-464.

WHOLE ORGANISM/ORGAN LEVEL
 Goswami, A
A new gait parameterization technique by means of cyclogram moments:
Application to human slope walking. GAIT & POSTURE, 1998 AUG, V8 N1:15-36.

Noordzij, JP; Opperman, DA; Perrault, DF; Woo, P.
The biomechanics of the medialization laryngoplasty (Thyroplasty type 1) in
an ex vivo canine model.
JOURNAL OF VOICE, 1998 SEP, V12 N3:372-382.

NEUROMOTOR
Grasso, R; Prevost, P; Ivanenko, YP; Berthoz, A.
Eye-head coordination for the steering of locomotion in humans: an
anticipatory synergy.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS, 1998 SEP 4, V253 N2:115-118.

Ekman, A ; Nissbrandt, H; Heilig, M; Dijkstra, D; Eriksson, E.
 Central administration of dopamine D3 receptor antisense to rat:
 effects on locomotion, dopamine release and [H-3]spiperone binding.
 NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERGS ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY, 1998 SEP, V358 N3:342-350.

Peoples, LL; Gee, F; Bibi, R; West, MO.
 Phasic firing time locked to cocaine self-infusion and locomotion:
 Dissociable firing patterns of single nucleus accumbens neurons in the rat.
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 1998 SEP 15, V18 N18:7588-7598.

Payne, AP; Sutcliffe, RG; Campbell, JM; Favor, G; Russell, D; Bennett, NK;
Clarke, DJ; Branton, R; Davies, RW; Simpson, E; Tsang, C; Baxendale, RH.
 Disordered locomotion in the AS/AGU mutant rat and the effects of  L-dopa
or fetal midbrain grafts.
MOVEMENT DISORDERS, 1998 SEP, V13 N5:832-834.

CELL LOCOMOTION
 Fuhr, G; Richter, E; Zimmermann, H; Hitzler, H; Niehus, H; Hagedorn, R.
Cell traces - Footprints of individual cells during locomotion and adhesion.
BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 1998 AUG-SEP, V379 N8-9:1161-1173.

Wilkinson, PC
Assays of leukocyte locomotion and chemotaxis.
JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGICAL METHODS, 1998 JUL 1, V216 N1-2:139-153.

Byrne, HM); Cave, G; McElwain, DLS.
The effect of chemotaxis and chemokinesis on leukocyte locomotion: A new
interpretation of experimental results. IMA JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS APPLIED
IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 1998 SEP, V15 N3:235-256. 


PALEONTOLOGY
Owerkowicz, Thomas; Farmer, Colleen G.; Hicks, James W.; Brainerd, Elizabeth L.
Breathing under mechanical constraint: Contribution of gular pumping to
locomotor stamina in monitor lizards.,Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology,
v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15):68A.

 O'Daffer, Stan.
A theory for the use of area density in cortical bone as an indicator of
locomotor activity in dinosaurs.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18,
n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15):
   67A.

Mussell, J. C.; Rose, K. D.
The use of computed tomography in understanding the biomechanics of fossil
 mammals.  Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998.
Sept. 15):
65A-66A.

Middleton, Kevin M.; Gatesy, Stephen M.
Theropod forelimb disparity and functional evolution.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15):63A.

McCrea, Richard T.; Lockley, Martin; Guy, A.
A summary of purported ankylosaur track occurrences. (Fifty-Eighth Annual
 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15): 62A.

 Cole, Maria; Domning, Daryl P.
 Locomotor and positional adaptations in the desmostylian genera
Desmostylus and Paleoparadoxia.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15): 35A.

Carrano, Matthew T.
 Microevolutionary patterns of locomotion and body size in dinosaurs and
mammals. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept.
15):
   32A.

Carroll, Robert L.
 Vertebral development and amphibian relationships. (Fifty-Eighth Annual
 Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15):
  31A-32A.

Carrier, David R.
The evolution of locomotor stamina in tetrapods.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998. Sept. 15):31A.

Bramble, D. M.; Jenkins, F. A.,.
 Locomotor-respiratory integration: Implications for mammalian and avian
divergence. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL., (1998.
Sept. 15):28A.

 Blob, R. W. Evolution and ontogeny of locomotor mechanics in non-mammalian
    therapsids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v.18, n.3 SUPPL.,
(1998. Sept. 15):
    27A-28A.

PROSIMIANS
several from: (International Conference on Biology and Conservation of
Prosimians,
Chester, England, UK, September 13-16, 1995)

Warren, Ruth Dorcas; Crompton, Robin Huw.
 Diet, body size and the energy costs of locomotion in saltatory primates.
 Folia Primatologica, v.69, n.SUPPL. 1, (1998. April): 86-100.

Sellers, W. I.; Varley, J. S.; Waters, S. S.
 Remote monitoring of locomotion using accelerometers: A pilot study.
 Folia Primatologica, v.69, n.SUPPL. 1, (1998. April): 82-85.

Preuschoft, Holger; Guenther, Michael M.; Christian, Andreas.
Size dependence in prosimian locomotion and its implications for the
distribution of body mass. Folia Primatologica, v.69, n.SUPPL. 1, (1998.
April): 60-81.

Crompton, Robin Huw; Savage, Russell; Spears, Iain R.
The mechanics of food reduction in Tarsius bancanus. Hard-object feeder,
 soft-object feeder or both?
 Folia Primatologica, v.69, n.SUPPL. 1, (1998. April): 41-59.
 

NEURAL
several abstracts from 21st Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience
Society and the First Joint Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society and
the Japanese Society for Neurochemistry,...

Chiba, Shinobu; Shingai, Ryuzo.
Statistical properties of locomotion in C. elegans.
Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S263.

Ooka-Souda, Sadako; Kadota, Tetsuo; Takeuchi, Hiro-Aki.
      Effect of cutting the spinal cord on circadian rhythm of the hagfish,
    Eptatretus burgeri (Cyclostomata).
      Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S212.

 Kumagai, Morihiro; Yamaguchi, Takashi.
      Spontaneous locomotor episodes produced by the hypothalamus.
      Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S160.

 Matsui, Toshihiro; Kuze, Bunya; Matsuyama, Kiyoji; Mori, Shigemi.
      Stimulation of the crossed fastigiofugal fibers (hook bundle of Russell)
    evokes locomotion on a moving treadmill in the decerebrate cat.
      Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S160.

 Matsuyama, Kiyoji; Mori, Futoshi; Kuze, Bunya; Okumura, Tetsu; Mori,
    Shigemi.
      Intraspinal projections of locomotor-related lumbar commissural neurons
    receiving excitatory reticulospinal inputs in cats.
      Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S160.

Mori, Futoshi; Nakajima, Katsumi; Okumura, Tetsu; Matsuyama, Kiyoji; Mori,
    Shigemi.
      Bipedal locomotion of Japanese monkeys (M. fuscata) on an inclined
    treadmill: Characteristic control of body axis and joint angles.
      Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S159.

Sano, Hiromi; Nishii, Kazuhiro; Matsushita, Natsuki; Sawada, Hirohide;
    Noda, Yukihiro; Mamiya, Takayoshi; Nabeshima, Toshitaka; Nagatsu, Ikuko;
    Hata, Tadayoshi; Kiuchi, Kazutoshi; and others.
      Analysis of motor, learning, and pituitary function in dopamine-deficient
    mice. Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S76.

Yanagihara, Dai.
      Role of cerebellum in self-organization of the temporal dynamics during
    locomotion. Neuroscience Research Supplement, n.22, (1998.): S6.



ORTHOPEDICS
 Rocca, M.; Orienti, L.; Stea, S.; Moroni, A.; Fini, M.; Giardino, R.
      Comparison among three different biocoatings for orthopaedic
prostheses:
    An experimental animal study.  International Journal of Artificial
Organs, v.21, n.9, (1998. Sept.):
    553-558.

Adam, Christoph; Eckstein, Felix; Milz, Stefan; Putz, Reinhard.
      The distribution of cartilage thickness within the joints of the
lower
    limb of elderly individuals.
      Journal of Anatomy, v.193, n.2, (1998. Aug.): 203-214.

 Messner, Karola; Gao, Jizong.
      The menisci of the knee joint: Anatomical and functional
characteristics,
    and a rationale for clinical treatment.
      Journal of Anatomy, v.193, n.2, (1998. Aug.): 161-178.

METHODOLOGY
 Holzapfel, Gerhard A.; Weizsaecker, Hans W.
      Biomechanical behavior of the arterial wall and its numerical
    characterization.
      Computers in Biology and Medicine, v.28, n.4, (1998. July):
377-392.

Veselko, M.; Jenko, M.; Lipuscek, I.
      The use of the co-ordinate measuring machine for the study of
    three-dimensional biomechanics of the knee.
      Computers in Biology and Medicine, v.28, n.4, (1998. July):
343-357.

Baca, Arnold.
      Application of computer animation techniques for presenting
biomechanical
    research results. Computers in Biology and Medicine, v.28, n.4,
(1998.
July): 449-454.

MISC.
Bellizzi, Matthew J.; King, Kellin A. D.; Cushman, Sara K.; Weyand,
Peter G.
     Does the application of ground force set the energetic cost of
   cross-country skiing?
     Journal of Applied Physiology, v.85, n.5, (1998. Nov.): 1736-1743.

 Elert, Jessica; Karlsson, Stefan; Gerdle, Bjorn.
     One-year reproducibility and stability of the signal amplitude
ratio and
   other variables of the electromyogram: Test-retest of a shoulder
forward
   flexion tests in female workers with neck and shoulder problems.
     Clinical Physiology (Oxford), v.18, n.6, (1998. Nov.): 529-538.

Anten, Niels P. R.; Hirose, Tadaki.
     Biomass allocation and light partitioning among dominant and
subordinate
   individuals in Xanthium canadense stands.
     Annals of Botany (London), v.82, n.5, (1998. Nov.): 665-673.

Robbins, Steven; Waked, Edward; Krouglicof, Nicholas.
     Improving balance.
     Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, v.46, n.11, (1998.
Nov.):
   1363-1370.

Kesel, Antonia B.; Philippi, Ute; Nachtigall, Werner.
      Biomechanical aspects of the insect wing: An analysis using the
finite
    element method.  Computers in Biology and Medicine, v.28, n.4,
(1998.
July): 423-437.

 Gurfinkel, V. S.; Levik, Yu. S.; Kazennikov, O. V.; Selionov, V. A.
      Locomotor-like movements evoked by leg muscle vibration in
humans.
      European Journal of Neuroscience, v.10, n.5, (1998. May):
1608-1612.



ORTHOPEDICS
Kampen, Willm Uwe; Tillmann, Bernhard.
     Age-related changes in the articular cartilage of human sacroiliac joint.
     Anatomy and Embryology, v.198, n.6, (1998. Dec.): 505-513.

Turner, C. H.
      Three rules for bone adaptation to mechanical stimuli.
      Bone (New York), v.23, n.5, (1998. Nov.): 399-407.

 Frost, H. M.
      Could some biomechanical effects of growth hormone help to explain its
    effects on bone formation and resorption?
      Bone (New York), v.23, n.5, (1998. Nov.): 395-398.

COMPARATIVE
Patruno, M.; Radaelli, G.; Mascarello, F.; Carnevali, M. D. Candia.
     Muscle growth in response to changing demands of functions in the teleost
   Sparus aurata (L.) during development from hatching to juvenile.
     Anatomy and Embryology, v.198, n.6, (1998. Dec.): 487-504.
* telost = fish

O'Leary, Maureen A.
     Morphology of the humerus of Hapalodectes (Mammalia, Mesonychia).
     American Museum Novitates, v.0, n.3242, (1998. Nov. 5): 1-6.
*Hapalodectes is an extinct animal, I think releated to hoofed mammals.

Cymbalyuk, Gennady S.; Borisyuk, Roman M.; Mueller-Wilm, Uwe; Cruse, Holk.
      Oscillatory network controlling six-legged locomotion. Optimization of
    model parameters.
      Neural Networks, v.11, n.7-8, (1998. Oct.-Nov.): 1449-1460.

 Robert, D.; Miles, R. N.; Hoy, R. R.
      Tympanal mechanics in the parasitoid fly Ormia ochracea: Intertympanal
    coupling during mechanical vibration.
      Journal of Comparative Physiology A Sensory Neural and Behavioral
    Physiology, v.183, n.4, (1998. Oct.): 443-452.

NEUROMOTOR
 Leterme, Damien; Falempin, Maurice.
      EMG activity of three rat hindlimb muscles during microgravity and
    hypergravity phase of parabolic flight.
      Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine, v.69, n.11, (1998. Nov.):
    1065-1070.

Wernig, A.; Nanassy, A.; Mueller, S.
      Maintenance of locomotor abilities following Laufband (treadmill) therapy
    in para- and tetraplegic persons: Follow-up studies.
      Spinal Cord, v.36, n.11, (1998. Nov.): 744-749.

Cymbalyuk, Gennady S.; Borisyuk, Roman M.; Mueller-Wilm, Uwe; Cruse, Holk.
      Oscillatory network controlling six-legged locomotion. Optimization of
    model parameters.
      Neural Networks, v.11, n.7-8, (1998. Oct.-Nov.): 1449-1460.

 Beer, Jeremy M. A.
      Effects of gaze angle and extraretinal eye movement information on visual
    locomotion control. Perception & Psychophysics, v.60, n.7, (1998.
Oct.): 1259-1275.
 

BIOMATERIALS
 Szekeres, Maria; Nadasy, Gyorgy L.; Dezsi, Laszlo; Orosz, Miklos; Tokes,
    Annamaria; Monos, Emil.
      Segmental differences in geometric, elastic and contractile
    characteristics of small intramural coronary arteries of the rat.
      Journal of Vascular Research, v.35, n.5, (1998. Sept.-Oct.): 332-344.



COMPARATIVE/VET
 Wauthy, Georges; Leoponce, Maurice; Banai, Nouzar; Sylin, Georges; Lions,
   Jean-Claude.
     The backward jump of a box moss mite.
     Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences,
   v.265, n.1411, (1998. Nov. 22): 2235-2242.

 Marczinski, C.; Perrot-Sinal, T. S.; Kavaliers, M.; Ossenkopp, K.-P.
      Sex differences in spontaneous locomotor activity and rotational behavior
    in meadow voles.
      Physiology & Behavior, v.65, n.2, (1998. Nov. 15): 387-391.

 Fish, Frank E.
      Comparative kinematics and hydrodynamics of odontocete cetaceans:
    Morphological and ecological correlates with swimming performance.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v.201, n.20, (1998. Oct.): 2867-2877.

Pourcelot, Philippe; Audigie, Fabrice; Degueurce, Christophe; Ddenoix, Jean
    Mariel; Geiger, Didier.
      Kinematics of the equine back: A method to study the thoracolumbar
    flexion-extension movements at the trot.
      Veterinary Research (Paris), v.29, n.6, (1998. Nov.-Dec.): 519-525.

Smith, David J.; Underwood, Graham J. C.
      Exopolymer production by intertidal epipelic diatoms.
      Limnology and Oceanography, v.43, n.7, (1998. Nov.): 1578-1591.

 Speck, T.; Speck, O.; Emanns, A.; Spatz, H.-C.
      Biomechanics and functional anatomy of hollow stemmed sphenopsids: III.
    Equisetum hyemale.  Botanica Acta, v.111, n.5, (1998. Oct.): 366-376.

ORTHOPEDICS/BONE

Wheeler, Donna L.; Chamberland, David L.; Schmitt, John M.; Buck, David C.;
   Brekke, John H.; Hollinger, Jeffrey O.; Joh, S.-P.; Suh, K.-W.
     Radiomorphometry and biomechanical assessment of recombinant human bone
   morphogenetic protein 2 and polymer in rabbit radius ostectomy model.
     Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, v.43, n.4, (1998. Winter):
   365-373.

Millard, J.; Augat, P.; Link, T. M.; Kothari, M.; Newitt, D. C.; Genant, H.
   K.; Majumdar, S.
     Power spectral analysis of vertebral trabecular bone structure from
   radiographs: Orientation dependence and correlation with bone mineral
   density and mechanical properties.
     Calcified Tissue International, v.63, n.6, (1998. Dec.): 482-489.

Utvag, S. E.; Reikeras, O.
Effects of nail rigidity on fracture healing: Strength and mineralisation
 in rat femoral bone. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, v.118,
n.1-2, (1998. Nov.):
7-13.

 Utvag, S. E.; Grundnes, O.; Reikeras, O.
Graded exchange reaming and nailing of non-unions: Strength and
mineralisation in rat femoral bone.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, v.118, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.):
    1-6.

Anderson, C. Collins, ; Tomlinson, James L.; Daly, William R.; Carson,
    William L.; Payne, John T.; Wagner-Mann, Colette C.
      Biomechanical evaluation of a crimp clamp system for loop fixation of
    monofilament nylon leader material used for stabilization of the canine
    stifle joint.
      Veterinary Surgery, v.27, n.6, (1998. Nov.-Dec.): 533-539.

 Koenig, A.; Kirschner, S.; Walther, M.; Eisert, M.; Eulert, J.
      Hybrid total knee arthroplasty.
      Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, v.118, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.):
    66-69.

NEURO-

 Schomburg, E. D.; Steffens, H.; Nagel, H.
      A possible role of serotonin release for evoking fictive spinal
    locomotion in the cat. (Scientific Meeting of the Physiological Society,
    Prague, Czech Republic, June 22-24, 1998)
      Journal of Physiology (Cambridge), v.511P, (1998. Sept.): 65P.

      Short latency reflex inhibition of gamma-motoneurones during locomotion
    in the decerebrate cat. (Scientific Meeting of the Physiological Society,
    Prague, Czech Republic, June 22-24, 1998)
      Journal of Physiology (Cambridge), v.511P, (1998. Sept.): 64P.

 Saint-Amant, Louis; Drapeau, Pierre.
     Time course of the development of motor behaviors in the zebrafish embryo.
     Journal of Neurobiology, v.37, n.4, (1998. Dec.): 622-632.

Clarke, Andrew H.
      Vestibulo-oculomotor research and measurement technology for the space
    station era.
      Brain Research Reviews, v.28, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.): 173-184.

 Mergner, Thomas; Rosemeier, Thomas.
      Interaction of vestibular, somatosensory and visual signals for postural
    control and motion perception under terrestrial and microgravity
    conditions: A conceptual model.
      Brain Research Reviews, v.28, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.): 118-135.

 Reschke, Millard F.; Bloomberg, Jacob J.; Harm, Deborah L.; Paloski,
    William H.; Layne, Charles; McDonald, Vernon.
      Posture, locomotion, spatial orientation, and motion sickness as a
    function of space flight.
      Brain Research Reviews, v.28, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.): 102-117.

Pozzo, Thierry; Papaxanthis, Charalambos; Stapley, Paul; Berthoz, Alain.
      The sensorimotor and cognitive integration of gravity.
      Brain Research Reviews, v.28, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.): 92-101.

Clarac, Francois; Vinay, Laurent; Cazales, Jean-Rene; Fady, Jean-Claude;
    Jamon, Marc.
      Role of gravity in the development of posture and locomotion in the
    neonatal rat.
      Brain Research Reviews, v.28, n.1-2, (1998. Nov.): 35-43.

 Laursen, B.; Jensen, B. R.; Sjogaard, G.
      Effect of speed and precision demands on human shoulder muscle
    electromyography during a repetitive task.
      European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, v.78,
    n.6, (1998. Nov.): 544-548.

Canu, Marie-Helene; Falempin, Maurice.
      Effect of hindlimb unloading on interlimb coordination during treadmill
    locomotion in the rat.
      European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology, v.78,
    n.6, (1998. Nov.): 509-515.

MUSCLE

 Lou, Fang; Curtin, N. A.; Woledge, R. C.
      Contraction with shortening during stimulation or during relaxation: How
    do the energetic costs compare?
      Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, v.19, n.7, (1998. Oct.):
    797-802.
      Type D 56 AB to see abstract.

 Lutz, Gordon J.; Bremner, Shannon; Lajevardi, Nahal; Lieber, Richard L.;
    Rome, Lawrence C.
      Quantitative analysis of muscle fibre type and myosin heavy chain
    distribution in the frog hindlimb: Implications for locomotory design.
      Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility, v.19, n.7, (1998. Oct.):
    717-731.
 

AND MY PICK OF THE WEEK:
 Uetake, K.; Yayou, K.; Okamoto, T.
Influence of feeding operation and social factors on cattle locomotion in
 free stall barns.  Canadian Journal of Animal Science, v.78, n.3, (1998.
Sept.): 421-424.



NEURO-

 Prentice, S. D.; Patla, A. E.; Stacey, D. A.
 Simple artificial neural network models can generate
basic muscle
activity patterns for human locomotion at different
speeds.
 Experimental Brain Research, v.123, n.4, (1998. Dec.):
474-480.

 Kim, Nam-Gyoon; Turvey, M. T.
 Visually perceiving heading on circular and elliptical
paths.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception and
Performance,
 v.24, n.6, (1998. Dec.): 1690-1704.

Nicol, A. U.; Brown, M. W.; Horn, G.
Neural encoding of subject-object distance in a visual
recognition system.
 European Journal of Neuroscience, v.10, n.1, (1998.
Jan.): 34-44.

ORTHOPEDIC

Gillies, G. T.; Broaddus, W. C.; Stenger, J. M.; Taylor,
A. G.
A biomechanical model of the craniomandibular complex and
cervical spine
 based on the inverted pendulum.
 Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, v.22, n.6,
(1998.
Nov.-Dec.): 263-269.

Wang, Xiadu; Shanbhag, Arun S.; Rubash, Harry E.;
Agrawal, C. Mauli.
Short-term effects of bisphosphonates on the
biomechanical properties of
 canine bone. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research,
v.44, n.4, (1999.
March 15): 456-460.

 Carpenter, James E.; Flanagan, Colleen L.; Thompoulos,
Stavros; Yian,
 Edward H.; Soslowsky, Louis J.
The effects of overuse combined with intrinsic or
extrinsic alterations
 in an animal model of rotator cuff tendinosis.
American Journal of Sports Medicine, v.26, n.6, (1998.
Nov.-Dec.):801-807.

Mohammed, Khalid D.; Sonnabend, David H.; Goldberg,
Jerome A.; Hutabarat,
Simon; Walker, Peter; Walsh, William R.
Biomechanical performance of Bankart repairs in a human
cadaveric shoulder
model.
American Journal of Sports Medicine, v.26, n.6, (1998.
Nov.-Dec.):831-835.

Vathana, Pongsak; Prasartritha, Thavat.
A biomechanic study of the surgical repair technique of
pars defect in
 spondylolysis.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand, v.81,
n.11, (1998.
 Nov.): 824-829.

Ma, Peter X.; Langer, Robert.
Morphology and mechanical function of long-term in vitro
engineered
cartilage.  Journal of Biomedical Materials Research,
v.44, n.2, (1999. Feb.):
217-221.

 Puttlitz, Christian M.; Goel, Vijay K.; Pope, Malcolm H.
Biomechanical testing sequelae relevant to spinal fusion
and
instrumentation.
Orthopedic Clinics of North America, v.29, n.4, (1998.
Oct.): 571-589.

Lindenhayn, K.; Perka, C.; Spitzer, R.-S.; Heilmann,
H.-H.; Pommerening,
K.; Mennicke, J.; Sittinger, M. Retention of hyaluronic
acid in alginate
beads: Aspects for in vitro
cartilage engineering. Journal of Biomedical Materials
Research, v.44, n.2,
(1999. Feb.):
149-155.

MUSCLE

 Kinoshita, Aki; Senda, Shoichi; Mizushige, Katsufumi;
Masugata, Hisashi;
 Sakamoto, Seiji; Kiyomoto, Hideyasu; Matsuo, Hirohide.
 Evaluation of acoustic properties of the live human
smooth-muscle cell
using scanning acoustic microscopy.
 Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, v.24, n.9, (1998.
Nov.): 1397-1405.

LOCOMOTION

Wank, V.; Frick, U.; Schmidtbleicher, D.
 Kinematics and electromyography of lower limb muscles in
overground and
treadmill running. International Journal of Sports
Medicine, v.19, n.7,
(1998. Oct.):
455-461.

Lee, Cynthia R.; Farley, Claire T.
Determinants of the center of mass trajectory in human
walking and running.
Journal of Experimental Biology, v.201, n.21, (1998.
Nov.): 2935-2944.

Jamon, Marc; Clarac, Francois.
Early walking in the neonatal rat: A kinematic study.
 Behavioral Neuroscience, v.112, n.5, (1998. Oct.):
1218-1228.

BIOFLUID

 Buxton, Richard B.; Wong, Eric C.; Frank, Lawrence R.
Dynamics of blood flow and oxygenation changes during
brain activation:
The balloon model.
Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, v.39, n.6, (1998. June):
855-864.

DIFFICULT TO CATEGORIZE:

Noordzij, J. Pieter; Perrault, Donald F.; Woo, Peak.
 Biomechanics of combined arytenoid adduction and
medialization
 laryngoplasty in an ex vivo canine model.
 Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, v.119, n.6,
(1998. Dec.):634-642.

Krantz, Grover S.
Evolution of the human pelvis.
 Evolutionary Theory & Review, v.11, n.4, (1997. Aug.):
255-272.

ERGONOMICS

 Goosey, V. L.; Campbell, I. G.
Symmetry of the elbow kinematics during racing wheelchair
propulsion.
Ergonomics, v.41, n.12, (1998. Dec.): 1810-1820.

Wertheim, A. H.
Working in a moving environment.
Ergonomics, v.41, n.12, (1998. Dec.): 1845-1858.

Fritz, M. Three-dimensional biomechanical model for
simulating the response
of the human body to vibration stress.  Medical &
Biological Engineering &
Computing,
v.36, n.6, (1998. Nov.): 686-692.
 

COMPARATIVE

Rasmussen, D. Tab; Conroy, Glenn C.; Simons, Elwyn L.
 Tarsier-like locomotor specializations in the oligocene
primate Afrotarsius.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the
United States of
America, v.95, n.25, (1998. Dec.): 14848-14850.

Chen, Xingbin; Chen, Hao.
The influence of alveolar structures on the torsional
strain field in a
gorilla corporeal cross-section.
Journal of Human Evolution, v.35, n.6, (1998. Dec.):
611-633.

Westneat, Mark W.; Hale, Melina E.; McHenry, Matthew J.;
Long, John H.,.
 Mechanics of the fast-start: Muscle function and the
role of
intramuscular pressure in the escape behavior of Amia
calva and
Polypterus palmas.
Journal of Experimental Biology, v.201, n.22, (1998.
Nov.): 3041-3055.

West, Jordan M.
The dual role of sclerites in a gorgonian coral:
Conflicting functions
of support and defence.
 Evolutionary Ecology, v.12, n.7, (1998. Oct.): 803-821.

Martin, J.; Avery, R. A.
 Effects of tail loss on the movement patterns of the
lizard,
Psammodromus algirus.
 Functional Ecology, v.12, n.5, (1998. Oct.): 794-802.

Carrano, Matthew T.
Locomotion in non-avian dinosaurs: Integrating data from
hindlimb
 kinematics, in vivo strains, and bone morphology.
 Paleobiology, v.24, n.4, (1998. Fall): 450-469.

Audet, Alexandra M.
Behavior of the tayra, Eira barbara (Carnivora:
Mustelidae) in captivity.
Zoologische Garten, v.68, n.5, (1998. Sept.): 300-320.



NEURO-

 Handa, Yasunobu; Yagi, Ryo; Hoshimiya, Nozomu.
Application of functional electrical stimulation to the
paralyzed
extremities. Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica, v.38, n.11,
(1998. Nov.): 784-788

BIOFLUIDS

 Frobert, Ole; Gregersen, Hans; Bjerre, Jesper; Bagger,
Jens P.; Kassab,
Ghassan S.
 Relation between zero-stress state and branching order
of porcine left
 coronary arterial tree.American Journal of Physiology,
v.275, n.6 PART 2,
(1998. Dec.):
 H2283-H2290.

COMPARATIVE

Brainerd, Elizabeth L.; Patek, Sheila N.
Vertebral column morphology, C-start curvature, and the
evolution of
 mechanical defenses in tetraodontiform fishes.
Copeia, v.1998, n.4, (1998. Dec. 30): 971-984.

Fischer, M. S.; Lehmann, R.
Application of cineradiography for the metric and
kinematic study of
in-phase gaits during locomotion of the pika (Ochotona
rufescens, Mammalia:
Lagomorpha). Zoology (Jena), v.101, n.3, (1998.):
148-173.

Carrier, David R.; Gregersen, Colin S.; Silverton,
Natalie A.
 Dynamic gearing in running dogs.
Journal of Experimental Biology, v.201, n.23, (1998.
Dec.): 3185-3195.

Gregersen, Colin S.; Silverton, Natalie A.; Carrier,
David R.
External work and potential for elastic storage at the
limb joints of
 running dogs. Journal of Experimental Biology, v.201,
n.23, (1998. Dec.):
3197-3210.

Gillis, Gary B. Neuromuscular control of anguilliform
locomotion: Patterns
of red and
 white muscle activity during swimming in the American
eel Anguilla
rostrata. Journal of Experimental Biology, v.201, n.23,
(1998. Dec.):
3245-3256.

SOFT TISSUE

 Kim, S. M.; McCulloch, T.; Rim, K.
 Evaluation of the viscoelastic properties of pharyngeal
tissue.
Tissue Engineering, v.4, n.4, (1998. Winter): 389-401.

Wakitani, Shigeyuki; Goto, Tatsuhiko; Young, Randell G.;
Mansour, Joseph
M.; Goldberg, Victor M.; Caplan, Arnold J.
Repair of large full-thickness articular cartilage
defects with allograft
articular chondrocytes embedded in a collagen gel.
Tissue Engineering, v.4, n.4, (1998. Winter): 429-444.

Moragas, Augusto; Garcia-Bonafe, Magdalena; Sans, Montse;
Toran, Nuria;
Huguet, Pere; Martin-Plata, Carmen.
Image analysis of dermal collagen changes during skin
aging.
Analytical and Quantitative Cytology and Histology, v.20,
n.6, (1998.Dec.):
493-499.
 

VISION & LOCOMOTION

Adolph, Karen E.; Eppler, Marion A.
 Development of visually guided locomotion.  Ecological
Psychology, v.10,
n.3-4, (1998.): 303-321.

 Patla, Aftab E.
 How is human gait controlled by vision?  Ecological
Psychology, v.10,
n.3-4, (1998.): 287-302.

 Loomis, Jack M.; Beall, Andrew C.
Visually controlled locomotion: Its dependence on optic
flow,
three-dimensional space perception, and cognition.
Ecological Psychology,
v.10, n.3-4, (1998.): 271-285.

Warren, William H.,.
Visually controlled locomotion: 40 years later.
Ecological Psychology,
v.10, n.3-4, (1998.): 177-219.

Gibson, James J.
Visually controlled locomotion and visual orientation in
animals.
Ecological Psychology, v.10, n.3-4, (1998.): 161-176.

ORTHOPEDICS

Karnezis, I. A.; Miles, A. W.; Cunningham, J. L.;
Learmonth, I. D.
"Biological" internal fixation of long bone fractures: A
biomechanical
study of a "noncontact" plate system.
 Injury, v.29, n.9, (1998. Nov.): 689-695.

 Baumgaertel, F.; Buhl, M.; Rahn, B. A.
Fracture healing in biological plate osteosynthesis.
Injury, v.29, n.SUPPL. 3, (1998.): SC3-SC6.

 Escobar, Victor; Epker, Bruce N.
 Alveolar bone growth in response to endosteal implants
in two patients
with ectodermal dysplasia.  International Journal of Oral
and Maxillofacial
Surgery, v.27, n.6,
    (1998. Dec.): 445-447.

MISC.
 Laws, Kenneth.
Momentum transfer in dance movement. Medical Problems of
Performing
Artists, v.13, n.4, (1998. Dec.): 136-145.
 

"INTRIGUING TITLES OF THE WEEK"

#1 Tibbs, Robert E., ; Haines, Duane E.; Parent, Andrew
D.
      The child as a projectile.
      Anatomical Record, v.253, n.6, (1998. Dec.):
167-175.

#2 Corr, S. A.; McCorquodale, C. C.; Gentle, M. J.
      Gait analysis of poultry.
      Research in Veterinary Science, v.65, n.3, (1998.
Nov.-Dec.): 233-238.



 Lucero, Jorge C.
      A theoretical study of the hysteresis phenomenon at
vocal fold
    oscillation onset-offset.
      Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,
v.105, n.1, (1999. Jan.):
    423-431.

 Sarmiento, Esteban S.
      Generalized quadrupeds, committed bipeds, and the
shift to open habitats:
    An evolutionary model of hominid divergence.
      American Museum Novitates, v.0, n.3250, (1998. Dec.
21): 1-78.

Ueng, Steve W. N.; Lin, Song-Shu; Wang, Chao-Ran; Liu,
Shih-Jung; Tai,
   Ching-Lung; Shih, Chun-Hsiung.
     Bone healing of tibial lengthening is delayed by
cigarette smoking: Study
   of bone mineral density and torsional strength on
rabbits.
     Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical
Care, v.46, n.1, (1999.
   Jan.): 110-115.



Obituary
Thomas A. McMahon (1943-1999)
Nature. April 15 issue. vol. 398, p. 566, 1999
 

COMPARATIVE/VET
Kato, Makoto.
Morphological and ecological adaptations in montacutid bivalves
endo-
and ecto-symbiotic with holothurians.
 Canadian Journal of Zoology, v.76, n.8, (1998. Aug.):
1403-1410.

Cooper, William E.,.
Reactive and anticipatory display to deflect predatory attack
to an
autonomous lizard tail.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, v.76, n.8, (1998. Aug.):
1507-1510.

Collado-Vides, L.; Dewreede, R. E.; Milligan, K. L. D.
Biomechanical properties of Udotea (Halimedales, Chlorophyta)
in a Mexican
reef lagoon.
 Phycologia, v.37, n.6, (1998. Nov.): 443-449.

Principles of animal design: The optimization and symmorphosis
debate.
Weibel, E. R., Taylor, C. R., Bolis, L., Eds. Principles of
animal
 design: The optimization and symmorphosis debate., xx+314p.,
Cambridge University Press ; Cambridge University Press. ISBN
0-521-58667-4
(paper) 1998.
(I have read this book and it is quite stimulating)


COMPARATIVE
This week features a special issue of J. Experimental Biology which are
collected papers from a tribute conference to R. McNeill Alexander, his
remarkable career and his wide ranging influences on the fields of
zoological and botanical biomechanics.  Check out the whole issue since not
everyone chooses the same keywords for indexing.

 Full, R. J.; Koditschek, D. E.
      Templates and anchors: Neuromechanical hypotheses of legged
locomotion on land.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3325-3332.

Wootton, Robin J.
      Invertebrate paraxial locomotory appendages: Design, deformation and
control.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3333-3345.

Daniel, Thomas L.; Tu, Michael S.
      Animal movement, mechanical tuning and coupled systems.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3415-3421.

Van Leeuwen, Johan L.
      A mechanical analysis of myomere shape in fish.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3405-3414.

Biewener, Andrew A.; Gillis, Gary B.
      Dynamics of muscle function during locomotion: Accommodating variable
conditions.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3387-3396.

Videler, J. J.; Muller, U. K.; Stamhuis, E. J.
      Aquatic vertebrate locomotion: Wakes from body waves.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3423-3430.

Koehl, M. A. R.
      Ecological biomechanics of benthic organisms: Life history, mechanical
    design and temporal patterns of mechanical stress.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3469-3476.

Hokkanen, J. E. I.
      Visual simulations, artificial animals and virtual ecosystems.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3477-3484.

 Niklas, Karl J.; Spatz, Hanns-Christof.
      Methods for calculating factors of safety for plant stems.
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 23, (Dec., 1999.): 3273-3280.
 

Garrettson, Pamela R.; Rohwer, Frank C.; Moser, E. Barry.
Effects of backpack and implanted radiotransmitters on captive blue-winged
teal.
      Journal of Wildlife Management, v. 64, n. 1, (Jan., 2000.): 216-222.

Rosenberger, Lisa J.; Westneat, Mark W.
      Functional morphology of undulatory pectoral fin locomotion in the
    stingray Taeniura lymma (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae).
      Journal of Experimental Biology, v. 202, n. 24, (Dec., 1999.): 3523-3539.

Dubal, S. C.; Vyas, K. N.; Vyas, Y. L.
      Biometrical and biomechanical characteristics of digital bones of the
    buffalo and the ox.  Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, v. 69, n. 12,
(Dec., 1999.):
    1035-1037.

Veron, Geraldine.
      Pads morphology in the Viverridae (Carnivora).
      Acta Theriologica, v. 44, n. 4, (Dec., 1999.): 363-376.

ORTHOPEDICS
Cretnik, Andrej; Zlajpah, Leon; Smrkolj, Vladimir; Kosanovic, Milos.
     The strength of percutaneous methods of repair of the Achilles tendon:
A biomechanical study.
     Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, v. 32, n. 1, (Jan., 2000.):16-20.

Mahomed, Mohamed N.; Harrington, Ian J.; Hearn, Trevor C.
     Biomechanical analysis of the Medoff sliding plate.
     Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Care, v. 48, n. 1,
(Jan.,2000.): 93-100.

Jazrawi, Laith M.; Kummer, Frederick J.; Simon, Jordan A.; Bai, Bo; Hunt,
    Stephen A.; Egol, Kenneth A.; Koval, Kenneth J.
      New technique for treatment of unstable distal femur fractures by locked
    double-plating: Case report and biomechanical evaluation.
      Journal of Trauma Injury Infection and Critical Care, v. 48, n. 1,
(Jan.,2000.): 87-92.
 

ANTHROPOLOGY
Nagar, Yossi; Arensburg, Baruch.
      Brief communication: Bilateral aplasia of the condyles in a
    1,400-year-old mandible from Israel.
      American Journal of Physical Anthropology, v. 111, n. 1, (Jan.,
2000.):135-139.

MUSCLE/PHYSIOLOGY
Harms, Craig A.
      Effect of skeletal muscle demand on cardiovascular function.
      Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, v. 32, n. 1, (Jan., 2000.):
94-99.
 

DENTAL
Cochran, David L.
      A comparison of endosseous dental implant surfaces.
      Journal of Periodontology, v. 70, n. 12, (Dec., 1999.): 1523-1539.