Crawling (human)

A man crawling

Crawling or quadrupedal movement is a method of human locomotion that makes use of all four limbs. It is one of the earliest gaits learned by human infants,[1] and has similar features to four-limbed movement in other primates and in non-primate quadrupeds.[2]

  1. ^ Righetti, Ludovic; Nylén, Anna; Rosander, Kerstin; Ijspeert, Auke Jan (9 February 2015). "Kinematic and Gait Similarities between Crawling Human Infants and Other Quadruped Mammals". Frontiers in Neurology. 6: 17. doi:10.3389/fneur.2015.00017. ISSN 1664-2295. PMC 4321575. PMID 25709597.
  2. ^ Patrick Susan K.; Noah J. Adam; Yang Jaynie F. (2009). "Interlimb Coordination in Human Crawling Reveals Similarities in Development and Neural Control With Quadrupeds". Journal of Neurophysiology. 101 (2): 603–613. doi:10.1152/jn.91125.2008. PMC 2657078. PMID 19036860.

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