Citation

Wynchank S, Adams LP, Driver-Jowitt JP, Selby P, Van Geems B. Med. Hypotheses 1997; 49(1): 81-83.

Affiliation

Medical Imaging Group, Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9247913

Abstract

A hypothesis is offered which extends the concept of proprioception to use information necessarily obtained during the first part of a complex motion (stepping down) to facilitate the second part. It is suggested that, when the leading foot of a normal person stepping down arrives at its destination, relevant proprioceptive information is used by the following foot in its descent, to render its movement more efficient. Analogy to another effort-minimizing proprioceptive mechanism and a possible mechanical manifestation of the hypothesis are given.

Language: en