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On the inference of function from structure using biomechanical modelling and simulation of extinct organismsJohn R Hutchinson
Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK
Biol Lett 8:115-8. 2012..Fundamentally, more data and more testing of methodology are required for the field to mature and build confidence in its inferences...
The evolutionary continuum of limb function from early theropods to birdsJohn R Hutchinson
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, UK
Naturwissenschaften 96:423-48. 2009....- A computational analysis of limb and body dimensions in Tyrannosaurus rex with implications for locomotion, ontogeny, and growthJohn R Hutchinson
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 6:e26037. 2011..Overall, the limb "antigravity" muscles may have been as large as or even larger than those of ratite birds, which themselves have the most muscular limbs of any living animal... 
A 3D interactive method for estimating body segmental parameters in animals: application to the turning and running performance of Tyrannosaurus rexJohn R Hutchinson
Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 5450, USA
J Theor Biol 246:660-80. 2007..rex could turn. Depending on the assumptions, our whole body model integrated with a musculoskeletal model estimates that turning 45 degrees on one leg could be achieved slowly, in about 1-2s...- The locomotor kinematics of Asian and African elephants: changes with speed and sizeJohn R Hutchinson
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, UK
J Exp Biol 209:3812-27. 2006.... - Biomechanical modeling and sensitivity analysis of bipedal running ability. I. Extant taxaJohn R Hutchinson
Biomechanical Engineering Division, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 4038, USA
J Morphol 262:421-40. 2004..caudofemoralis longus... - Biomechanical modeling and sensitivity analysis of bipedal running ability. II. Extinct taxaJohn R Hutchinson
Biomechanical Engineering Division, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 4038, USA
J Morphol 262:441-61. 2004..I discuss what speeds were possible for different theropod dinosaurs, and how running ability evolved in an inverse relationship to body size in archosaurs... - Variation in center of mass estimates for extant sauropsids and its importance for reconstructing inertial properties of extinct archosaursVivian Allen
Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, Structure and Motion Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Anat Rec (Hoboken) 292:1442-61. 2009..Nonetheless in the best cases these methods allow rigorous estimation of inertial properties... - Integration of biomechanical compliance, leverage, and power in elephant limbsLei Ren
Structure and Motion Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU, United Kingdom
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:7078-82. 2010..To achieve the observed limb compliance and low peak forces, elephants synchronize their limb dynamics in the vertical direction, but incur considerable mechanical costs from limbs working against each other horizontally... - The movements of limb segments and joints during locomotion in African and Asian elephantsLei Ren
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK
J Exp Biol 211:2735-51. 2008..Our database will be helpful for identifying elephants with unusual limb movements, facilitating early recognition of musculoskeletal pathology... - Functional specialization and ontogenetic scaling of limb anatomy in Alligator mississippiensisVivian Allen
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
J Anat 216:423-45. 2010.... - Whole-bone scaling of the avian pelvic limbMichael Doube
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
J Anat 221:21-9. 2012..The discrepancy in the relationship between outer diameter to CSA may underlie birds' reputation for having 'light' bones... - Three-dimensional limb joint mobility in the early tetrapod IchthyostegaStephanie E Pierce
Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences and Structure and Motion Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK
Nature 486:523-6. 2012..We conclude that early tetrapods with the skeletal morphology and limb mobility of Ichthyostega were unlikely to have made some of the recently described Middle Devonian trackways... - The effects of selective breeding on the architectural properties of the pelvic limb in broiler chickens: a comparative study across modern and ancestral populationsHeather Paxton
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK
J Anat 217:153-66. 2010..Our new anatomical data for a wide range of domestic and wild-type chickens is useful in a comparative context and for deeper functional analysis including computer modelling/simulation of limb mechanics... - From flat foot to fat foot: structure, ontogeny, function, and evolution of elephant "sixth toes"John R Hutchinson
Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences and Structure and Motion Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, Hatfield, UK
Science 334:1699-703. 2011..Thus, elephants co-opted sesamoid bones into a role as false digits and used them for support as they changed their foot posture... - Trabecular bone scales allometrically in mammals and birdsMichael Doube
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Proc Biol Sci 278:3067-73. 2011..Allometry of bone's trabecular tissue may contribute to the skeleton's ability to withstand load, without incurring the physiological or mechanical costs of increasing bone mass... - Statistical parametric mapping of the regional distribution and ontogenetic scaling of foot pressures during walking in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)Olga Panagiotopoulou
Structure and Motion Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Basic Sciences, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hatfield, AL9 7TA, UK
J Exp Biol 215:1584-93. 2012..We hope that our study will build confidence in the potential clinical and scaling applications of mammalian foot pressures, given our findings in support of a link between regional peak pressures and pathogenesis in elephant feet... - 3D Morphometric and posture study of felid scapulae using statistical shape modellingKai Yu Zhang
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 7:e34619. 2012..We infer that this enlargement of the scapular fossa may be a size-related specialization for postural support of the shoulder joint... - The evolution of hindlimb tendons and muscles on the line to crown-group birdsJohn R Hutchinson
Biomechanical Engineering Division, Stanford University, Durand 209, BME, Stanford, CA 94305 4038, USA
Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 133:1051-86. 2002..Locomotion evolved in a stepwise pattern that only recently produced the derived limb control mechanisms of crown-group birds, such as the strongly flexed hip and knee joints... - Biomechanics: Are fast-moving elephants really running?John R Hutchinson
Biomechanical Engineering Division, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 4038, USA
Nature 422:493-4. 2003 - Three-dimensional geometric analysis of felid limb bone allometryMichael Doube
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 4:e4742. 2009..Felids show bone allometry rather than postural change across their size range, unlike similar-sized animals... - Topsy-turvy locomotion: biomechanical specializations of the elbow in suspended quadrupeds reflect inverted gravitational constraintsShin ichi Fujiwara
The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
J Anat 219:176-91. 2011..This condition has evolved independently multiple times, attendant with a loss or reduction of the ability to move in normal upright postures... - BoneJ: Free and extensible bone image analysis in ImageJMichael Doube
Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Bone 47:1076-9. 2010..We implemented standard bone measurements in a novel ImageJ plugin, BoneJ, with which we analysed trabecular bone, whole bones and osteocyte lacunae. BoneJ is open source and free for anyone to download, use, modify and distribute... - The three-dimensional locomotor dynamics of African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants reveal a smooth gait transition at moderate speedLei Ren
Structure and Motion Laboratory, The Royal Veterinary College, University of London, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 7TA, UK
J R Soc Interface 5:195-211. 2008..Hence, they are not as rigid limbed as typically characterized for graviportal animals, and use regular walking as well as at least one form of running gait... - Dinosaur locomotion: beyond the bonesJohn R Hutchinson
Nature 440:292-4. 2006 - Biomechanics: early birds surmount steep slopesJohn R Hutchinson
Nature 426:777-8. 2003 - Pelvic and hindlimb musculature of Tyrannosaurus rex (Dinosauria: Theropoda)Matthew T Carrano
Department of Anatomical Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 11794 8081, USA
J Morphol 253:207-28. 2002..rex--the largest known terrestrial biped--this reconstruction also helps to clarify the sequence of character-state change along the line to extant birds... - Tyrannosaurus was not a fast runnerJohn R Hutchinson
Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 3140, USA
Nature 415:1018-21. 2002..Therefore, it is doubtful that Tyrannosaurus and other huge dinosaurs (approximately 6,000 kg) were capable runners or could reach high speeds... - Some basic relationships between density values in cancellous and cortical bonePeter Zioupos
Department of Materials and Applied Science, Cranfield University, Shrivenham, UK
J Biomech 41:1961-8. 2008..Our findings may have implications not only for the segregation of bone in these two structural forms, but also for the mechanobiological and physiological processes that govern the regulation of compact and trabecular bone areas...