 Locomotion
"Locomotion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Movement or the ability to move from one place or another. It can refer to humans, vertebrate or invertebrate animals, and microorganisms.
| Descriptor ID |
D008124
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.568.500 G11.427.410.568
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| Concept/Terms |
Locomotion- Locomotion
- Locomotor Activity
- Activities, Locomotor
- Activity, Locomotor
- Locomotor Activities
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Locomotion" by people in this website by year, and whether "Locomotion" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2015 | 1 | 5 | 6 | | 2016 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2017 | 3 | 7 | 10 | | 2018 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2019 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2025 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Locomotion" by people in Profiles.
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Won JK, Tocheri MW, Orr CM, Patel BA. Pedal and Manual Proximal Phalangeal Curvatures Among Pongo abelii and Pongo pygmaeus. Am J Biol Anthropol. 2025 Nov; 188(3):e70168.
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Prang TC, Tocheri MW, Patel BA, Williams SA, Orr CM. Ardipithecus ramidus ankle provides evidence for African ape-like vertical climbing in the earliest hominins. Commun Biol. 2025 Oct 15; 8(1):1454.
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Risser DD. Motility in Filamentous Cyanobacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2025 10; 79(1):69-85.
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Chapman TJ, Walker C, Churchill SE, Marchi D, Vereecke EE, DeSilva JM, Zipfel B, Hawks J, Jan SVS, Berger LR, Throckmorton Z. Long legs and small joints: The locomotor capabilities of Homo naledi. J Anat. 2025 06; 246(6):892-906.
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Kura JR, Cheung B, Conover CF, Wnek RD, Reynolds MC, Buckley KH, Soto BM, Otzel DM, Aguirre JI, Yarrow JF. Passive bicycle training stimulates epiphyseal bone formation and restores bone integrity independent of locomotor recovery in a rat spinal cord injury model. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2024 Sep 01; 137(3):676-688.
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Smith AC, Ahmed RU, Weber KA, Negahdar M, Gibson D, Boakye M, Rejc E. Spinal cord lesion MRI and behavioral outcomes in a miniature pig model of spinal cord injury: exploring preclinical potential through an ad hoc comparison with human SCI. Spinal Cord Ser Cases. 2024 07 08; 10(1):44.
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Allen SP, Beck ON, Grabowski AM. Evaluating the 'cost of generating force' hypothesis across frequency in human running and hopping. J Exp Biol. 2022 09 15; 225(18).
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Ze Q, Wu S, Dai J, Leanza S, Ikeda G, Yang PC, Iaccarino G, Zhao RR. Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot. Nat Commun. 2022 06 14; 13(1):3118.
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Daniels J, Aoki N, Havassy J, Katija K, Osborn KJ. Metachronal Swimming with Flexible Legs: A Kinematics Analysis of the Midwater Polychaete Tomopteris. Integr Comp Biol. 2021 11 17; 61(5):1658-1673.
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Hager ER, Hoekstra HE. Tail Length Evolution in Deer Mice: Linking Morphology, Behavior, and Function. Integr Comp Biol. 2021 09 08; 61(2):385-397.
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