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Table 4 Six DOF kinematic data for the elements of the pectoral girdle during steady-state locomotion of C. didactylus.

From: Three-dimensional kinematic analysis of the pectoral girdle during upside-down locomotion of two-toed sloths (Choloepus didactylus, Linné 1758)

 

Touch down (± s.d.)

Lift off (± s.d.)

Contact amplitude

Maximal amplitude

1st thoracic vertebra

    

x-axis translation

0

-1.0 (± 2.1)

1.0

3.2

y-axis translation

0

-0.9 (± 0.9)

0.9

1.1

z-axis translation

0

1.2 (± 1.7)

1.2

4.3

x-axis rotation

-0.4 (± 3.5)

1.0 (± 4.0)

1.4

1.9

y-axis rotation

-4.6 (± 6.2)

11.5 (± 5.7)

16.2

20.5

z-axis rotation

-10.1 (± 4.0)

-9.8 (± 2.6)

0.3

3.0

Scapula center of rotation/scapula

    

x-axis translation

0

-0.3 (± 0.2)

0.3

0.5

y-axis translation

0

-0.7 (± 0.1)

0.7

0.8

z-axis translation

0

0.1 (± 0.3)

0.1

0.4

x-axis rotation

-26.3 (± 8.1)

-18.6 (± 9.2)

7.7

10.7

y-axis rotation

-13.5 (± 3.2)

-13.1 (± 5.0)

0.4

7.6

z-axis rotation

71.7 (± 12.9)

39.3 (± 8.7)

32.4

35.9

Shoulder joint/humerus

    

x-axis translation

0

0.1 (± 0.1)

0.1

0.2

y-axis translation

0

0.0 (± 0.1)

0.0

0.1

z-axis translation

0

0.0 (± 0.1)

0.0

0.0

x-axis rotation

3.3 (± 7.2)

-20.3 (± 4.6)

23.6

23.8

y-axis rotation

2.9 (± 1.2)

-10.4 (± 6.2)

13.3

18.7

z-axis rotation

-77.4 (± 11.4)

-117.1 (± 18.2)

39.7

57.7

Sterno-clavicular joint/clavicle

    

x-axis translation

0

-0.3 (± 0.2)

0.3

0.4

y-axis translation

0

0.4 (± 0.2)

0.4

0.4

z-axis translation

0

-0.4 ± (0.2)

0.4

0.6

x-axis rotation

83.8 (± 16.4)

20.6 (± 21.1)

63.2

68.2

y-axis rotation

-22.0 (± 2.4)

-9.0 (± 1.3)

13.0

19.6

z-axis rotation

-43.7 (± 8.0)

-6.2 (± 7.7)

37.5

43.3

  1. All translations were set to zero at the instant of touch down. Translations are reported in cm, rotations in degrees.