Effects of the tempo on human movements

focusing on quadrupedal walking (1)

Abstract

In this paper, the movement tempo was studied by checking various patterns of human quadrupedal walking in terms of tempo. The subjects were 10 children aged 5, and 10 adults. “Creeping on hands and knees” and “walking on hands and feet”, were tasked freely at first, then with the auditory stimuli; 60, 80, 100, 120, 135, 150/60second. Typical patterns of free walking appeared in stimuli 100 for “creeping on hands and knees” and 120 for “walking on hands and feet” in adults, and 100 and 120 for “walking on hands and feet” in children. It can be considered that each human movement has its own suitable tempo.