(a.) Walking on the toes; -- distinguished from plantigrade.
(n.) An animal that walks on its toes, as the cat, lion, wolf, etc.; -- distinguished from a plantigrade, which walks on the palm of the foot.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the period of 20 days after birth the type of locomotion was creeping, for the period of 21st approximately 26th plantigradation, and after the 26th approximately 27th digitigradation.
(2) Thus, the hand of Chiroptera is a unique example of combination of primitive, initial for pentadactule plantigrades wrist with signs of narrow specialization resembling, to some extent, those of Ungulata; only in Ungulata those signs developed on the base of digitigrades wrist.
(3) It retains a clavicle, has five complete digits in the manus and four in the pes and is digitigrade.
(4) The loss of TA power was compensated either by increases of recruitment and firing rate of residual TA units or by a change from the normal plantigrade gait pattern to the infantile digitigrade pattern putting less strain on TA.
(5) Moderately paralysed subjects usually maintained plantigrade gait by excessive use of residual TA units but tended to change to digitigrade gait on fatigue thus economizing with remaining TA power.
(6) A swimming-like movement characterized by abduction, rotation and hyperextension of the paw was replaced by the digitigrade adult pattern without marked rotation.
(7) Representatives of the arboreal and terrestrial walking and jumping category (Genetta genetta, G. servalina, G. tigrina) have a plantigrade forefoot and digitigrade hindfoot.
(8) Severely paralysed subjects used digitigrade gait but plantigrade gait could be restored by application of a toe using string, i.e.
Plantigrade
Definition:
(a.) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades.
(a.) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright.
(n.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the period of 20 days after birth the type of locomotion was creeping, for the period of 21st approximately 26th plantigradation, and after the 26th approximately 27th digitigradation.
(2) The development of bipedal plantigrade progression is a purely human, and apparently learned, accomplishment.
(3) It exhibits numerous adaptations characteristic of mammals that climb, including strong bony crests and processes (reflecting powerful musculature), ability for considerable forearm supination, a highly mobile ankle joint, plantigrade feet, curved and transversely compressed claws, and a long, possibly semiprehensile tail.
(4) Morphological restrictions, however, prevent cats from adopting the pillar-like plantigrade posture of human beings.
(5) The best results occurred when the heel pad was aligned in the plantigrade position, which produced almost normal function of the heel pad.
(6) Thus, the hand of Chiroptera is a unique example of combination of primitive, initial for pentadactule plantigrades wrist with signs of narrow specialization resembling, to some extent, those of Ungulata; only in Ungulata those signs developed on the base of digitigrades wrist.
(7) Man (homo-erectus, plantigrade) is in constant contact with the ground via his feet which are platforms on which the legs and, above all, the entire body rest.
(8) However, this drastic procedure is indicated only in those feet where the deformity is rigid and severe, where a plantigrade foot is required in patients who are younger than the age usually recommended for triple arthrodesis, and where experience has shown that other, less radical approaches would be unsatisfactory.
(9) Its primary purpose is to create a plantigrade stable rearfoot and ankle.
(10) The object of the surgery is to convert this type of foot into a plantigrade, more flexible, painless unit.
(11) The locomotor pattern during the newborn period lacked the specific functions that are unique for human plantigrade locomotion.
(12) In living primates, except the great apes and humans, the foot is placed in a heel-elevated or semi-plantigrade position when these animals move upon arboreal or terrestrial substrates.
(13) The operation, consisting of subchondral decancellization of the cuboid and talus, is effective in converting a rigid varus foot into a supple, braceable, plantigrade foot.
(14) Although an apparently plantigrade foot was usually obtained, talectomy rarely succeeded in distributing weightbearing forces uniformly over the plantar surface.
(15) Prognosis for a plantigrade foot is encouraging if limb length inequality is corrected operatively or non-operatively as indicated.
(16) In the plantigrade position when vertical loading and external rotation are simultaneously applied by the tibiotalar column on the foot, the hindfoot and the midfoot are supinated, and the forefoot is pronated.
(17) Anatomic abnormalities may affect the design of soft-tissue flaps in an amputation and plantigrade positioning and foot biomechanics in reconstructive procedures.
(18) Lengthening was best suited for patients in Group I who had stable hips, knees, and ankles and a plantigrade foot.
(19) The goal in managing foot deformities is to achieve a plantigrade foot with stable skin.
(20) The loss of TA power was compensated either by increases of recruitment and firing rate of residual TA units or by a change from the normal plantigrade gait pattern to the infantile digitigrade pattern putting less strain on TA.