Assembles a collection of experts to provide a current account of different approaches (e.g.
traditional comparative and experimental) being applied to study mobility. Moreover the book
aims to stimulate new theoretical perspectives that adopt a holistic view of the interaction
among intrinsic (i.e. skeletal) and extrinsic (i.e. environmental) factors that influence
differential expression of mobility. Since the environment undoubtedly impacts mobility of a
wide variety of animals insights into human mobility as a concept can be improved by
extending approaches to investigating comparable environmental influences on mobility in
animals in general. The book teases apart environmental effects that transcend typical
categories (e.g. coastal versus inland mountainous versus level arboreal versus
terrestrial). Such an approach when coupled with a new emphasis on mobility as types of
activities rather than activity levels offers a fresh insightful perspective on mobility and
how it might affect the musculoskeletal system.
