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Also known as ambulation, walking movement, walking gait, by foot

thumb|Women walking in Hyderabad Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an "inverted pendulum" gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step. This applies regardless of the usable number of limbs—even arthropods, with six, eight, or more limbs, walk. In humans, walking has health benefits including improved mental health and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

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Walking is a common way that animals with legs move across land, where the body swings forward over stiff limbs with each step—a method used by creatures ranging from humans to insects. In humans, walking offers important health advantages, including better mental health and lower risks of heart disease and death.

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Investigating walking speed variability of young adults in the real world.Gait & posture · 2022Baroudi L, Yan X, Newman MW et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.08.012
Emotional states affect steady state walking performance.PloS one · 2023Homagain A, Ehgoetz Martens KADOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284308
Walking for Leisure and Transportation Among Adults: United States, 2022.NCHS data brief · 2024Adjaye-Gbewonyo D, Briones EMDOI: 10.15620/cdc/158783
Canes may not improve spatiotemporal parameters of walking after stroke: a systematic review of cross-sectional within-group experimental studies.Disability and rehabilitation · 2022Avelino PR, Nascimento LR, Menezes KKP et al.DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1808088
Walking straight into circles.Current biology : CB · 2009Souman JL, Frissen I, Sreenivasa MN et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.07.053
Exploring the Relationship between Walking and Emotional Health in China.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Zhu Z, Chen H, Ma J et al.DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17238804
Energetics of Walking With a Robotic Knee Exoskeleton.Journal of applied biomechanics · 2019MacLean MK, Ferris DPDOI: 10.1123/jab.2018-0384
Walking promotion in healthy pregnant women and perinatal outcomes: a multivariate analysis comparing active and sedentary mothers.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology · 2026Benito-Villena R, Cano-Ibáñez N, Gallardo-Vera A et al.DOI: 10.1080/01443615.2026.2628117

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Image: Walk-Cycle.gif
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Commons category: Walking
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NCI Thesaurus ID: C73554
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Difference from running
Health benefits
Origins
Hominin
Variants
Biomechanics
Tourism
Rambling
Walkability
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In robotics
Mathematical models
Rule-based models
Coupled oscillator models
Control based models
Statistical models
Animals
Horses
Elephants
Walking fish
Insects
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thumb|Women walking in Hyderabad Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined as an "inverted pendulum" gait in which the body vaults over the stiff limb or limbs with each step. This applies regardless of the usable number of limbs—even arthropods, with six, eight, or more limbs, walk. In humans, walking has health benefits including improved mental health and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and death.

==Difference from running==

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