Observable Performance Does Not Fully Reflect System Organization: A Multi-Level Analysis of Gait Dynamics Under Occlusal Constraint

arXiv:2605.00778v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: In biomechanical systems, observable performance is often used as a proxy for underlying system organization. However, this assumption implicitly presumes a correspondence between output metrics and internal system states that may not hold in adaptive systems. In this study, the vertical dimension of occlusion (VDO) is considered as a constraint applied to an adaptive neuromechanical system, enabling the exploration of system-level responses unde...