Hominid thumb strength predicted by high resolution magnetic resonance imaging and force measurements in living subjects

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 899-908

  Bimson, Bill ^a   Ottevanger, Jeremy ^a   Roberts, Neil ^a   Macho, Gabriele ^a   Percy, David ^b   Whitehouse, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hominid; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Neanderthal; Pollical distal phalnx (PDP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHALANX; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 0030880093     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0730-725X(97)00007-6     Document Type: Article

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