Interlimb coordination, gait, and neural control of quadrupedalism in chimpanzees

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-186

  Shapiro, Liza J ^a   Anapol, Fred C ^b   Jungers, William L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CPG; electromyography; Lemur; locomotion; Miopithecus; Pan; phase intervals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHIMPANZEE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030899236     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199702)102:2<177::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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