Locomotor advantages of Neandertal skeletal morphology at the knee and ankle

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 355-361

  Miller, Jeffrey A ^a   Melissa Gross, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary biomechanics; Locomotion; Lower extremity; Musculoskeletal geometry; Neandertal

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER MODEL; EVOLUTION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CELL; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

ANIMALS; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PALEONTOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ANKLE; KNEES; NEANDERTHAL SKELETAL MORPHOLOGY;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0031594068     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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