The instantaneous center of rotation during human jaw opening and its significance in interpreting the functional meaning of condylar translation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 35-46

  Chen, Xingbin ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional morphology; ICR; Kinematics; Mandible

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; MANDIBLE; MASTICATORY MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FOSSILS; HUMANS; JAW; MANDIBULAR CONDYLE; MASTICATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOVEMENT;

EID: 0031968871     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199805)106:1<35::AID-AJPA3>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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