Dimensions and moment arms of the hind- and forelimb muscles of common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-199

  Thorpe, Susannah K S ^a   Crompton, Robin H ^a   Günther, Michael M ^a   Ker, Robert F ^b   Alexander, R McNeill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fascicle length; Moments of force; Muscle stress; Physiological cross sectional area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FASCICULATION; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ARM; HUMANS; LEG; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0032880506     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199910)110:2<179::AID-AJPA5>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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