Cineradiographic study of forelimb movements during quadrupedal walking in the brown lemur (Eulemur fulvus, Primates: Lemuridae)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 245-262

  Schmidt, Manuela ^a   Fischer, Martin S ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Humeral abduction; Primate locomotion; Scapular movement; Shoulder evolution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; FORELIMB; KINESIOLOGY; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PROSIMIAN;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HUMERUS; LEMURIDAE; MALE; POSTURE; WALKING;

EID: 0033950577     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(200002)111:2<245::AID-AJPA9>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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