Telemetered electromyography of the supinators and pronators of the forearm in gibbons and chimpanzees: Implications for the fundamental positional adaptation of hominoids

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-268

  Stern Jr , Jack T ^a,b   Larson, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Armswinging; Climbing; Feeding; Locomotion; Muscle; Suspension

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOREARM; HOMINID; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; TELEMETRY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HYLOBATES; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; POSTURE;

EID: 0034934045     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1080     Document Type: Article

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