Lateral bending of the lumbar spine during quadrupedalism in strepsihines

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 231-259

  Shapiro, Liza J ^a   Demes, Brigitte ^b   Cooper, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Locomotion; Lumbar; Quadrupedalism; Spine; Strepsirhines

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; EULEMUR FULVUS; LORIDAE; LORIS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; MAMMALIA; NYCTICEBUS COUCANG; NYCTICEBUS PYGMAEUS; PRIMATES; SQUAMATA; STREPSIRHINI; TETRAPODA; VARECIA VARIEGATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035052528     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jhev.2000.0454     Document Type: Article

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