Segment and joint angles of hind limb during bipedal and quadrupedal walking of the bonobo (Pan paniscus)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-51

  D'Août, Kristiaan ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^b   De Meester, Koen ^a,b   Van Elsacker, Linda ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Bonobo; Gait analysis; Joint angles; Kinematics; Quadrupedalism; Segment angles

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT; KINEMATICS; LEG LENGTH; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NONHUMAN; PAN PANISCUS; THIGH; TRUNK; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; POSTURE;

EID: 0036731017     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10112     Document Type: Article

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