Mechanisms of force and power production in unsteady ricochetal brachiation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-372

  Usherwood, James R ^a   Larson, Susan G ^b   Bertram, John E A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gibbon; Hylobates lar; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DECELERATION; ENERGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FORCE; FOREST; GRAVITY; HAND; KINEMATICS; LEG MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; SHOULDER; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HYLOBATES; LOCOMOTION; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 0347926516     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10133     Document Type: Article

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