Neuromusculoskeletal computer modeling and simulation of upright, straight-legged, bipedal locomotion of Australopithecus afarensis (A.L. 288-1)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 2-13

  Nagano, Akinori ^a,b   Umberger, Brian R ^a   Marzke, Mary W ^a   Gerritsen, Karin G M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait; Lucy; Muscle; Walking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFARENSIS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BONE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GEOMETRY; HOMINID; JOINT; KINEMATICS; LASER; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; SKELETON; THERMOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 10044295116     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10408     Document Type: Article

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