Biomechanical study of grip types among Primates: Object size influence

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 117-

  Pouydebat, E ^a,b   Gorce, P ^b   Berge, C ^a   Coppens, Y ^c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^c Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Biologie   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOIDEA; BABOON; BIOMECHANICS; CEBIDAE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINGER; GORILLA; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MACACA; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBJECT SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIMATE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 14344254237     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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