The natural history of human gait and posture Part 1. Spine and pelvis

Gait and Posture

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 95-112

  Lovejoy, C Owen ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Hominid; Primate locomotion; Scoliosis; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE STRUCTURE; CHILDBIRTH; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GAIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; LOCOMOTION; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; REVIEW; SCOLIOSIS; SKELETON; SPINE; SPONDYLOLYSIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY; MALE; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; NATURAL HISTORY; PELVIC BONES; POSTURE; PRIMATES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 16644382048     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.01.001     Document Type: Review

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