Mobility of hindlimb joints in japanese macaques (macaca fuscata) as influenced by biarticular musculature

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 181-191

  Okada, Morihiko ^a   Morimoto, Mitsuhiko ^b   Kimura, Tasuku ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biarticular muscle; Hindlimb; Japanese macaque; Joint mobility; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 2742517891     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157193     Document Type: Article

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