Bipedal animals and their differences from humans

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 321-330

  Alexander, R McN ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipedal locomotion; Running bipeds; Walking bipeds

Indexed keywords

APE; BACK; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CHIMPANZEE; COCKROACH; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMUR; FORCE; GAIT; GOOSE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; KNEE FUNCTION; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PENGUIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUNNING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RUNNING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; BLATTARIA; CORVIDAE; DIPODIDAE; HUMULUS; MACROPODIDAE; MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); RODENTIA; SPHENISCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 2942738757     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00289.x     Document Type: Review

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