Human balance, the evolution of bipedalism and dysequilibrium syndrome

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1060-1068

  Skoyles, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICIPATION; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BALANCE DISORDER; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN SIZE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GAIT; GENE MUTATION; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HEIGHT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPATIAL ORIENTATION;

ANIMALIA; HOMO ERECTUS;

EID: 33645217843     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.01.042     Document Type: Article

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