The application to bipeds of a geometric model of lower-limb-segment inertial properties

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-326

  Wall Scheffler, Cara M ^a   Myers, Marcella J ^b   Steudel Numbers, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Limbs; Segment inertial properties

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; GEOMETRY; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 33747071792     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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