Energy expenditure of bipedal walking is higher than that of quadrupedal walking in Japanese macaques

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-37

  Nakatsukasa, Masato ^a   Hirasaki, E ^b   Ogihara, N ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Locomotor energetics; Presteady state; Quadrupedalism, macaca fuscata; Steady state

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; GAIT; HIP; JAPAN; KNEE; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; MACACA; WALKING;

EID: 33747618753     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20403     Document Type: Article

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