Glenohumeral mobility in primates

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Chan, Lap Ki ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b St Matthew's University   (Cayman Islands)

Author keywords

Brachiation; Climbing; Glenohumeral mobility; Hominoid evolution; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SHOULDER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CADAVER; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATES; SHOULDER JOINT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES;

EID: 33845747718     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095682     Document Type: Article

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