The natural history of human gait and posture. Part 3. The knee

Gait and Posture

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-341

  Lovejoy, C Owen ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Australopithecus; Gait; Hominid; Human evolution; Human locomotion; Knee; Patella

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BODY POSTURE; CHIMPANZEE; FEMUR CONDYLE; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; NATURAL HISTORY; POSTURE; PRIMATES;

EID: 33846904576     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2006.05.001     Document Type: Review

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