Fiber type distribution in the shoulder muscles of the tree shrew, the cotton-top tamarin, and the squirrel monkey related to shoulder movements and forelimb loading

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-419

  Schmidt, Manuela ^a   Schilling, Nadja ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glenohumeral joint; Joint stabilization; Muscle fiber types; Saguinus oedipus; Saimiri sciureus; Tupaia belangeri

Indexed keywords

LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE;

CEBIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PRIMATES; SAGUINUS OEDIPUS; SAIMIRI; SAIMIRI SCIUREUS; SCANDENTIA; SIMIIFORMES; TUPAIA BELANGERI; TUPAIIDAE;

EID: 33947434097     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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