Morphometrics and inertial properties in the body segments of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes)

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 518-531

  Schoonaert, Kirsten ^a   D'août, Kristiaan ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Inertial parameters; Locomotion; Pan troglodytes; Primates

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GEOMETRY; HAND MOVEMENT; IMMATURITY; LEG LENGTH; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; GAIT; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; SEX FACTORS;

HOMO; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 34247498599     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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