The definition of humeral torsion: A comment on Rhodes (2006)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 819-820

  Larson, Susan G ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BODY POSITION; HUMAN; HUMERUS; HUMERUS HEAD; LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; SHOULDER; THORAX; TORSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; HUMERUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TORSION;

EID: 34249316850     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20505     Document Type: Note

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