Humeral torsion revisited: A functional and ontogenetic model for populational variation

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 472-480

  Cowgill, Libby W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth; Humerus; Ontogeny; Retroversion; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMERUS; INFANT; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; ROTATOR CUFF; TORSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TORSION, MECHANICAL; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 36348985439     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20689     Document Type: Article

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