The relationship between speed, contact time and peak plantar pressure in terrestrial walking of bonobos

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 266-278

  Vereecke, Evie ^a   D'Août, Kristiaan ^a   De Clercq, Dirk ^b   Van Elsacker, Linda ^c   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bonobo locomotion; Contact time; Plantar pressure; Primate gait; Speed; Vertical force

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; TIME; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PRESSURE; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; PAN PANISCUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 4444347898     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078938     Document Type: Article

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