The range of passive arm circumduction in primates: Do hominoids really have more mobile shoulders?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-277

  Lap, Ki Chan ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Glenohumeral mobility; Hominoid evolution; Scapular position; Shoulder mobility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; CERCOCEBUS; CLAVICLE; CLIMBING; GORILLA; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; SCAPULA; SHOULDER;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MOVEMENT; PRIMATES; SHOULDER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 46049111185     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20800     Document Type: Article

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