The mechanics of the gibbon foot and its potential for elastic energy storage during bipedalism

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3661-3670

  Vereecke, Evie E ^a,b   Aerts, Peter ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energy saving; Human evolution; Joint movements; Kinematics; Mechanism; Primate locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOT; FOOT JOINTS; GAIT; HUMANS; HYLOBATES; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

HYLOBATIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 57149087092     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018754     Document Type: Article

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