Locomotor variation and bending regimes of capuchin limb bones

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 558-571

  Demes, Brigitte ^a   Carlson, Kristian J ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3D kinematics; Limb bone loading; Locomotion; Substrate reaction force

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; IN VIVO STUDY; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; LONG BONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; CEBUS; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE;

EID: 67650517307     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21020     Document Type: Article

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