Not so fast: Speed effects on forelimb kinematics in cercopithecine monkeys and implications for digitigrade postures in primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 92-112

  Patel, Biren A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoid; Hand; Locomotion; Palmigrade; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATE; VELOCITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HAND; LOCOMOTION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PAPIO ANUBIS; POSTURE;

EID: 68949148982     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21039     Document Type: Article

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