The interplay between speed, kinetics, and hand postures during primate terrestrial locomotion

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 222-234

  Patel, Biren A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cercopithecoid; Digitigrade; Hand; Palmigrade; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; ERYTHROCEBUS; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NONHUMAN; PAPIO ANUBIS;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; FORELIMB; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CERCOPITHECOIDEA; ERYTHROCEBUS; ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS; MACACA; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALIA; PAPIO ANUBIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 75149127170     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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