Curvature scaling in the medial tibial condyle of large bodied hominoids

Anatomical Record

Volumn 293, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 671-679

  Sylvester, Adam D ^a,b   Organ, Jason M ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Articular surface; Biomechanics; Body size; Chondral modeling; Joint flattening; Joint surface

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CARTILAGE; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR CONDYLE; FEMUR HEAD; GORILLA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; KNEE JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; HOMO; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 77950905403     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.21126     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Aiello L, Dean C. 1990. An Introduction to human evolutionary anatomy. New York: Academic Press.
2. Alexander RM, Jayes AS, Maloiy GMO, Wathuta EM. 1979. Allometry of the limb bones of mammals from shrews (Sorex) to elephant (Loxodonta). J Zool 189:305-314.
3. Berger LR, Tobias PV. 1996. A chimpanzee-like tibia from Sterkfontein, South Africa and its implications for the interpretation of bipedalism in Australopithecus afarensis. J Hum Evol 30:343-348. (Pubitemid 27001079)
4. Biewener AA. 1982. Bone strength in small mammals and bipedal birds: do safety factors change with body size? J Exp Biol 98:298-301.
5. Biewener AA. 1983. Locomotory stresses in the limb bones of two small mammals: the ground squirrel and chimpmunk. J Exp Biol 103:135-154.
6. Biewener AA. 1989. Scaling body support in mammals: limb posture and muscle mechanics. Science 245:45-48.
7. Brinkmann P, Frobin W, Leivseth G. 2002. Musculoskeletal Biomechanics. New York: Thieme New York.
8. Calder WF. 1984. Size, function, and life history. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
9. Carter DR. 1987. Mechanical loading history and skeletal biology. J Biomech 20:1095-1109.
10. Carter DR, Wong M. 1988. The role of mechanical loading histories in the development of diarthrodial joints. J Orthop Res 6:804-816. (Pubitemid 18259474)
11. Carter DR, Wong M. 1990. Mechanical stress in joint morphogenesis and maintenance. In: Mow VC, Radcliff A, Woo SLY, editors. Biomechanics of diarthrodial joints. New York: Springer-Verlag. p 155-174.
12. Charnley J. 1960. The lubrication of animal joints in relation to surgical reconstruction by arthroplasty. Ann Rheum Dis 19:10-19.
13. Cohen ZA, McCarthy DM, Kwak SD, Legrand P, Fogarasi F, Ciaccio EJ, Ateshian GA. 1999. Knee cartilage topography, thickness, and contact areas from MRI: in-vitro calibration and in-vivo measurements. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 7:95-109. (Pubitemid 29112963)
14. d' Août K, Aerts P, Vereecke Evie Schoonaert K, de Clercq D, van Elsacker L. 2004. Locomotion in bonobos (Pan paniscus): differences and similarities between bipedal and quadrupedal terrestrial walking, and a comparison with other locomotor modes. J Anat 204:353-361.
15. Dougherty J, Wirth CR, Akbarnia BA. 1976. Management of patellar subluxation: a modification of Hauser's technique. Clin Orthop 115:204-208.
16. Eckstein F, Sittek H, Milz S, Schulte E, Kiefer B, Reiser M, Putz R. 1995. The potential of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for quantifying articular cartilage thickness-a methodological study. Clin Biomech 10:434-440.
17. Frost HM. 1979. A chondral modeling theory. Calcif Tissue Int 28:181-200.
18. Frost HM. 1994. Perspectives: a vital biomechanical model of synovial joint design. Anat Rec 240:1-18.
19. Frost HM. 1999. Joint anatomy, design, and arthroses: insights of the Utah paradigm. Anat Rec 255:162-174.
20. Grine FE, Jungers WL, Tobias PV, Pearson OM. 1995. Fossil Homo femur from Berg Aukas, northern Namibia. Am J Phys Anthropol 97:151-185.
21. Hammond AS, Ning J, Ward CV, Ravosa MJ. 2010. Mammalian limb loading and chondral modeling during ontogeny. Anat Rec 293:658-670.
22. Hamrick MW. 1996. Articular size and curvature as determinants of carpal joint mobility and stability in strepsirhine primates. J Morphol 230:113-127.
23. Hamrick MW. 1999. A chondral modeling theory revisited. J Theor Biol 201:201-208.
24. Heiple KG, Lovejoy CO. 1971. The distal femoral anatomy of Australopithecus. Am J Phys Anthropol 35:75-84.
25. Holliday TW, Franciscus RG. 2009. Body size and its consequences: allometry and the lower limb length of Liang Bua 1 (Homo floresiensis). J Hum Evol 57:223-228.
26. Jungers WL. 1985. Body size and scaling of limb proportions in primates. In: Jungers WL, editor. Size and scaling in primate biology. New York: Plenum Press. p 345-381.
27. Jungers WL. 1991. Scaling of postcranial joint size in hominoid primates. Hum Evol 6:391-399.
28. Kapandji IA. 1987. The Physiology of the joints, volume 2: lower Limb. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
29. Kozanek M, Hosseini A, Liu F, Van de Velde SK, Gill TJ, Rubash HE, Li G. Tibiofemoral kinematics and condylar motion during the stance phase of gait. J Biomech 42:1877-1884.
30. Latimer B. 1991. Locomotor adaptations in Australopithecus afarensis: the issue of arboreality. In: Senut B, Coppens Y, editors. Origine(s) de la Bipédie chez les Hominidés. Paris: CNRS. p 169-176.
31. Latimer BM, Lovejoy CO. 1989. The calcaneus of Australopithecus afarensis and its implications for the evolution of bipedality. Am J Phys Anthropol 33:369-386.
32. Latimer B, Ohman SC, Lovejoy CO. 1987. Talocrural joint in African hominoids: implications for Australopithecus afarensis. Am J Phys Anthropol 74:155-175. (Pubitemid 18046101)
33. Lovejoy CO. 1984. Review of possible animal models for kinematic/utility testing of the Pfizer anterior cruciate ligament prosthesis (PALCP). Monograph presented to the Howmedica division of Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company.
34. Lovejoy CO. 2007. The natural history of human gait and posture: Part 3. The knee. Gait Posture 25:325-341. (Pubitemid 46240893)
35. McHenry HM. 1992. Body size and proportions in early hominids. Am J Phys Anthropol 87:407-431.
36. McMahon TA. 1984. Muscles, reflexes and locomotion. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
37. Mow VC, Proctor CS, Kelly MA. 1989. Biomechanics of articular cartilage. In: Nordin M, Frankel VH, editors. Basic biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lea and Febiger. p 31-58.
38. Organ JM, Ward CV. 2006. Contours of the hominoid lateral tibial condyle with implications for Australopithecus. J Hum Evol 51:113-127.
39. Plochocki JH, Riscignio CJ, Garcia M. 2006. Functional adaptation of the femoral head to voluntary exercise. Anat Rec 288A:776-781. (Pubitemid 44015476)
40. Plochocki JH, Ward CV, Smith DE. 2009. Evaluation of the chondral modeling theory using fe-simulation and numeric shape optimization. J Anat 214:768-777.
41. Ruff CB. 2003. Long bone articular and diaphyseal structure in old world monkeys and apes, II: estimation of body mass Am J Phys Anthropol 120:16-37.
42. Ruff CB, Scott WW, Liu AY-C. 1991. Articular and diaphyseal remodeling of the proximal femur with changes in body mass in adults. Am J Phys Anthropol 86:397-413.
43. Ruff CB, Trinkaus E, Holliday TW. 1997. Body mass and encephalization in Pleistocene Homo. Nature 387:173-176. (Pubitemid 27209430)
44. Schmidt-Nielsen K. 1984. Scaling: Why is size so important? Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
45. Spencer J. 1989. A morphological analysis of the proximal tibia in humans and African apes. B. Sc. Thesis, University College London.
46. Thambyah A, Nather A, Goh J. 2006. Mechanical properties of articular cartilage covered by the meniscus. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 14:580-588. (Pubitemid 43758544)
47. Zar JH. 1999. Biostatistical analysis, 4th edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.