Apparent density of the primate calcaneo-cuboid joint and its association with locomotor mode, foot posture, and the "midtarsal break"

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 180-193

  Nowak, Matthew G ^a   Carlson, Kristian J ^b,c   Patel, Biren A ^d  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedal; Longitudinal arch; Plantigrade; Quadrupedal; Suspensory

Indexed keywords

ANKLE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CALCANEUS; FOOT; IMAGE DISPLAY; JOINT MOBILITY; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TARSAL BONE; TARSAL JOINT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TARSAL BONES; TARSAL JOINTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

PRIMATES;

EID: 77952787317     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21210     Document Type: Article

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