The biomechanics of leaping in gibbons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 403-416

  Channon, A J ^a   Crompton, R H ^a   Gunther M M ^a   D'Aout K ^b,c   Vereecke, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

hylobates; jumping; kinematics; locomotion; primate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ELBOW FLEXION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOOT; FORELIMB; GROUND REACTION FORCE; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMATE; SHOULDER; VELOCITY; WORK; WRIST;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HYLOBATES; JOINTS; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 78349276932     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21329     Document Type: Article

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