Muscle moment arms and function of the siamang forelimb during brachiation

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 217, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 521-535

  Michilsens, Fana ^a,b   Vereecke, Evie E ^a,c   D'Août, Kristiaan ^a,b   Aerts, Peter ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Forelimb anatomy; Symphalangus

Indexed keywords

ADDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BRACHIATION; CHIMPANZEE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; FORELIMB; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MACACA; MONKEY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MOMENT ARM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS; VELOCITY; WRIST;

ANIMALS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HYLOBATES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

MACACA; PAN; PRIMATES; SYMPHALANGUS; SYMPHALANGUS SYNDACTYLUS;

EID: 78649424327     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2010.01272.x     Document Type: Article

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