Virtual reconstruction of the Neandertal lower limbs with an estimation of hamstring muscle moment arms;Reconstruction virtuelle d'un modèle de membres inférieurs de Néandertalien avec une estimation des moments musculaires des muscles ischiojambiers

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 445-454

  Chapman, Tara ^a   Moiseev, Fedor ^a   Sholukha, Victor ^a   Louryan, Stéphane ^a,b   Rooze, Marcel ^a   Semal, Patrick ^c   Van Sint Jan, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Locomotion; Moment arm; Neandertal

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGENESIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MUSCLE; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 78649444271     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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