Weight support distribution during quadrupedal walking in Ateles and Cebus

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 633-642

  Larson, Susan G ^a   Demes, Brigitte ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchins; Gait; Kinematics; Kinetics; Locomotion; Spider monkeys; Substrate reaction force

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CEBUS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HAND; HINDLIMB; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUADRUPEDAL WALKING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPIDER MONKEY; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATELINAE; BIOMECHANICS; CEBUS; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; MALE; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79952740656     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21460     Document Type: Article

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