Exploring diagonal gait using a forward dynamic three-dimensional chimpanzee simulation

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 84, Issue 3-5, 2013, Pages 180-200

  Sellers, W I ^a   Margetts, L ^a   Bates, K T ^b   Chamberlain, A T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chimpanzee musculoskeletal simulation; Gait selection; Quadrupedalism

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 84880181414     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351562     Document Type: Article

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