New technique for studying reaction forces during primate behaviors on vertical substrates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-351

  Vinyard, Christopher J ^a,b   Schmitt, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Force platform; Primate behaviors; Reaction force; Vertical substrates

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FORCE; FORELIMB; IN VIVO STUDY; JAW MOVEMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINETICS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; RECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ERGOMETRY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRIMATES;

EID: 8844258730     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10395     Document Type: Article

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