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Phalangeal joints kinematics during ostrich (Struthio camelus) locomotion

The ostrich is a highly cursorial bipedal land animal with a permanently elevated metatarsophalangeal joint supported by only two toes. Although locomotor kinematics in walking and running ostriches have been examined, these studies have been largely limited to above the metatarsophalangeal joint. I...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Rui, Ji, Qiaoli, Luo, Gang, Xue, Shuliang, Ma, Songsong, Li, Jianqiao, Ren, Lei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28097064
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2857