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The effect of foot posture on capacity to apply free moments to the ground: implications for fighting performance in great apes

In contrast to most other primates, great apes have feet in which the heel supports body weight during standing, walking and running. One possible advantage of this plantigrade foot posture is that it may enhance fighting performance by increasing the ability to apply free moments (i.e. force couple...

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Autores principales: Carrier, David R., Cunningham, Christopher
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202470
http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.022640