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The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion

Human feet have evolved to facilitate bipedal locomotion, losing an opposable digit that grasped branches in favor of a longitudinal arch (LA) that stiffens the foot and aids bipedal gait. Passive elastic structures are credited with supporting the LA, but recent evidence suggests that plantar intri...

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Autores principales: Farris, Dominic James, Kelly, Luke A., Cresswell, Andrew G., Lichtwark, Glen A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6358692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30655349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1812820116