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Stress distribution in the bonobo (Pan paniscus) trapeziometacarpal joint during grasping

The primate thumb plays a central role in grasping and the basal trapeziometacarpal (TMC) joint is critical to its function. The TMC joint morphology varies across primates, yet little is known about form-function interaction within in the TMC joint. The purpose of this study was to investigate how...

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Autores principales: van Leeuwen, Timo, van Lenthe, G. Harry, Vereecke, Evie E., Schneider, Marco T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703659
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12068