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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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Published in:Biol Open
Main Authors: Carrier, David R., Cunningham, Christopher
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5312108/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28202470
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1242/bio.022640
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