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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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Publié dans:Biol Open
Auteurs principaux: Carrier, David R., Cunningham, Christopher
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Company of Biologists Ltd 2017
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Accès en ligne: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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