Analysis of the human and ape foot during bipedal standing with implications for the evolution of the foot

2004/10/30 by W.J. Wang, Weijie Wang, R.H. Crompton +1 · 79 citations
Engineering · Materials Science · Medicine · #Anatomy #Aponeurosis #Arch #Biology #Biomechanics #Bipedalism #Engineering #Foot (prosody) #Foot and Ankle Surgery #Heel #Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies #Medicine #Physical medicine and rehabilitation #Structural engineering #Textile materials and evaluations

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.02.036

published in Journal of Biomechanics 37(12), 1831-1836 (Elsevier BV)

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