Waders (Scolopacidae) surviving despite malaligned leg fractures in the wild: kinematics of bipedal locomotion

Waders (Scolopacidae) surviving despite malaligned leg fractures in the wild: kinematics of bipedal locomotion

Abstract Background Bone fracture frequencies and survival rates are essential parameters in skeleton evolution, but information on the functional consequences of naturally healed fractures is scarce. No leg bone fracture healing in the wild has been reported so far from long-legged Charadriiformes...

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Main Authors: Jessica Reichert, Gerald Mayr, Thomas Wilke, Winfried S. Peters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:Avian Research
Subjects:
3D modeling
Bone fracture healing
Tringa (Catoptrophorus) semipalmata
Kinematic gait analysis
Long bone malalignment
Numenius arquata
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40657-017-0082-5

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