Cortical structure of hallucal metatarsals and locomotor adaptations in hominoids.

Diaphyseal morphology of long bones, in part, reflects in vivo loads experienced during the lifetime of an individual. The first metatarsal, as a cornerstone structure of the foot, presumably expresses diaphyseal morphology that reflects loading history of the foot during stance phase of gait. Human...

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Main Authors: Tea Jashashvili, Mark R Dowdeswell, Renaud Lebrun, Kristian J Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4311976?pdf=render