Rotator cuff disease in humans and apes : a palaeopathological and evolutionary perspective on shoulder pathology
Humans are unique amongst the hominoids in having evolved habitual bipedalism. The upper limb has been freed from a locomotor role and has become specialised to perfoming manipulatory tasks. The shoulders of humans and other hominoids are morphologically similar, although the human shoulder includes...
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University of Bristol
2008
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.492449 |