Spinal lordosis optimizes the requirements for a stable erect posture

Spinal lordosis optimizes the requirements for a stable erect posture

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Lordosis is the bending of the lumbar spine that gives the vertebral column of humans its characteristic ventrally convex curvature. Infants develop lordosis around the time when they acquire bipedal locomotion. Even macaques develop...

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Main Authors: Wagner Heiko, Liebetrau Anne, Schinowski David, Wulf Thomas, de Lussanet Marc HE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling
Subjects:
muscle physiology
lordosis
evolution
spine
stability
biomechanics
motor control Submitted to: <ul>Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling</ul>
Online Access:http://www.tbiomed.com/content/9/1/13

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