The human acromion viewed from an evolutionary perspective
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The human acromion viewed from an evolutionary perspective.
The high prevalence of rotator cuff tendinopathy in modern humans may be partly related to the shape acquired by the scapula as species changed throughout evolution. Here, we compared the anatomic features of the scapula across members of the Hominoid group. The results support the hypothesis that the scapula of Homo sapiens sapiens exhibits distinctive anatomic characteristics compared to that...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1877-0568
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2014.09.011