The relationships between low back pain and lumbar lordosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SW Chun, CY Lim, K Kim, J Hwang, SG Chung - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Clinicians regard lumbar lordotic curvature (LLC) with respect
to low back pain (LBP) in a contradictory fashion. The time-honored point of view is that LLC …

Phylogenomic analyses provide insights into primate evolution

Y Shao, L Zhou, F Li, L Zhao, BL Zhang, F Shao… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Comparative analysis of primate genomes within a phylogenetic context is essential for
understanding the evolution of human genetic architecture and primate diversity. We present …

African apes and the evolutionary history of orthogrady and bipedalism

SA Williams, TC Prang, GA Russo… - American Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since the first discovery of human fossils in the mid‐19th century, two subjects—our
phylogenetic relationship to living and fossil apes and the ancestral locomotor behaviors …

A new Miocene ape and locomotion in the ancestor of great apes and humans

M Böhme, N Spassov, J Fuss, A Tröscher, AS Deane… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Many ideas have been proposed to explain the origin of bipedalism in hominins and
suspension in great apes (hominids); however, fossil evidence has been lacking. It has been …

On the genetic basis of tail-loss evolution in humans and apes

B **a, W Zhang, G Zhao, X Zhang, J Bai, R Brosh… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The loss of the tail is among the most notable anatomical changes to have occurred along
the evolutionary lineage leading to humans and to the 'anthropomorphous apes',–, with a …

Long-read assembly of the Chinese rhesus macaque genome and identification of ape-specific structural variants

Y He, X Luo, B Zhou, T Hu, X Meng, PA Audano… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
We present a high-quality de novo genome assembly (rheMacS) of the Chinese rhesus
macaque (Macaca mulatta) using long-read sequencing and multiplatform scaffolding …

Vertebral numbers and human evolution

SA Williams, ER Middleton, CI Villamil… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Ever since Tyson (1699), anatomists have noted and compared differences in
the regional numbers of vertebrae among humans and other hominoids. Subsequent …

Posture and time spent using a smartphone are not correlated with neck pain and disability in young adults: A cross-sectional study

L Bertozzi, S Negrini, D Agosto, S Costi… - Journal of bodywork and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the impact of smartphone use on neck impairment and functional
limitation in university students. Methods A cross-sectional correlational study was …

The vertebrae and ribs of Homo naledi

SA Williams, D Garcia-Martinez, M Bastir… - Journal of Human …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hominin evolution featured shifts from a trunk shape suitable for climbing and housing a
large gut to a trunk adapted to bipedalism and higher quality diets. Our knowledge regarding …

Long-term effects of lumbar flexion versus extension exercises for chronic axial low back pain: a randomized controlled trial

CH Park, J Beom, CK Chung, CH Kim, MY Lee… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
This study aimed to compare the long-term effects of flexion-and extension-based lumbar
exercises on chronic axial low back pain (LBP). This was a 1-year follow-up of a prospective …