Motion analysis of the fingers and wrist of the pianist

Medical Problems of Performing Artists

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-29

  Sakai, Naotaka ^a   Liu, Michael C ^a   Su, Fong Chin ^a   Bishop, Allen T ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSICIAN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0029881949     PISSN: 08851158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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