Biomechanics of the distal upper limb

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 25-36

  Ash, H E ^a   Joyce, T J ^a   Unsworth, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON; THUMB; WRIST;

EID: 0029927437     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0890(96)90067-5     Document Type: Article

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