Human wrist motors: Biomechanical design and application to tendon transfers

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 331-342

  Loren, G J ^a   Shoemaker, S D ^a   Burkholder, T J ^a   Jacobson, M D ^a   Friden J ^c   Lieber, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Moment arm; Muscle architecture; Sarcomere length; Tendon; Tendon transfer; Wrist joint strength

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; CALCULATIONS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; STRAIN; TENDONS; TORQUE;

HUMAN WRIST MOTORS; MOMENT ARM; MUSCLE ARCHITECTURE; SARCOMERE LENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SARCOMERE LENGTH; TENDON TRANSFER; TORQUE; WRIST;

EID: 0030111389     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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