A new in vitro measurement technique for small three-dimensional joint motion and its application to the sacroiliac joint

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 495-501

  Wang, M ^a   Bryant, J T ^a   Dumas, G A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 D joint motion; In vitro measurement; Rigid body kinematics; Sacroiliac joint

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POTENTIOMETERS (ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ORTHOGONAL FRAME; RIGID BODY KINEMATICS; ROTATIONAL ACCURACY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SMALL THREE DIMENSIONAL JOINT MOTION; SOLID CUBE; SPRING LOADED LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMERS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; JOINT; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT;

EID: 0030250948     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00078-X     Document Type: Article

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