The influence of forearm, hand and thumb positions on extensor carpi ulnaris and abductor pollicis longus activity

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 296-302

  Van Oudenaarde, E ^a   Brandsma, J W ^b,c   Oostendorp, R A B ^b,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute of Allied Health Professions   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hand; Musculus abductor pollicis longus; Musculus extensor carpi ulnaris; Thumb; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; THUMB; WRIST;

EID: 0030697065     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147943     Document Type: Article

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