A new methodology to measure load transfer through the forearm using multiple universal force sensors

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1331-1335

  James Pfaeffle, H ^a   Fischer, Kenneth J ^a   Manson, Theodore T ^a   Tomaino, Matthew M ^a   Herndon, James H ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Computer visualization; Forearm load transfer; Kinematics; Universal force moment sensor

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FORCE MEASUREMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MEDICAL IMAGING; SENSORS; VISUALIZATION;

LOAD TRANSFER; UNIVERSAL FORCE-MOMENT SENSORS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMERUS; LIGAMENT; MACHINE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SENSOR; ULNA;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOREARM; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIUS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ULNA;

EID: 0032882586     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00138-4     Document Type: Article

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