The contribution of the intrinsic muscles to grip and pinch strength

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 64-72

  Kozin, Scott H ^a   Porter, Scott ^a   Clark, Perrin ^b   Thoder, Joseph J ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES NAVY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grip; Intrinsic muscles; Pinch

Indexed keywords

MEPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 0033037776     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.1999.jhsu24a0064     Document Type: Article

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