Wrist and digital joint motion produce unique flexor tendon force and excursion in the canine forelimb

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 175-181

  Lieber, R L ^a   Silva, M J ^b   Amiel, D ^a   Gelberman, R H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Tendon excursion; Tendon force; Wrist and digital joint motion

Indexed keywords

FORCE MEASUREMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; TENDONS;

BIVARIATE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; TENDON EXCURSION; TENDON FORCE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; JOINT MOBILITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WRIST;

ANIMALS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FORELIMB; JOINTS; MANIPULATION, ORTHOPEDIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOES;

EID: 0033081307     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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