In-vivo function of the thumb muscles

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-150

  Kaufman, Kenton R ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a   Litchy, William J ^a   Cooney III, William P ^a   Chao, Edmund Y S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyographic activity; Median nerve; Muscle force; Thumb

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE;

ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE BLOCK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; WRIST;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; THUMB;

EID: 0033082720     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00058-8     Document Type: Article

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