A new concept for a metacarpophalangeal prosthesis: Consequence on joint biomechanics

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 166-176

  Beevers, David J ^a   Seedhom, Bahaa B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Metacarpophalangeal joint; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TENDONS;

NON-CONSTRAINED PROSTHESIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FINGER JOINT; FLEXOR TENDON; IMPLANTATION; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FITTING; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033105837     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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