Intrinsic and extrinsic contributions to the passive moment at the metacarpophalangeal joint

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1675-1681

  Knutson, Jayme S ^a   Kilgore, Kevin L ^a,b,c   Mansour, Joseph M ^a   Crago, Patrick E ^a,c  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint stiffness; Metacarpophalangeal joint; Modeling; Passive moment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; JOINT STIFFNESS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0033811211     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00159-7     Document Type: Article

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