Contribution of the extrinsic and intrinsic hand muscles to the moments in finger joints

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-211

  Li, Z M ^a   Zatsiorsky, V M ^a   Latash, M L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrinsic muscles; Finger flexion; Fingers; Flexor digitorum profundus; Flexor digitorum superficialis; Intrinsic muscles; Joint moments; Muscle force

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

MUSCLE FORCES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FINGER JOINT; FORCE; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0033979194     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(99)00058-3     Document Type: Article

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