Trapeziometacarpal joint instability affects the moment arms of thumb motor tendons

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 372, Issue , 2000, Pages 262-271

  Omokawa, Shohei ^a,b   Ryu, Jaiyoung ^a   Tang, Jin Bo ^a   Han, JunSoo ^a   Kish, Vincent L ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON; THUMB;

EID: 0034020369     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-200003000-00029     Document Type: Article

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