A biomechanical analysis of the rheumatoid index finger after joint arthroplasty

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 400-405

  Fowler, N K ^a   Nicol, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finger; Metacarpophalangeal; Prosthesis; Rheumatoid; Sutter; Tendon; Ulnar drift

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FRACTURE FIXATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSTHETICS; TENDONS;

JOINT ARTHROPLASTY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INDEX FINGER; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; KINEMATICS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIMULATION; STRESS FRACTURE; TENDON; ULNA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DEFORMITIES, ACQUIRED; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036089097     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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