Dynamic interaction between a fingerpad and a flat surface: Experiments and analysis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 397-406

  Wu, J Z ^a   Dong, R G ^a   Smutz, W P ^a   Rakheja, S ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compression tests; Fingertip; Force deflection responses; Nonlinear; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DYNAMIC LOADS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY;

VASCULAR SYSTEMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; FINGER TIP INJURY; FORCE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MACHINE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THEORY; TIME; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037410358     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(03)00035-3     Document Type: Article

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