The 3D Thumb-tip Forces Produced By Individual Tendons Do Not Superimpose Linearly

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1819-1822

  Pearlman, J L ^a   Valero Cuevas, F J ^a,b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical model; Cadaver experiment; Thumb

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; FORCE MEASUREMENT; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NEUROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; CADAVER EXPERIMENT; THUMB-TIP FORCE;

TENDONS;

EID: 1542361348     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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