A low profile human tendon force transducer: The influence of tendon thickness on calibration

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 395-397

  Dennerlein, Jack Tigh ^a,b   Miller, Joel M ^c   Mote Jr , C D ^b   Rempel, David M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UCSF/UCB Ergonomics Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Finger; Force; Force transducer; Tendon

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TENSILE TESTING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TRANSDUCERS;

FORCE TRANSDUCERS;

TENDONS;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; FINGER; FLEXOR TENDON; FORCE; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TENDONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 19244386925     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00158-3     Document Type: Article

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