The effect of wearing a wrist splint on shoulder kinematics during object manipulation

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1661-1664

  Mell, Amy G ^a   Childress, Brian L ^a   Hughes, Richard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Rehabilitation; Shoulder; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMERUS; KINEMATICS; MALE; MOBILIZATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; RECURRENT SHOULDER DISLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SPLINT; VOLUNTEER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MALE; MOVEMENT; SHOULDER JOINT; SPLINTS; WRIST;

EID: 23644457188     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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