Measurement of rotation of the first metacarpal during opposition using computed tomography

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-79

  Cheema, Tahseen A ^a   Cheema, Nadeem Ilahi ^b   Tayyab, Rao ^b   Firoozbakhsh, Keikhosrow ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

First metacarpal; Opposition; Thumb; Trapeziometacarpal joint

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SESAMOID BONE; THUMB;

ADULT; CARPAL JOINTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; THUMB; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 31544434868     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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