Estimation of finger muscle tendon tensions and pulley forces during specific sport-climbing grip techniques

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2583-2592

  Vigouroux, Laurent ^a   Quaine, Franck ^a   Labarre Vila, Annick ^b   Moutet, François ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanical finger model; Climbing; Intra muscular electromyography; Joint hyper extension; Muscle tendon tension; Optimization

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL FINGER MODEL; INTRA-MUSCULAR ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; JOINT HYPER EXTENSION; MUSCLE TENDON TENSION;

BIOMECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FINGER; FINGER INJURY; FINGER JOINT; FLEXOR MUSCLE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; JOINT MOBILITY; MODEL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE TONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROCK CLIMBING;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TONUS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 33749041074     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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