High stiffness of human digital flexor tendons is suited for precise finger positional control

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2815-2818

  Ward, Samuel R ^a   Loren, Gregory J ^a   Lundberg, Scott ^a   Lieber, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLEXOR TENDON; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; FINGERS; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; SARCOMERES; TENDONS;

EID: 33751207686     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00284.2006     Document Type: Article

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