The tendon network of the fingers performs anatomical computation at a macroscopic scale

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1161-1166

  Valero Cuevas, Francisco J ^a   Yi, Jae Woong ^a   Brown, Daniel ^b   McNamara III, Robert V ^a   Paul, Chandana ^b   Lipson, Hood ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical models; Complexity; Hand; Manipulation; Model structure detection; Nonlinear systems

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; TENDONS;

BIOMECHANICAL MODELS; HANDS; MODEL STRUCTURE DETECTION;

NEUROLOGY;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; COEVOLUTION; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; TENDON REFLEX; TORQUE;

CADAVER; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TORQUE;

EID: 34249321970     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBME.2006.889200     Document Type: Article

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