Three dimensional finite element analysis on the morphological change of the transverse carpal ligament

2007 IEEE/ICME International Conference on Complex Medical Engineering, CME 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1866-1869

  Guo, Xin ^a   Fan, Yubo ^a,b   Li, Zong Ming ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Three dimensional finite element model; Transverse carpal ligament

Indexed keywords

ARCHES; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BRIDGE CABLES; ELASTIC MODULI; LIGAMENTS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; POISSON RATIO; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUNNELS;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CT SCANS; ECONOMIC COSTS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL LOADS; MEDIAN NERVES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; POISSON'S RATIOS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; TRANSVERSE CARPAL LIGAMENT; TUNNEL STRUCTURES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 48149102823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCME.2007.4382071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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