Wrist and carpal tunnel size and shape measurements: Effects of posture

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1112-1120

  Mogk, Jeremy P M ^a   Keir, Peter J ^b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel dimensions; Carpal tunnel syndrome; Modelling; MRI; Shape analysis; Three dimensional reconstruction; Volume; Wrist; Wrist anthropometrics

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CARPAL TUNNEL DIMENSIONS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; MODELLING; MRI; SHAPE ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME; WRIST; WRIST ANTHROPOMETRICS;

TUNNELS;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; HAND MOVEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WRIST;

CARPAL BONES; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POSTURE; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 53449093207     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2008.05.009     Document Type: Article

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