Effect of finger posture on the tendon force distribution within the finger extensor mechanism

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Lee, Sang Wook ^a   Chen, Hua ^b   Towles, Joseph D ^a   Kamper, Derek G ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Extensor hood; Finger; Finger posture; Tendon slip force

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION REACTIONS; IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MUSCLE; PORT TERMINALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CADAVER SPECIMENS; CONSTANT FORCES; EXTENSOR HOOD; EXTENSOR MECHANISMS; FINGER; FINGER MOVEMENTS; FINGER POSTURE; FORCE TRANSMISSIONS; INDEX FINGERS; INJURY MECHANISMS; JOINT ANGLES; JOINT TORQUES; MAIN EFFECTS; METACARPOPHALANGEAL; MOTOR CONTROLS; RELATIVELY CONSTANTS; REPEATED MEASURES; SLIP FORCES; SPATIAL COORDINATIONS; STRONG INTERACTIONS; SURROUNDING STRUCTURES; TENDON FORCES;

TENDONS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FINGER; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TENDON; WEIGHT BEARING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGER JOINT; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS;

EID: 56349085968     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2978983     Document Type: Article

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