Modeling of the muscle/tendon excursions and moment arms in the thumb using the commercial software anybody

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 383-388

  Wu, John Z ^a   An, Kai Nan ^b   Cutlip, Robert G ^a   Andrew, Michael E ^a   Dong, Ren G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Moment arm; Muscle tendon excursion; Simulations; Thumb

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SOFTWARES; DENMARK; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; MOMENT ARM; MOTION RANGE; MUSCLE-TENDON EXCURSION; RANGE OF MOTION (ROM); SIMULATIONS; THUMB;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TENDONS;

MUSCLE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; KINEMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; TENDON; THUMB;

HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOFTWARE; TENDONS; THUMB;

EID: 58649101622     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.11.008     Document Type: Article

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