A practical biomechanical model of the index finger simulating the kinematics of the muscle/tendon excursions

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-97

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

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

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Index finger; kinematics; moment arm; muscle tendon excursion; simulations

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL MODEL; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; CURRENT MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; IN-VIVO; INDEX FINGER; MECHANICAL LOADING; MICRO CT; MOMENT ARM; MOMENT ARMS; PRACTICAL PROBLEMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TENDON EXCURSIONS;

BIOMECHANICS; HAND TOOLS; KINEMATICS; MUSCLE; TENDONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGER; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 77954714046     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BME-2010-0618     Document Type: Article

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