The mechanical axes of the wrist are oriented obliquely to the anatomical axes

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-177

  Crisco, Joseph J ^a   Heard, Wendell M R ^a   Rich, Ryan R ^a   Paller, David J ^a   Wolfe, Scott W ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; ULNA; WRIST;

EID: 79251490101     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.I.01222     Document Type: Article

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