• DocumentCode
    545041
  • Title

    Determination of joint stiffness of the human proximal interphalangeal joints: Development and clinical evaluation of a new device

  • Author

    Dionysian, Emil ; Kabo, J. Michael ; Meals, Roy A.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Orthopaedic Surg., UCLA Sch. of Med., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992
  • Firstpage
    1546
  • Lastpage
    1547
  • Abstract
    A moment angle plotter has been designed and constructed to measure the stiffness of the human proximal interphalangeal joints of the index, middle and ring fingers. Variability in the measurements for seventeen normal subjects are presented.
  • Keywords
    biomechanics; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; elastic constants; human proximal interphalangeal joint; index finger; joint stiffness; measurement device; middle finger; moment angle plotter; ring fingers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761918
  • Filename
    5761918
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=545041